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137+ Sports trivia questions with answer [Modern and Updated]

I must say you should include 1 outdoor game in your daily routine. Sports play a very important role in your life. it will keep you fit and healthy. To be a fit exercise is very important, and sports act as exercise and keep your body active. Some mostly played games are football, baseball, basketball, golf, and tennis. If you are interested in any of the above game and want to know about more these games, then these sports trivia questions and answers are for you. these questions and answers about sports will increase your knowledge. So let’s start reading the questions and answers, and score your knowledge about sports.

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Trivia questions on sports

1. Who invented basketball?

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James Naismith

2. What is the circumference of basketball for men?

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29.50 inches

3. What is the total weigh of basketball ball for men?

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22 OZ

4. What is the circumference of basketball ball for women? And what will be the weigh?

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28.5 inches and 20 OZ

5. What is the total diameter of basket? In basketball?

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18 inches

6. Which sport use the smallest ball (spherical) and what is the diameter?

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Squash diameter range 1.56 – 1.59 inches

7. Which sport use largest spherical ball?

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Basketball diameter 9.4 inches

8. Which sports use the lightest weight ball? And what is the heaviest ball use in sports?

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Lightest ball is table tennis ball, and heaviest ball is bowling

9. What are the weight of lightest and heaviest sports ball?

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Table tennis ball weight is 2.7 grams, Bowling ball weight is 7.26 kg (max weight)

10. Which sport is the mixture of basketball and water polo?

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Water basketball

11. What is the size of swimming pool in which water basketball play?

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Same size as water polo pool

12. Is water basketball international level game?

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No, only play local and national level

13. At which place and in which year baseball was first time played?

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In 1904 games, at St Louis

14. In which year baseball declared as an official sport in Olympics?

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In 1992

15. How many stitches are there in baseball ball?

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108 stitches

16. What is the exact size of baseball’s home plate?

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17 inches

17. In which year who codify the baseball rules?

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In 1846 by Alexander Cartwright

18. Who has the record of playing more major league baseball innings? How much innings he played?

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Cy Young, 7356 total innings he played

19. Who was the first president of baseball’s national league?

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Morgan Gardner Bulkeley

20. In which era baseball was played without gloves?

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Before 1870’s
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21. What is the name of baseball tournament start recently in 2015?

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Premier12 World Championship

22. In which year Olympics remove baseball from official program?

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After 2008 Olympics

23. American football is also known as?

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Gridiron

24. What is the most famous game in United States?

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American football

25. What are the total number of players in Gridiron?

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11 players

26. What is the shape of American football ball?

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Oval shap

27. In which year the very first match of American football were played? And played in between which teams?

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In November 1869, played between Princeton VS Rutgers

28. Which 3 main equipment’s are used in USA football?

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Ball, Helmet, and pads

29. In which area of the world Gridiron mostly play?

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North America, Europe and Japan

30. Basketball initiated from which country and in which year?

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In 1891 from United States

31. What is the size of American football ground?

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110 meter long and 48.8 meter wide

32. What is the total duration of American football game?

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60 minutes

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33. What is the name of most popular football league in United State?

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NFL

34. How many total teams participate in NFL?

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32 teams

35. NFL divide into 2 main groups, do you know the name of that groups?

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NFC(national football conference) and AFC (American football conference)

36. How much revenue generate from NFL event?

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US 10$ Billion

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37. What is the national sport of America?

