Sports for Kids Trivia

1. How many events are in the decathlon?

From Quiz Do You Know the Decathlon?

Answer: 10

There are 10 events in the decathlon. It tests a competitor in running, jumping and throwing disciplines.

From Quiz Baseball History Using Abbreviations

Answer: Home run

Roger Maris hit 61 home runs in the 1961 season, surpassing the previous record of 60 home runs by Babe Ruth. Maris's record was broken in 1998 by Mark McGwire (70 home runs) and Sammy Sosa (66 home runs). The record was set again by Barry Bonds with 73 home runs in 2001.

From Quiz Why Am I in the Penalty Box?

Answer: Tripping

Tripping is usually a pretty easy penalty to call. Tripping in any sport is usually a penalty. In ice hockey, it's considered a two minute minor penalty.

From Quiz Diamonds Aren't Forever

Answer: Designated Hitter

When a designated hitter (DH) is used, that player is designated (or chosen) to take at-bats for the pitcher. In this case, the pitcher focuses on defense (trying to stop the other team from scoring runs) and the DH focuses on offense (scoring runs). In Major League Baseball, a DH is used in American League (AL) games but not National League (NL) games. In an inter league game (involving one team from each league), it is known in advance which league's rules will be used. The first baseman, shortstop, and left fielder all play both offense and defense.

From Quiz NHL Teams for Kids

Answer: Red Wings

The Detroit Red Wings are a popular team in hockey, and have been around since 1926. They were one of the first six teams to ever play professional hockey. Those six teams are known as the Original Six. They won their first NHL championship, known as the Stanley Cup, in 1936. The Wings have won so many Stanley Cup championships, that the city of Detroit is known as Hockeytown among NHL fans.

From Quiz For the Young Soccer Fan: Guess the National Team.

Answer: Italy

Italy won the FIFA World Championship in 1934, 1938, 1982 and 2006. They also lost twice in the final game against Brazil in other years.

From Quiz Golf for Kids

Answer: Tee

By raising the ball off the ground, the tee provides the player with an increased chance of getting a clean strike on the ball, which is vital for that all-important first shot on each hole!

From Quiz Darts for Kids

Answer: Dartboard

Modern dartboards are generally made of either cork, coiled paper, or sisal fibres, and are divided into 20 radial sections, with an inner and outer ring in the centre. A dartboard that meets World Darts Federation (WDF) regulations measures seventeen and three quarters inches in diameter.

From Quiz Snooker for Kids

Answer: Table

Although commonly referred to as "twelve feet by six feet", the actual dimensions of a professional snooker table, as defined by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) is 11 feet 8.5 inches by 5 ft 10 inches. It is covered by a usually green-in-colour cloth, and has a total of six pockets into which the balls are to be potted.

From Quiz Soccer for Kids

Answer: Pitch

A soccer pitch is rectangular in shape. Its exact dimensions are allowed to vary by certain amounts depending on whether it hosts international or non-international matches.

From Quiz Tennis for Kids

Answer: Court

The tennis court is rectangle-shaped, and is divided into two equal halves by the net over which the ball has to be hit.

From Quiz Olympic Host Cities For Kids

Answer: Athens

The ancient Olympics took place in what is now called Greece around 2500 years ago. When the games were revived in 1896, Athens was the unanimous choice of the organizers to be the first host city. The games returned there over a century later in 2004.

From Quiz Baseball for Kids

Answer: bullpen

The bullpen is a separate area from the dugout. Bullpens are often located behind the outfield fence. Some Major League teams have their bullpens in the foul territory. No one is exactly sure why it is called the bullpen although there are plenty of theories.

From Quiz VFL/AFL Aussie Rules Football

Answer: Similar to a rugby ball, slightly smaller and more rounded at the ends

Until 1879 Australian Rules football was played with an English-made rugby ball. One day Thomas Sherrin, a saddler, made an oval shaped ball with rounder points. Players liked this ball and it was soon adopted by the whole competition.

