Basketball and sports
What’s the diameter of a basketball hoop in inches?
18 inches
What does NBA stand for?
National Basketball Association
How many sports were included in the 2008 Summer Olympics?
28
What is the only team in the NFL to neither host nor play in the Super Bowl?
Cleveland Browns
Which basketball player was Michael Jordan nicknamed after when he was in high school?
Magic Johnson
The Olympics are held every how many years?
Four years
In motor racing, what color is the flag they wave to indicate the winner?
Checkered
A sporting event is held every year on Memorial Day. What is it?
Indianapolis 500
How much does an NFL football weigh?
one pound
What team won the very first NBA game in 1946?
New York Knicks
What sport is best known as the “king of sports”?
Soccer
How many holes are played in an average round of golf?
18
What number sits to the right of the number 20 on a standard dartboard?
One
This player was the first-ever openly gay person to be drafted by an NFL team. What was his name?
Michael Sam
Who was the youngest player to score 10,000 points in the NBA?
LeBron James
What do you call it when a bowler makes three strikes in a row?
Turkey
What color are the goalposts in football?
yellow
In what year were women allowed to compete in the modern Olympic Games, and in what sports?
1900. Of the 997 athletes, 22 women competed in five sports: tennis, sailing, croquet, equestrianism and golf.
What NFL team lost the first championship game after the AFL and NFL merged into one league?
Dallas Cowboys
Who was the first WNBA player to dunk in a playoff game?
Brittney Griner
What are the two national sports of Canada?
Lacrosse in the summer, ice hockey in the winter
how long is a marathon
26.2 miles
Basketball player Scottie Pippen has what word tattooed on his forearm?
pip
Which NFL team has their logo located on only one side of their helmets?
Pittsburgh Steelers
What team owns the longest winning streak in NBA history?
Los Angeles Lakers