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Baseball

38. What is the size of backboard where basket ring is attached?

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6×3.5 feet

39. What is 3×3 basketball?

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A modified version of original basketball, only 3 players each side

40. When 3×3 basketball first time appeared?

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In 2010 youth Olympic Games

41. How many basket(s) involved in 3×3 basketball game?

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Only 1

42. In which year FIBA 3×3 championship was first played?

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In 2012

43. What is the main difference between beach basketball and normal basketball?

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Players don’t bounce the ball in beach basketball due to sand

44. What is the total duration of beach basketball?

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10 minutes

45. What is the national winter sport of Canada?

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Ice Hockey

46. Which countries love to play ice hockey?

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USA, Canada, Russia, Belarus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, Latvia

47. Which American hockey league is most famous in the world?

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National Hockey League

48. How many total teams participate in NHL?

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31 teams

49. In which year NHL organized?

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Nov 26, 1917

50. Where NHL headquarter is the located?

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New York

51. What is the average weight of tennis ball?

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Between 56.0 – 59.4 grams

52. What is the total length of tennis racket?

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29 inches

53. Before tennis ball was white, do you know when yellow ball introduced in tennis?

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In 1986

54. For singles what is the size of tennis court?

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27 feet wide and 78 feet long

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55. What is the total height of tennis net?

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3 ft 6 inches

56. What is the width of tennis court for double players

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36 feet

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57. How many types of court surface used in tennis? And what are the names?

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5 types (Clay, hard, class, carpet, and wood)

58. Approximately how many balls used during Wimbledon tournament?

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54250

59. What is the name of youngest Wimbledon title winner?

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Boris Becker

60. Which term is widely use in tennis scoring system?

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Love

61. Who is the only player of tennis who won six consecutive grand slam singles title?

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Don Budge

62. What was the speed of fastest recorded tennis shot? And who played that shot?

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Sam Groth played that shot and speed was 263.44 Km/h

63. In which year the amount of money for the winner in Wimbledon was same for both men and women?

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In 2007

64. In tennis what happen if ball hit the body of the player before hit on the land?

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Point for the opponent player

65. Who was the first African American who won the US Tennis tournament and in which year?

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In 1968, Arthur Ashe

66. In which year “The Association of tennis Professionals” was founded?

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In 1972

67. What was the age of Boris Becker when he first time won the Wimbledon title?

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In 1985 he was 17 years old

68. What was the duration of shortest tennis match?

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20 minutes

69. The shortest Tennis match played between which players?

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Played between Morion Bandy and Suson Tutt in 1969

70. When tennis introduced in Olympics for the first time?

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In 1896

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71. Tennis word derived from which Anglo Norman term?

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Tenez

72. What is the name of most oldest and most famous tennis tournament in the world?

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Wimbledon Championship

73. In which year first Wimbledon championship was held?

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In 1877

74. Which 4 grand tennis tournament combine called “Grand Slam”

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Wimbledon championship, US open championship, French championship and Australian championship

75. In which year US Tennis championship founded?

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In 1881

76. In which year French tennis championship founded?

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In 1891

77. In which year Australian tennis championship founded?

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In 1905

78. If a player win all 4 major tournaments ( Wimbledon, US, French, Australian) in the same year. What title he will get?

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Grand Slam

79. What was the duration of longest tennis match?

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11 hours and 5 minutes

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80. Between which players the longest tennis match was played?

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Between John Isner & Nicolas Mahut

81. Is tennis in Olympic games?

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Yes

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82. In which year the Fed cup championship found?

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In 1963

83. Which is consider to be the biggest women tennis tournament in term of number of nations?

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The Fed cup championship

84. How many times the USA won the Fed cup tournament?

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18 times

85. David cup championship start in which year?

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In 1900

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86. Which tennis tournament play in knock out format?

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David cup

87. Which country won the David cup most?

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United States, 28 times

88. Who invented tie break in Tennis world?

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James Van Alen in 1965

89. What are the name of 2 types of Tie break?

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Sudden – Death & Lingering death

90. In which year Wimbledon start using tie break?

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In 1971

91. Which is the only tournament, where tie break is use in final set of singles?

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US Open championship

92. What was the price amount of the open championship in 2018?

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$10.5 million

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93. In which month the open championship started?

