Women in sport
Sport
Olympic Games
Cathy Freeman
Sporting Controversy
100

In what year were the first national championships established for women's sport?

1916

100

What’s the diameter of a basketball hoop in inches?

18 inches

100

In which country did the ancient Olympics originate?

greece

100

What year did Cathy Freeman do the olympics?

2000

100

What happened in the 2018 cricket scandal

sandpaper the ball

200

What year introduced volleyball, swimming and badminton National Championships available for women to compete in?

1970

200

The Olympics are held every how many years?

4 years

200

Which god from ancient Greek mythology is said to have founded the Olympics?

hercules

200

What race did cathy freeman win in

400m

200

One of the most famous sporting scandals of all time occurred in baseball. What led to eight players from the 1919 Chicago White Sox team getting lifetime bans?

deliberately threw games

300

In what year was the first women's National Championship for basketball?

1982

300

What sport is best known as the ‘king of sports’?

soccer

300

Where did the Olympics get its name?

After a religious sanctuary

300

What flags did cathy freeman run with during the olympics

Australian and Aboriginal

300

What dynamic horse was touched up with hair colour in order to make him look like Fine Cotton, in a 1984 horse race substitution scandal?

bold personality

400

Which club won the inaugural AFL Women's cup last year?

adelaide crows

400

What’s the national sport of Canada?

Lacrosse

400

What marked the finish line for all the races?

an olive tree

400

who did cathy freeman marry

Sandy Bodecker

400

In which sport was US professional Jeff Tarango involved in when he spat the dummy in 1995 and declared "No, this is it. I'm not playing!"?

tennis

500

In which event is Sally Pearson an Olympic gold medallist?

100 metre hurdles

500

What country has competed the most times in the Summer Olympics yet hasn’t won a gold medal?

the phillipines

500

How many rings are on the Olympic flag?

5

500

What athlete was cathy freeman inspired by

Marlene Matthews

500

 In 67 AD, the emperor Nero competed in several events at the Olympic games. He won the 10-horse chariot race despite what mishap?

he failed to finish the race

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