From Quiz General Cricket Knowledge

Answer: Runs scored off the batsman's pads

A leg bye is scored when a bowler bowls the ball and hits the batman's pads without the ball touching the bat and a run is taken.

From Quiz Cricket Terms

Answer: Leg before wicket

Leg before wicket is a when a batsman is struck with the ball in front of the stumps without hitting the ball with the bat, and the umpire believes the ball would have hit the stumps and so decides that the batsman is out.

From Quiz Let the Games Begin!

Answer: Kick off

In soccer, you pass to a team mate. In American football and rugby you kick the ball towards your opponents and run like mad.

From Quiz Sport End of the Stick

Answer: baseball bat

A baseball bat is a piece of equipment used in the game of baseball for the purpose of batting. A standard baseball bat is usually forty-two inches long. Baseball bats are made out of either a metal alloy or maple, hickory or bamboo wood.

From Quiz Let's Start With an Easy One! For Kids

Answer: The lead off hitter

Since he is starting (leading off) the inning, he is called the lead off hitter. That is true in every inning (and every half-inning, too).

From Quiz Snooker Loopy

Answer: 22

At the start of the game there are 15 red balls (one point each) and then one of each ball of yellow (two points), green (three points), brown (four points), blue (five points), pink (six points), black (seven points) and the white cue ball. The snooker table is set up for play by grouping all the red balls together in a tight triangle, with the pink ball immediately in front of the first red ball. The other colored balls are each set at predesignated positions on the table.

From Quiz Netball!

Answer: 7

In a game of netball the seven different players each hold a different position.

From Quiz Sports Questions for Kids

Answer: a bullseye

Although it is in "the middle", as well as a "centre spot" and an "aiming place", the proper name is "bullseye". The word's origin is from 1833 and was defined as "centre of a target". Under the GNAS (Grand National Archery Society), the bullseye is worth ten points, while under the rules of the PDF(Professional Darts Federation), a centre bullseye is valued at fifty points while the outer bullseye has a value of twenty-five points.

From Quiz The Equipment for Sports

Answer: A racket and a ball

Tennis is a game that can be played in singles or doubles. Each player uses a racket to hit the ball over a net to their opponent. People in wheelchairs are able to play tennis as well.

From Quiz World Cup For Kids

Answer: Every four years

The World Cup was held for the first time in 1930, and has been held every four years since, apart from 1942 and '46, due to the Second World War.

From Quiz Running

Answer: Distance

Distance is how far something is. Some runners run long distances like marathons and some runners run short distances like 50 yard dashes.

From Quiz Formula 1 for Kids

Answer: Driver

The driver steers the car. The constructor is the team that builds the car. Computers are used to help control the car. Most drivers have their own trainer to help keep them fit.

From Quiz The NBA For Kids

Answer: National Basketball Association

The BAA, Basketball Association of America was founded in 1946 and three years later, in 1949, it merged with the National Basketball League to create the National Basketball Association. The NBA regards the first ever game in league history as between the New York Knickerbockers and the Toronto Huskies. The game took place in Toronto, Canada on November 1, 1946. The Knickerbockers won the game 68-66.

From Quiz Let's Play Golf

Answer: Driver

The driver is the longest club, although some special putters can be longer than a driver. The driver also has a special head that is larger than other club heads. It can hit the ball the furthest so most golfers use the driver for their first shot of the hole.

From Quiz Netball For Kids

Answer: 7

The positions are goal shooter, goal attack, wing attack, centre, wing defence, goal defence and goalkeeper. Each player has a specific area of the court in which they can play. There are 3 reserve players for each team.

From Quiz Baseball For Kids

Answer: Warning track

The warning track was required and made part of the rules in the 1950s. The idea was for the outfielder to have a sense of where he is, and how far away from the wall he is. In the 1970s, padded outfield walls were added to the rule book and ballparks.

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