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July

94. Who was the winner of 2018 open championship?

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Francessco Molinari

95. How many players can participate in golf match?

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Not specified, Normally 1 – 4 players play a round

96. How many time required for 18 hole golf match?

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Approximately 4 hours

97. What is tee in golf and why it used?

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Tee is small thing use to elevate the ball slightly above the ground

98. On which materials tee’s are made?

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Wood or plastic

99. What first shot in gold called?

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Drive

100. Which type of game golf is?

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Outdoor

101. Is the ground size in golf game are fixed?

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No

102. Normally how many holes involved in golf?

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18 holes

103. What are the size of holes in golf?

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4.25 inches

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104. Which is the world most famous golf tournament?

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The open championship

105. In which year the open championship initiated?

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In 1860

106. The 18 hole round concept was started in which year?

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In 1764

107. What are the 4 major tournament of golf?

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The open championship, The masters, The US open, PGA championship

108. The open championship also known as?

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British open

109. The open championship hosted by which country?

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United Kingdom

110. The very first professional “NASCAR strickly stock season” race was held on which date?

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June 19, 1949

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NFL sports trivia questions

111. In which year Arizona Cardinals founded? And what was the old name?

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In 1898, old name was Morgan Atheletic Club

112. where Arizona Cardinals play their home games?

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At state farm stadium

113. In which year Arizona Cardinals join NFL?

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In 1920

114. In which year Arizona Cardinals move to St Louis?

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In 1960

115. In which year Arizona Cardinals move from St Louis to Phoenix

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In 1988

116. How many times Arizona become the champion of NFL, do you remember the years?

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2 times (in 1925,1947)

117. In which year Arizona became NFC champion?

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In 2008

118. In which year Atlanta falcons found?

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In 1965

119. Atlanta Falcons won NFC championship in which year?

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In 1998

120. Who establish the team Atlanta falcons?

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Rankin Smith

121. Who is the current owner of Atlanta falcons?

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Arthur Blank

122. Taylor Smith sold Atlanta Falcons in which year?

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In 2002

123. Which type of ball used in “Croquet”?

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Wooden ball

124. Only one sport has been played on the moon. do you know the name of that sport?

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Golf

125. “Lacrosse” is the national sport of which country?

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Canada

126. Tiger Woods named as what in the world of golf?

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Big cat

127. The total number of rings on the flag of the Olympics are?

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5

128. After how many goals it will become a hat-trick?

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3

129. The French open is played on the court of?

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Clay

130. How many matches won by Rafael Nadal till now?

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more than 500

131. The typical golf course consist of how many holes?

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18

132. Where the Ice Hockey Championship held in 2020?

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Leh

133. Who won the Best men player’s award in FIFA Awards 2021?

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Robert Lewandowski

134. Which country won the Women’s Asia Hockey Cup in 2022?

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Japan

135. The Ruia Gold Cup is associated with which sport?

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Bridge

136. Who won the fifth World Chess Championship?

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Magnus Carslen

137. To which sport the term ‘double fault’ is associated?

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Tennis

138. In which country the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey tournament organized?

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Malaysia

139. How many consecutive Grey Cups were won because of this player?

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Five

140. The majority of CFL players belong to which country?

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America

141. Since when the Grey Cup has been awarded annually?

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Since 1909

142. When Football Canada was established?

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February 7, 1884

143. What does CRFU stand for?

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Canadian Rugby Football Union

144. What was the main purpose of this union?

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To organize play-off games between different union champions.

