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60 free Easy Sport trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This is easy sport trivia in the honest sense: 60 questions that a casual fan can enjoy without ever having read a box score. How many players does a soccer team put on the field? What colour jersey does the Tour de France leader wear? Which trophy has every winning player's name engraved on it? What did Muhammad Ali call himself before he was Muhammad Ali? If you have watched a Super Bowl party or an Olympic opening ceremony, you already know a lot of the answers. The questions cover the rules and equipment of the big sports, the trophies and traditions people see on television, and the athletes almost everyone has heard of: Michael Jordan, Serena Williams, Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps, Pelé, Babe Ruth and Simone Biles. It works for a family game night, a first round at a party, a classroom warm-up or a gentle start before you try our harder sports quizzes. Every answer has been checked against a primary source, mostly the encyclopaedia entry for the sport or athlete, and each question shows its source once you have answered.
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Q 01How many players does each soccer team have on the field, including the goalkeeper?
11
The goalkeeper is the only one allowed to use hands, and only inside their own penalty area.
Q 02How often is the FIFA World Cup held?
Every four years
It has run on that cycle since 1930, skipping only 1942 and 1946 because of World War II.
Q 03Which country had won the most FIFA World Cups, five, before the 2026 tournament?
Brazil
Brazil won in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002, and is the only nation to have played in every World Cup tournament.
Q 04What is the prize awarded to the Super Bowl winner called?
The Vince Lombardi Trophy
It is made of sterling silver by Tiffany & Co. and shows a football in kicking position.
Q 05How many interlocking rings are on the Olympic flag?
Five
They stand for the union of the five inhabited continents, and the flag first flew at the 1920 Antwerp Games.
Q 06What does the Olympic motto 'Citius, Altius, Fortius' mean in English?
Faster, Higher, Stronger
In 2021 the IOC added a fourth word, 'Communiter', meaning 'Together'.
Q 07How long is a marathon?
42.195 kilometres (about 26.2 miles)
The odd distance was fixed in 1921. The name comes from the legend of a Greek messenger running from the Battle of Marathon to Athens.
Q 08How high off the floor is a regulation basketball hoop?
10 feet
That height has not changed since the game's inventor nailed peach baskets to a gym balcony in 1891.
Q 09Who invented basketball in 1891?
James Naismith
He was a Canadian-American physical education teacher in Springfield, Massachusetts, looking for an indoor winter game.
Q 10How many players from each basketball team are on the court at one time?
Five
The five positions are point guard, shooting guard, small forward, power forward and centre.
Q 11Which swimmer has won more Olympic medals than any other athlete, with 28?
Michael Phelps
Twenty-three of them are gold. He won eight golds at Beijing 2008 alone.
Q 12What colour jersey does the overall leader of the Tour de France wear?
Yellow
The race is roughly three weeks in July and traditionally finishes on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.
Q 13Wimbledon is the only tennis major still played on which surface?
Grass
It has been held since 1877 and is famous for its strict all-white dress code for players.
Q 14What does the winner of the Masters golf tournament receive to wear?
Q 21In golf, what is a score of one stroke under par on a hole called?
A birdie
Two under is an eagle. Holing your first shot from the tee is a hole in one, or an ace.
Q 22In cricket, how many legal balls make up an over?
Six
Each side has eleven players, and the wicket the batter defends is three stumps topped by two bails.
Q 23In tennis, what is a score of zero called?
Love
Points go 15, 30, 40. The odd names probably come from medieval French.
Q 24In tennis, what is the score called when both players have 40?
A green jacket
The tradition dates from 1949. The Masters is the only golf major played at the same course every year, Augusta National in Georgia.
Q 15What is engraved on the bands of the Stanley Cup every year?
The names of the winning players and staff
It dates from 1892 and is the oldest trophy awarded to a pro sports franchise in North America. Space runs out, so old bands are retired to the Hall of Fame.
Q 16How many innings are there in a standard professional baseball game?
Nine
High school games and Little League games are shorter, and extra innings are played if the score is tied.
Q 17How many bases must a batter touch to score a run in baseball?
Four
Touching all four in order after a hit over the outfield fence is a home run.
Q 18Which Jamaican sprinter set the 100 m world record of 9.58 seconds in 2009?
Usain Bolt
He set the 200 m record of 19.19 the same year and was nicknamed 'Lightning Bolt'.
Q 19Which American tennis player won 23 major singles titles, the most in the Open Era?
Serena Williams
She and her older sister Venus were coached by their parents on public courts in Compton, California.
Q 20How many holes are in a standard round of golf?
18
Par is the expected number of strokes for a hole, and holing your tee shot is called an ace.
Deuce
From deuce a player must win two points in a row to take the game.
Q 25How many players does a volleyball team have on court?
Six
The game was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan, who first called it 'mintonette' because it borrowed from badminton.
Q 26How many periods are there in a professional ice hockey game?
Three
Each period is 20 minutes and the clock stops whenever the puck is out of play. Six skaters per side are on the ice, including the goalie.
Q 27How many points is a touchdown worth in American football?
Six
The scoring team then tries an extra point kick or a two-point conversion. A field goal is worth three.
Q 28How many downs does an American football offense get to gain ten yards?
Four
Each team fields eleven players. The field is 120 yards long including both end zones.
Q 29Which city was chosen to host the 2028 Summer Olympics?
Los Angeles
It is the city's third Games after 1932 and 1984, making it the first non-European city to host three times.
Q 30What was boxer Muhammad Ali's name at birth?
Cassius Clay
He won Olympic light-heavyweight gold in Rome in 1960 and changed his name in 1964 after joining the Nation of Islam.