Sport quiz
1.What is the national sport of
Andorra?
a.Snowboarding
b.Camel racing
c.sailing
d.skiing
2. Kabaddi is the national game of
which country?
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a. Pakistan
b. Australia
c. Bangladesh
d. Russia
3. Hockey is the national game
of india, but which is India’s
most popular sport?
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a. Cricket
b. Ice hockey
c. Horse racing
d. Rugby Union
4. American footabll is
considered to be America’s
“national pastime”
• True
• false
5.Only one country considers
archery to be their national
sport. Which country?
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a. Sri lanka
b. Maldives
c. Bhutan
d. England
6. Which is the most popular
national sport globally?
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a. Football (soccer)
b. Kick boxing
c. Basketball
d. Table tennis
7. A tuna throwing competition is
held each year in port Lincoln,
Australia. What is this event
known as?
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a. Hook, line and sinker
b. Something fishy
c.Tunarama
d. fishtastic
8. In which sport would you play
“backhand”, “ forehand”, “huck”
and “scoober”?
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a. Frisbee
b. Badminton
c. Softball
d. Volleyball
9.Which sport involves riding
down the hill in a giant hamster
ball?
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a. Giant bowls
b. The great ball race
c. Sphereing
d. Hamster Run
10. This is an underwater sport
otherwise known as “octopush”. The
equipment used includes a puck and a
stick.what is this sport called?
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a. Underwater polo
b.Underwater hockey
c. Underwater squash
d.Underwater golf
11.Buzkashi is an Asian sport played
on horseback. It involves two teams
trying to score a goal by getting
possession of what item?
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a. Meat filled pie
b. a balloon
c. Dead animal carcass
d. Hard boiled egg
12.” Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in
the midday sun”. What quirky National
championship takes place once a year at
coopers Hill in gloucestershire, UK?
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a. Straw bale lifting
b.Mud surfing
c.Cheese rolling
d. Four poster bed race
13. This sport combines intelligence and
brawn. Two players compete with each
other. They alternate between playing a
board game and then fighting with muscle.
What is this sport called?
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a. Backgammon judo
b. monopoly sumo
c. Chess boxing
d. poker wrestling
14. Another bizarre world championship
is held over an obstacle course in
sonkajarvi, Finland. There is a two person
team, one male and one female. What
sport is this called?
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a. Backwards sprint
b. Wife carrying
c. Three legged race
d. Blindfold race
15. In november 2003, a new world
championship was broadcast from
Winterberg in Germany which involves
either one person, or a four person team.
What does this sport involve?
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a. Wok racing
b. Snowball fighting
c. Potty throwing
d. Naked skiing
Answers
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1.d ,skiing
2. c, bangladesh
3.a, Cricket
4.false, baseball
5. c, Bhutan
6. a, association football
7. c, Tunarama
8. a, Frisbee
Answer (cont.)
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9. c, Sphereing
10. b, underwater hockey
11. c, dead animal carcass
12. c, cheese rolling
13. c, chess boxing
14.b, wife carrying
15. a, wok racing