145. When CRFU changed into CRU?

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December 19, 1891

146. CRU stands for what?

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Canadian Rugby Union

147. Who became the successor to the Canadian Rugby Union?

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The Canadian Amateur Football Association (CAFA)

148. What was the marketing name adopted by CAFA in 1986?

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Football Canada

149. When Football Canada became a full member of the International Federation of American Football?

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In 2008

150. What is the size of a football field in Canada?

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110 yards long and 65 yards wide

151. What is the size of a football field in America?

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100 yards long and 53 and ⅓ yards wide

152. In terms of participation rate which is the most popular sport in Canada?

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Soccer

153. What is the ranking of Canadian women’s national soccer team in FIFA World Rankings?

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Seventh

154. What is the position of the men’s team in the ranking?

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78th

155. Who is the governing body of soccer in Canada?

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Canadian Soccer Association

156. When the earliest soccer game was played?

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In 1859

157. Among which two teams the game was held?

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The St. George’s Society and a team of Irishmen

158. When the first soccer book was published in Toronto, Canada?

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On March 5, 1879

159. Where the Western Football Association was formed in 1880?

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In Berlin, Ontario

160. In which city of Canada the Ontario Cup started?

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In Toronto

161. When did the first professional soccer game start in Canada?

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In 1910

162. The game was among which two teams?

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Callies and Rovers

163. Against which country Canada won its first FIFA World Cup?

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The United States

164. In which city the Olympic Summer Games were held in 1976?

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In Montreal

165.  Which country hosted the Women’s Football World Cup in 2019?

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France

166. When did France win the first Football World Cup?

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In 1998

167. Against which country the country won the Cup?

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Brazil

168. After how many years France again won the World Cup?

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Twenty Years

169. Against which country they won World Cup 2018?

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Croatia

170. Which country hosted the Football World Cup 2018?

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Russia

171. Which French player won the last tennis tournament?

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Yannick Noah

172. In which year he won the game?

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In 1983

173. For how many times France won the Davis Cup?

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Ten

174. When was the last time the country won the Cup?

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In 2017

175. In which state of France Horse riding is most famous?

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Normandy and the area of the Forez

176. Which prestigious horse race is hosted by France?

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The Arcs de Triomphe

177. Which country has the highest number of foreign players in the NBA league?

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France

178. Name some French basketball players?

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Tony Parker, Rudy Gobert, Boris Diaw.

179. What was the recent biggest success of France in Basketball?

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To win the quarter-finals of World Cup 2019 against the USA

180. Name some Annual sporting events that happen in the USA?

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Football Super Bowl, Tennis US Open, Marathon: New York, Boston, Chicago

181. Which sporting stadium is located in Tennessee, U.S?

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Neyland Stadium, Knoxville

182. Who is the most famous athlete from the U.S in Cycling?

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Lance Armstrong

183. Tiger Woods belongs to which sport?

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Golf

184. Who are the fittest tennis players in history?

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Martina Navratilova, Michael Chang, and Ivan Lendl

185. What are the national sports of Canada?

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Ice Hockey and Lacrosse

186. Which one is recognized and declared as the national summer sport of Canada?

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Lacrosse

187. When did hockey become popular as a professional sport in the country?

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In the 1910s

188. NHL stands for what?

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National Hockey League

189. How many teams in both Canada and the United States are there in the NHL?

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Thirty-one

190. Which players remain the largest League’s demographics?

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Canadian-born players

191. What was the most coveted prize of the NHL since 1893?

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Stanley Cup

192. Who was Lord Stanley after whom the name of the prize was given?

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Canadian governor-general

193. What is the Canadian oldest NHL team?

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Montreal Canadiens (est. 1917)

194. Which team was the top one in the league during the 1980s?

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Calgary Flames

195. How many Canadian NHL teams are there?

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Seven

196. Which team of the league won the Cup in 1967?

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Toronto Maple Leafs

197. Which is the only professional sport in which the United States and Canada are not integrated into a single league?

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Football

198. Are the Canadian teams in the National Football League?

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No

199. What is CFL in Canadian Sports?

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Canadian Football League

200. Who is the most legendary CFL player?

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Warren Moon

201. Who recruited the American-born player Warren Moon in 1978?

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Edmonton Eskimos

202. What other sports are famous in France?

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Judo-Jujitsu, Handball, Rugby, Golf, Canoe Kayak and Sailing

203. Against which country France lost the Euro Cup in 2016?

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Portugal

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