Sport Quiz Questions and Answers
Sport is the most divisive round in any quiz. The fix is simple: no more than four football questions out of ten, and always include a rules question anyone can guess.
How to use these: read each question twice, ask for answer sheets at the end of the round, mark another team's paper, and never let the quizmaster play.
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Bunting, banners, balloons and table confetti, made and posted in the UK. A quiz night looks like an occasion with about five minutes of effort.
Round 1: The basics
- How many players are on a football pitch per team at kick off? Answer: Eleven.
- How many points is a try worth in rugby union? Answer: Five.
- In tennis, what score is 'deuce'? Answer: Forty all.
- How many holes are played in a standard round of golf? Answer: Eighteen.
- What is the highest possible score with three darts? Answer: 180.
- Which sport uses a shuttlecock? Answer: Badminton.
- In cricket, how many balls are in an over? Answer: Six.
- How often are the modern Summer Olympic Games held? Answer: Every four years.
- Which sport is played at Wimbledon? Answer: Tennis.
- What colour jersey does the leader of the Tour de France wear? Answer: Yellow.
Round 2: British sport
- Which football club plays at Anfield? Answer: Liverpool.
- What is the home of English rugby union? Answer: Twickenham.
- Which horse race is run at Aintree each spring? Answer: The Grand National.
- Which snooker tournament is held at the Crucible in Sheffield? Answer: The World Championship.
- Which team won the 1966 football World Cup? Answer: England.
- In which city is Hampden Park? Answer: Glasgow.
- Which cricket series is contested between England and Australia? Answer: The Ashes.
- What is the name of the London stadium built for the 2012 Olympics? Answer: The London Stadium, originally the Olympic Stadium.
- Which British driver won the Formula One world title seven times? Answer: Lewis Hamilton.
- Which annual boat race is contested by Oxford and Cambridge? Answer: The Boat Race.
Round 3: Harder
- How long is a marathon in miles? Answer: 26.2 miles.
- In which sport would you perform a Fosbury Flop? Answer: High jump.
- What is the maximum break in snooker without free balls? Answer: 147.
- Which country has won the most football World Cups? Answer: Brazil.
- How many rings are on the Olympic flag? Answer: Five.
- In golf, what is a score of two under par on a hole called? Answer: An eagle.
- Which sport's rules are governed by the Marylebone Cricket Club? Answer: Cricket.
- How wide is a football goal in yards? Answer: Eight yards.
- Which country hosted the 2022 football World Cup? Answer: Qatar.
- In rugby league, how many players are on each team? Answer: Thirteen.
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How to write it so it lands
- Check any record-based answers on the night - they date fast.
- Say the sport before the question so people know what they're guessing at.
- Keep one football-free round for the people who came for the company.
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Frequently asked questions
What are good sport quiz questions?
Ones that reward general awareness rather than fandom: rules, venues, scoring and famous one-off moments. Cap football at three or four questions in a ten-question round.
How do you make a sport round fair for non-fans?
Include rules and equipment questions, spread the sports out, and add one Olympic question - most people absorb those without following any sport.
What is a good tiebreaker sport question?
A numbers question where the nearest answer wins: the length of a marathon in metres, or the number of dimples on a golf ball.
What is a good example of sport quiz questions?
"How many players are on a football pitch per team at kick off? Answer: Eleven." is one of 30 examples on this page. Pick the one closest to the tone you want, then add a specific detail of your own - a shared memory, a date, a name - so it reads as yours rather than copied.