A round of sporting basics, with every answer a single clean fact. How many players field a baseball defence, where golf was invented, and the approximate length of a marathon in kilometres.
Good as an opening round or for a table that includes younger players.
- How many players are on a baseball team's defensive lineup on the field?
- In which sport would you perform a slam dunk?
- Wimbledon is associated with which sport?
- Which country invented golf?
- How many holes are on a standard golf course?
- How long is a marathon, in kilometres (approximately)?
- Which two countries play for the Ashes?
- What is the highest possible break in snooker (excluding free balls)?
- Which sport features the term 'try'?
- In Formula 1, how many points do you get for finishing first in a race?
- What sport uses a shuttlecock?
- Where were the 2024 Summer Olympic Games held?
- Which country has hosted the Summer Olympics the most times?
- In tennis, what is the score called when both players have 40 points?
- In which sport does a player perform a 'frog kick'?
- Michael Phelps has won more Olympic medals than any other athlete.
- A standard ice hockey game has four periods.
- The Tour de France is held every year in summer.
- The Boston Marathon is the oldest annual marathon in the world.
- In athletics, who held the world record for the men's 100m at the time of his retirement in 2017?