The Olympics
Terminology
Records
Mixed Bag
MISC
100
T/F Trampolining is an Olympic event?
What is True.
100
Which sport utilizes the following skills: serve, pass, set, attack, dig, block and spike?
What is volleyball.
100
The fastest recorded tennis serve was clocked at 145, 157,or 163 mph?
What is 163 mph!
100
Name a racquet sport other than tennis and badminton.
What is squash, racquetball, beach tennis, ping pong, etc...
100
True/False: College cheerleading is just for girls?
What is false.
200
Which sport is not in the winter Olympics: Curling, biathlon, or rowing?
What is rowing.
200
What sport does the participant use a lure?
What is fishing.
200
What was the fastest recorded pitch in a major-league baseball game? 102, 103, 105, 107 mph
What is 105! (Aroldis Chapman, Cincinatti Reds 9/24/2010).
200
In what sport does the defense control the ball?
What is baseball.
200
Table football is also called?
What is Foosball or table soccer.
300
Which sport is not in the summer Olympics: Sailing, Luge, Judo, or Equestrian?
What is Luge.
300
In volleyball a serve that lands in the opponent's court without being touched is called an?
What is an Ace.
300
Usain Bolt hold the record for fastest ever to complete this event - 9.58 seconds.
What is 100 meter dash.
300
DOUBLE POINTS !!! Name the 2 professional football teams that play in Pennsylvania?
What is Philadelphia Eagles & Pittsburgh Steelers.
300
What full-contact sport was invented by Native Americans to resolve conflicts, train young warriors, and celebrate as a religious ritual?
What is Lacrosse.
400
The modern pentathlon event does not include: fencing, wrestling, pistol shooting, swimming, horse riding, running?
What is wrestling.
400
This sport uses the following equipment: ball, lane ropes, buoys, goals, and colored bathing caps?
What is water polo.
400
What is the most runs ever scored by a major league baseball team in a single game: 26, 36, 46, or 56?
What is 36. (Set by the Chicago Colts, now the Chicago Cubs, against the Louisville Colonels on June 29, 1897)
400
What racquet sport does not use a ball?
What is badminton.
400
What are the colors on an archery target?
What are gold (yellow), red, light blue, black, & white.
500
Alongside rhythmic gymnastics, this sport is the only exclusively female Olympic sport?
What is synchronized swimming.
500
Which sports’ area of play includes lines called: hack, tee, back, hog, and courtesy lines?
What is Curling.
500
What was the most points ever scored in an NFL game: 65, 67, 73, 82, or 85?
What is 73! (In the 1940 NFL Championship Game the Chicago Bears defeated the Washington Redskins 73-0!)
500
Players in this sport use specially developed rubber-coated wooden and carbon-fibre rackets and a lightweight, hollow celluloid ball. Thanks to their high-tech rackets, they can now smash the ball at over 150 kilometres per hour (93 mph)!
What is table tennis.
500
A smooth and continuous bending of the knees in ballet is called?
What is Plié.
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