American Football
What is the team name for the New England region?
Patriots
The first FIFA World Cup was played in 1930. How many years ago was that?
96 years
Basketball was invented by Dr. James Naismith of Springfield, MA in 1891. How many years ago was that?
135 years
The first recorded baseball game was played in 1846, between the New York Nine and The Knickerbockers Club from Hoboken, New Jersey.
How many years ago was that?
180 years
Where were the first Olympic games held?
Ancient Greece - More specifically, in Olympia (a city no longer around), hence the name "Olympic" games
How long did the longest college game last for?
Closest guess gets the points!
Four hours
What two shapes make up the 32 spots or "panels" on a soccer ball?
Hexagons and Pentagons
What made the first hoops?
Hint: There wasn't a hole at the bottom of these first "hoops", so people had to go up and retrieve the ball every time someone made a *basket*
A literal basket! More specifically, peach baskets
What are MLB baseballs covered/rubbed in to give players a better grip?
Mud! More specifically, Lena Blackburne Baseball Rubbing mud, which is from a, says the MLB website, "secret location in New Jersey"
What are the colors of the rings in the Olympics logo?
Blue, Yellow, Black, Green, and Red (in that order)
Which team won the first Super Bowl, played in 1967?
Green Bay Packers
Which city has a soccer team but isn't part of FIFA?
Hints:
* It's technically the smallest country in the world, despite being also called a city
* It's where the Pope lives/worships
* It's in Italy, near Rome
The Vatican
Which move used to be illegal?
The slam dunk
Which baseball team found and used a stray cat as a mascot in 1916?
New York Giants
Who holds the record for most Olympic gold medals by a snowboarder?
Shaun White
This poet wrote the poem "The Raven", which is what the Baltimore Ravens are named after. What is this poet's name?
Edgar Allen Poe
What does FIFA stand for?
Closest guess gets the points!
Fédération Internationale de Football Association
(International Federation of Football Association in English)
How tall are the recorded tallest and shortest basketball players?
Getting the closest guess for one gives you half points. If both your guesses are the closest, you get full points
Tallest is 7'7"
Shortest is 5'3"
Which High School Musical song was sung while the characters played baseball?
"I Don't Dance"
This category saw its last round in the London 1948 games
Hint: It definitely counts as a competition, but it wouldn't normally be counted as a sport
Art
When was American football invented?
1869 - Originally stemming from soccer and rugby, there were two times in the late 1800s - the soccer-like game based on rules from London, and the Harvard University's "Boston Game", though the "Boston Game" was replaced with the first type due to popularity
How many countries participate in the FIFA World Cup?
221 nations/countries and territories
YMCA
What was the homerun Bobby Thomson hit in 1951?
The Shot Heard Around the World
Where will the 2028 Summer Olympic Games be held in?
Exact answers only!
Hint: It's a city
Los Angeles