A Question of Sport

1) What sport is played every year at Wimbledon?

2) What is the longest running race at the Olympics?

3) Which sport means ‘empty hand’ in Japanese?

4) What is the highest paid sport in the world?

5) Which racket sport is the fastest to play?

7) What colour is the last ball in snooker?

8) Which sport uses a ‘putter’ and a ‘driver’?

9) What five colours are on the Olympic flag? (Two points)

11) Name three sports that involve horses.

12) Which sport uses a ‘bow and arrow’?

13) Which sport uses a ‘shuttlecock’?

14) Which of these sports is a real sport?

a) Chess boxing

b) Train surfing

c) Cheese rolling

d) Extreme ironing

15) Which sport uses the most strength or power?

16) Which sport uses the most flexibility?

17) Which country has won the FIFA world cup more times than anyone else?

19) What sport do you ‘spike’ a ball in?

20) What is the most popular sport in the world?

Bonus: For ten points, invent your own extreme sport.

Draw a picture of the sport. Give it a great name.

Explain the rules for your sport:

How do you play? What equipment do you need? How do you win?

The team with the best new sport wins.