Sport Quiz

1) The Olympic Games originated in Greece around 776 BC. Sports included chariot racing, athletics and boxing. The first Olympic Games of the modern era were held in 1896. Where did they take place? Answer: Athens.

2) Amerindians in Mexico played a sacred ball game in special ball courts lined with stone carvings. One carving shows us what happened at the end of the game. What do you think the carving shows? Answer: beheading a team's captain.

3) This sport is the art of Japanese swordsmanship. Answer: Kendo.

4) Jai-Alai is a very fast ball game where players use a cesta (a curved basket) to serve the ball. Where did Jai-Alai originate? Answer: Spain.

5) Sepak takraw is a game where a ball made of rattan has to be kept in the air using any part of the body except the hands. In which country is this game played? Answer: Malaysia.

6) Where was the British officer stationed when he invented snooker in 1875? Answer: India.

7) Where did Rugby football originate? Answer: Rugby School.

8) Who introduced cricket to India? Answer: the British.

9) Duke Kahanamoku was largely responsible for popularising surfing around the world. Where did he come from? Answer: Hawaii.

10) In the 1920s and 1930s Daytona in Florida was famous for motor races. Where did these take place? Answer: on the beach.

11) Which country suffered a sports boycott because of their policy of apartheid? Answer: South Africa.

12) Who was the Romanian gymnast who was the first to score a perfect ten (1976 Montreal Olympic Games)? Answer: Nadia Comaneci.

13) This country's rugby team is called the All-Blacks. Answer: New Zealand.

14) Which Brazilian football player was known as Pele? Answer: Edson Arantes do Nascimento.

15) Who was one of Belgium's best known racing cyclists? Answer: Eddy Merckx.

WIZ Quiz content from World InfoZone educational website.

We would like to thank the following for the use of the photographs: Mark McLeod, University of Delaware; the Canadian Tourism Commission (Tourism New Brunswick); the South African Tourism Promotion Agency; the Finnish Tourist Board and the Saudi Arabian Embassy (London).