⚽ Sports Trivia

About sports trivia

Sports trivia covers the global game and the niche ones: football, tennis, cricket, basketball, motorsport and the Olympics. This quiz mixes record-holders, famous moments and rules, so both the die-hard fan and the once-a-year viewer can score.

This free sports trivia quiz draws from 119+ sports questions and shuffles a fresh set every play, so you can keep going for new questions — no signup, no download. Want a new challenge daily? Try Daily Trivia, or gather the group for live Team Trivia.

What this quiz covers

• Football, basketball, tennis and cricket
• The Olympic Games, summer and winter
• Record-holders and championship winners
• Rules, scoring and terminology
• Famous athletes and historic moments

Sports trivia: did you know?

• •The modern Olympic torch relay was introduced at the 1936 Berlin Games, not in ancient Greece.
• •A golf ball has between 300 and 500 dimples, which is what lets it fly so far.
• •A cricket Test match can last five full days and still end in a draw with no winner.

Tips to improve your score

Champions and record-holders dominate sports quizzes. Knowing recent World Cup, Olympic and Grand Slam winners covers a big share of the questions.

More trivia topics

• 🎵Music
• 🎬Movie
• 🌍Geography
• 🔬Science
• 🏛️History
• 📺TV
• 🎮Video Game
• 🦁Animal
• 🧠General Knowledge
• 📚Book
• 🚗Car
• ⚡Harry Potter
• 🏰Disney
• 🦸Marvel
• ☕Friends
• 🎄Christmas
• 🎃Halloween

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