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Quiz about Ridiculous Sports
Quiz about Ridiculous Sports

Ridiculous Sports Trivia Quiz


Test your knowledge of these real and imaginary sports.

A multiple-choice quiz by Vanya98. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
Vanya98
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
338,984
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
801
Last 3 plays: Guest 65 (10/10), Guest 89 (6/10), Guest 120 (1/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. In what "sport" do the players make up their own rules for each game? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What Olympic sport involves brooms, a 44-pound granite stone, and ice? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What popular sport did Mark Twain allegedly call, "A good walk, spoiled"? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What "sport" includes positions such as inside grouches, deep brooders, offensive niblings, and a full-frummert? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What sport is called the "Sport of Kings", in which players cannot play left-handed, and is played in time periods called "chukkas"? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Which annual event is broadcast on the ESPN Network, and some say must be a sport? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Which aquatic Olympic sport did Harry Shearer, Martin Short, and Christoper Guest mock in a classic "Saturday Night Live" skit? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which sport, played on sand by women in bikinis, became a Summer Olympic sport in 1996? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. In what sport does one game consist of 20 overs of six bowling deliveries per side, or a "Test" match that can last five days? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What sport's arena has a chapel with a Catholic priest prepared to give a sacrament such as the Anointing of the Sick, or even Last Rites? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. In what "sport" do the players make up their own rules for each game?

Answer: Calvinball

Calvinball is the sport invented by "Calvin and Hobbes" in their comic strip by Bill Watterson. No 'sport' is less organized than Calvinball! Some golf players make up their own rules, but this is called "cheating". T-Ball is baseball for very young children.
2. What Olympic sport involves brooms, a 44-pound granite stone, and ice?

Answer: Curling

Curling is an ancient sport invented in Scotland that most experience only during the Winter Olympics. It is like shuffleboard on ice.
3. What popular sport did Mark Twain allegedly call, "A good walk, spoiled"?

Answer: Golf

Although this quote is usually attributed to Mark Twain, he probably did not say it. It can be traced to tennis players who considered golf as a rival sport. Some golfers have appropriated the saying in an ironic fashion.
4. What "sport" includes positions such as inside grouches, deep brooders, offensive niblings, and a full-frummert?

Answer: 43-man Squamish

43-man Squamish was invented by "Mad Magazine" writers Tom Koch and George Woodbridge as a satire on the convoluted rules of some real sports. There are few who have formed clubs in an attempt to actually play it.
5. What sport is called the "Sport of Kings", in which players cannot play left-handed, and is played in time periods called "chukkas"?

Answer: Polo

Polo was invented in Persia as a way for soldiers to practice horsemanship, and to simulate battles. Sometimes Polo tournaments consisted of hundreds of players, but modern polo usually has four horseman to a side.
6. Which annual event is broadcast on the ESPN Network, and some say must be a sport?

Answer: National Spelling Bee

The National Spelling Bee has been broadcast on ABC/ESPN since 2006, and gets four million viewers. The World Chess Championship is held every two years. The National Pairs Tiddlywinks Championship is a real event.
7. Which aquatic Olympic sport did Harry Shearer, Martin Short, and Christoper Guest mock in a classic "Saturday Night Live" skit?

Answer: Synchronised Swimming

Christopher Guest was a cast member on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" in the 1984-1985 season. He is probably best known for the movie, "This is Spinal Tap".
8. Which sport, played on sand by women in bikinis, became a Summer Olympic sport in 1996?

Answer: Beach volleyball

Beach volleyball is played by teams of two men or women, with slightly different rules than regular volleyball. With some professional leagues trying to form, some have gone bankrupt.
9. In what sport does one game consist of 20 overs of six bowling deliveries per side, or a "Test" match that can last five days?

Answer: Cricket

Millions of people in the British Commonwealth countries enjoy cricket. Australia saw its first-ever cricket match in 1803 in Sydney.
10. What sport's arena has a chapel with a Catholic priest prepared to give a sacrament such as the Anointing of the Sick, or even Last Rites?

Answer: Bullfighting

Ernest Hemingway said of bullfighting, "Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter's honour." Surprisingly, the Spanish province of Catalonia banned it in 2009.
Source: Author Vanya98

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