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Sports trivia questions and answers
20 questions across football, tennis, golf, cricket, rugby, cycling and more, from easy warm-ups to a snooker number only the regulars will know.
Medium 20 questions 30 s each · about 15 min Checked against two sources
Built for pub quiz regulars and the people who only watch the big finals. The questions jump from one sport to the next, so a cricket question follows a Tour de France one and no single fan dominates for long. Twenty questions run about 15 minutes, and question 20 doubles as a tie-breaker.
How to run it
- Mix the sports fans across teams. A table of football people will lose points on the swimming and snooker questions.
- Read out the as-of date on the record questions. Records change, and the answers are correct as of 2026.
- If two teams finish level, ask question 20 out loud and take the closest year as the winner.
Questions and answers
1How many players does each volleyball team have on the court?Easy
- AFour
- BFive
- CSix
- DSeven
Reveal answer
C. Six
In competition each side has six players, three in the front row and three in the back, and they rotate one position every time they win the serve.
2In tennis, what is a score of zero called?Easy
- ANil
- BLove
- CDeuce
- DFault
Reveal answer
B. Love
A game is counted 15, 30, 40 and game, with love for zero. Deuce is 40-40, and a fault is a missed serve.
3How many holes make up a standard round of golf?Easy
- ANine
- BTwelve
- CEighteen
- DTwenty-four
Reveal answer
C. Eighteen
A regulation round is 18 holes. The number was settled at St Andrews in Scotland in 1764, and nine-hole courses are simply played twice.
4In which sport would you see a slam dunk?Easy
- ABasketball
- BVolleyball
- CNetball
- DHandball
Reveal answer
A. Basketball
A dunk is a two-point shot where the player jumps and pushes the ball down through the hoop. The NBA has run a slam dunk contest since the 1980s.
5How many points is a touchdown worth in American football?Medium
- AThree
- BFive
- CSix
- DSeven
Reveal answer
C. Six
A touchdown scores six. The extra point kick or two-point conversion that follows is what takes a team to seven or eight.
6What colour jersey does the overall leader of the Tour de France wear?Easy
- AGreen
- BYellow
- CWhite
- DRed and white dots
Reveal answer
B. Yellow
The rider with the lowest total time wears yellow. Green goes to the best sprinter, the polka dots to the best climber and white to the best young rider.
7Which country hosted and won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930?Medium
- AItaly
- BArgentina
- CBrazil
- DUruguay
Reveal answer
D. Uruguay
Uruguay beat Argentina 4-2 in the final in Montevideo. Only 13 teams took part, and Italy hosted and won the next one in 1934.
8A hat-trick in football means one player has scored how many goals in a match?Easy
- ATwo
- BThree
- CFour
- DFive
Reveal answer
B. Three
Three goals by one player in a single match. The term began in cricket in the 1850s, when a bowler who took three wickets in a row was given a hat.
9True or false: in rugby union, a try is worth five points.Medium
- ATrue
- BFalse
Reveal answer
A. True
A try is five points in rugby union and four in rugby league. The conversion kick that follows adds two in both codes.
10How long is an Olympic-size swimming pool?Easy
- A25 metres
- B50 metres
- C75 metres
- D100 metres
Reveal answer
B. 50 metres
Olympic and world championship races are swum in 50-metre pools, known as long course. A 25-metre pool is short course.
11The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy in which sport?Medium
- AIce hockey
- BBaseball
- CLacrosse
- DCurling
Reveal answer
A. Ice hockey
The Stanley Cup goes to the winner of the National Hockey League play-offs. It was first awarded in the 1892-93 season, before the NHL existed.
12What is the maximum break in a frame of snooker?Hard
- A100
- B127
- C147
- D155
Reveal answer
C. 147
Fifteen reds each followed by a black, then all six colours in order, adds up to 147. Players call it a maximum or a one-four-seven.
13Which sprinter ran the 100 metres in 9.58 seconds in 2009, a world record that still stands as of 2026?Medium
- ACarl Lewis
- BTyson Gay
- CUsain Bolt
- DAsafa Powell
Reveal answer
C. Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt of Jamaica set the record at the 2009 World Championships, averaging more than 37 kilometres an hour over the distance.
14As of 2026, which country has won the most men's football World Cups?Easy
- AGermany
- BItaly
- CArgentina
- DBrazil
Reveal answer
D. Brazil
Brazil has five titles: 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. Germany and Italy have four each, and Brazil is the only team to have played in every tournament.
15The Ashes is a cricket series between England and which country?Medium
- AIndia
- BSouth Africa
- CAustralia
- DNew Zealand
Reveal answer
C. Australia
The name comes from an 1882 mock obituary for English cricket after a home defeat by Australia. The tiny urn is kept at Lord's in London.
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Questions about this template
Which sports does this trivia pack cover?
Football, tennis, golf, basketball, American football, cycling, rugby, swimming, ice hockey, snooker, athletics, cricket, baseball, badminton and water polo. No sport gets more than two questions, so mixed rooms stay close.
Are the records in this quiz up to date?
The two record questions say as of 2026 and were checked against two sources in October 2026. If a record falls after that, edit the question in your copy before you play.
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Sources
Every answer shown here was checked against two sources, listed below. Links last checked 22 October 2026.
- Volleyball - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- britannica.combritannica.com
- Tennis scoring system - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- britannica.combritannica.com
- Golf - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- britannica.combritannica.com
- Slam dunk - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- britannica.combritannica.com
- Touchdown - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- britannica.combritannica.com
- Tour de France - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- britannica.combritannica.com
- 1930 FIFA World Cup - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- britannica.combritannica.com
- Hat-trick - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- britannica.combritannica.com
- Try (rugby) - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- britannica.combritannica.com
- Olympic-size swimming pool - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- britannica.combritannica.com
- Stanley Cup - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- britannica.combritannica.com
- Maximum break - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- britannica.combritannica.com
- Usain Bolt - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- britannica.combritannica.com
- FIFA World Cup - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- britannica.combritannica.com
- The Ashes - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- britannica.combritannica.com
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