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49 free Lacrosse trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
43 free Lacrosse trivia questions with answers. Lacrosse is North America's oldest organised sport, and this quiz covers it from the Creator's game to the 2028 Olympics. It starts with the Indigenous origins: games of hundreds of players, the Mohawk and Choctaw names, the Jesuit who called it la crosse, the 1834 Montreal demonstration and Queen Victoria's approval. Then the Montreal dentist who wrote the rules and the 1867 match that first used them. The modern game follows: how many players in field, women's and box lacrosse, the size of the field and the goal, the solid rubber ball, the box shot clock, the sixes format built for Los Angeles 2028, and the two Olympics where lacrosse was a medal sport. Plus the Haudenosaunee Nationals and their passports, the NCAA's first champion, the Tewaaraton, Jim Brown and Gary Gait, and the founding of the PLL and NLL. Easy questions suit new fans and youth players; harder ones will test coaches. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the sport, its history and its leagues, and the source line appears under each question after you answer.
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Q 01Lacrosse's Indigenous origins date back to at least which century?
12th
The 12th century: accounts place the earliest Indigenous games around 1100 AD, centuries before any European saw the sport.
Q 02Which French Jesuit missionary saw Huron players in 1637 and coined the name 'la crosse'?
Jean de Brébeuf
Jean de Brébeuf, a Jesuit missionary, recorded Huron players in 1637 and is credited with the first written use of the name.
Q 03The name 'la crosse' means what in French?
The stick
The stick: in French, crosse denotes a hooked stick such as a bishop's crosier, which the early Indigenous playing sticks resembled.
Q 04Indigenous nations described lacrosse as being played 'for' whom?
The Creator
The Creator: many Indigenous nations call lacrosse the Creator's Game, played to honour and entertain the Creator and as medicine for healing.
Q 05Traditional Indigenous lacrosse games could involve how many players?
Hundreds
Hundreds: traditional games drew 100 to 1,000 players from rival villages, with goals sometimes miles apart and play lasting days.
Q 06Traditional wooden lacrosse sticks are steam-bent from which wood?
Hickory
Hickory: traditional wooden sticks are carved and steam-bent from a single piece of hickory, then strung with leather and gut.
Q 07Which Canadian dentist founded the Montreal Lacrosse Club in 1856 and codified the game's rules?
William George Beers
William George Beers, a Montreal dentist, wrote the first formal rulebook in 1860, shortening games and setting 12 players a side.
Q 08Which side beat Upper Canada College 3-1 in the first game under codified rules, in 1867?
Toronto Cricket Club
Toronto Cricket Club beat Upper Canada College 3-1 in 1867 in the first match played under the newly codified Montreal rules.
Q 09A team of Caughnawaga Mohawk players demonstrated lacrosse in Montreal in which year?
1834
1834: a team of Caughnawaga (Kahnawake) Mohawk players staged a demonstration game in Montreal that year, sparking settler interest in the sport.
Q 10Which monarch watched an exhibition game in 1876 and called it 'very pretty to watch'?
Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria watched an exhibition game by touring Canadian and Indigenous players in 1876 and remarked that it was 'very pretty to watch'.
Q 11How many players does each team field in men's field lacrosse?
Ten
Ten: each side fields three attackmen, three midfielders, three defensemen and a goalie, ten players in all.
Q 12How many players are on a women's lacrosse team?
Twelve
Twelve: women's field lacrosse plays 12 a side including the goalkeeper, and body contact is not allowed.
Q 13A box lacrosse team consists of a goalie plus how many runners?
Five
It is played on a hockey rink with the ice removed or covered.
Q 14What are the dimensions of a men's field lacrosse field?
Q 21What protective equipment are US women's field players required to wear?
Eyewear and a mouthguard
Eyewear and a mouthguard: US women's field rules require protective goggles and a mouthguard, but not the helmet and pads the men's game demands.
Q 22In which two Olympic Games was lacrosse a full medal sport?
1904 and 1908
1904 and 1908: lacrosse was a medal sport at St. Louis in 1904 and London in 1908, then only a demonstration event in 1928, 1932 and 1948.
Q 23Only which two nations competed in the 1908 Olympic lacrosse tournament in London?
Canada and Great Britain
110 by 60 yards
110 by 60 yards: a men's field is 110 yards long and 60 wide, with the goals 80 yards apart and 15 yards in from each end line.
Q 15How big is a lacrosse goal?
6 by 6 feet
6 by 6 feet: the goal is a 6-foot-wide, 6-foot-high frame backed by a net, standing inside a crease of 9-foot radius.
Q 16What is a lacrosse ball made of?
Solid rubber
Solid rubber: the ball is solid rubber, about 2.5 inches across and 5 to 5.25 ounces, traditionally white, yellow or orange.
Q 17How long is the shot clock in box lacrosse?
30 seconds
30 seconds: box lacrosse teams must get a shot on goal within a 30-second shot clock, which keeps the rink-sized game fast.
Q 18Which version of lacrosse uses moulded plastic sticks and a soft hollow ball, with no contact?
Intercrosse
Intercrosse: developed in Quebec in the 1980s, it uses moulded plastic sticks and a soft hollow ball, and bans all body and stick contact.
Q 19Box lacrosse originated in which decade, in Canada?
1930s
The 1930s: box lacrosse was devised in Canada in the early 1930s to keep hockey arenas earning money in the off-season.
Q 20The modern women's game was introduced in 1890 at St Leonards School in which country?
Scotland
Scotland: headmistress Louisa Lumsden introduced lacrosse at St Leonards School in St Andrews, Scotland, in 1890 after seeing it played in Canada.
Canada and Great Britain: only those two nations entered the 1908 London tournament, and Canada beat Great Britain 14-10 in the lone match.
Q 24In which format was lacrosse added to the programme of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics?
Sixes
It marks the sport's first Olympic appearance since 1908.
Q 25World Lacrosse uniquely recognises which groups as sovereign members?
First Nations and Native American tribes
First Nations and Native American tribes: World Lacrosse is the only international sports federation that admits Indigenous nations as full sovereign members.
Q 26The Iroquois team dropped 'Iroquois' from its name in 2022 in favour of what?
Haudenosaunee Nationals
The team was formed by the Grand Council of the Haudenosaunee in 1983.
Q 27In 2010, the Iroquois Nationals missed the world championship in which country over passport disputes?
England
England: the 2010 world championship was held in Manchester, and the Nationals withdrew after UK officials refused entry on their tribal passports.
Q 28Which country won the first Women's Lacrosse World Cup, held in 1982?
United States
The United States won the inaugural Women's Lacrosse World Cup in 1982, the first of a long run of American titles.
Q 29The sport's world governing body changed its name from what in 2019?
Federation of International Lacrosse
Federation of International Lacrosse: formed in 2008 by merging the men's and women's federations, the FIL rebranded as World Lacrosse in May 2019.
Q 30The NCAA's first men's lacrosse championship in 1971 was won by which school?
Cornell
Cornell won the first NCAA men's lacrosse tournament in 1971 under coach Richie Moran, and the Big Red added titles in 1976, 1977 and 2025.