15 surprising sports facts

Sports quiz with a bit of a spin.

Quiz by

Rate:

Last updated: November 23, 2021

You have not attempted this quiz yet.

More quiz info >>

First submitted	November 23, 2021
Times taken	29
Average score	60.0%
Report this quiz	Report

Quiz and answer stats >>

Friends stats >>

4:00

The quiz is paused. You have remaining.

Scoring
You scored / = %

    This beats or equals
    % of test takers
    also scored 100%
    
The average score is 

      Your high score is
      
    
Your fastest time is 
more stats >>
friends stats >>

Keep scrolling down for answers and more stats ...

1. Which team won the Ice Hockey Tournament in the Olympics in 1980?

Soviet Union ✓

USA ✓

Canada ✓

Finland ✓

2. Which team won the Premier League in 2015/16?

Preston North End ✓

Aston Villa ✓

FC United of Manchester ✓

Leicester City ✓

3. Which team finished second in that season?

Tottenham Hotspur ✓

Leicester City ✓

West Ham United ✓

Bristol City ✓

4. Which team won the Basketball Tournament in the Olympics in 1972?

USA ✓

Lithuania ✓

Canada ✓

Soviet Union ✓

5. Back to Miracle on Ice. The eventual winning team won in a very dramatic fashion in their last game against which team?

Czechoslovakia ✓

Canada ✓

Romania ✓

Finland ✓

6. Which country has won the most medals in the Winter Olympics?

Switzerland ✓

Austria ✓

Finland ✓

Norway ✓

7. Steven Bradbury won a very surprising gold medal in Short Track Speed Skating. In 2002. Which country did he represent when he won that gold medal?

Nauru ✓

Australia ✓

Tuvalu ✓

Palau ✓

8. At the time, "Kings of football", England, finally joined the World Cup in 1950. They lost their second game game in that tournament. Arguably the biggest upset in Football/Soccer ever. Who beat them?

USA ✓

Sweden ✓

Japan ✓

Hungary ✓

9. One of the greatest, and most bizarre, happenings in the the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang in 2018 was Ester Ledecká`s two gold medals in two very different events. Which two events?

Ice Hockey and Figure Skating ✓

Super Giant Slalom and Parallel Giant Snowboard ✓

Ski jumping and Curling ✓

Nordic combination and Sailing ✓

10. Which of these rather small countries did USA loose against in the Olympic Basketball Tournament in 2004?

Lithuania ✓

Slovenia ✓

Haiti ✓

Uruguay ✓

11. Which of these countries have won the World Cup twice?

Russia ✓

Uruguay ✓

Netherlands ✓

Bulgaria ✓

12. One of these countries have won the Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament. Which country?

Norway ✓

Great Britain ✓

Belgium ✓

South Korea ✓

13. Only two countries competed in this team event in the summer olympics in Stockholm in 1912. In which event?

Team scubadiving ✓

Waiting ✓

Ball Juggling ✓

Tug of War ✓

14. Which of these very small countries have hosted the World Athletics Championship, UCI World Cycling Championship and World Handball Championship recently?

Qatar ✓

Monaco ✓

East Timor ✓

Djibouti ✓

15. Tadej Pogačar has won Tour de France two years in a row. Which country does he represent?

Slovakia ✓

Slovenia ✓

Croatia ✓

Czechia ✓

Suggested Quizzes See all >>

Countries of the World Quiz

US States Quiz

World Capitals Quiz

Canada Provinces Map Quiz