Women in sport
In what year were the first national championships established for women's sport?
1916
What’s the diameter of a basketball hoop in inches?
18 inches
In which country did the ancient Olympics originate?
greece
What year did Cathy Freeman do the olympics?
2000
What happened in the 2018 cricket scandal
sandpaper the ball
What year introduced volleyball, swimming and badminton National Championships available for women to compete in?
1970
The Olympics are held every how many years?
4 years
Which god from ancient Greek mythology is said to have founded the Olympics?
hercules
What race did cathy freeman win in
400m
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
In what year was the first women's National Championship for basketball?
1982
What sport is best known as the ‘king of sports’?
soccer
Where did the Olympics get its name?
After a religious sanctuary
What flags did cathy freeman run with during the olympics
Australian and Aboriginal
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
Which club won the inaugural AFL Women's cup last year?
adelaide crows
What’s the national sport of Canada?
Lacrosse
What marked the finish line for all the races?
an olive tree
who did cathy freeman marry
Sandy Bodecker
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
In which event is Sally Pearson an Olympic gold medallist?
100 metre hurdles
What country has competed the most times in the Summer Olympics yet hasn’t won a gold medal?
the phillipines
How many rings are on the Olympic flag?
5
What athlete was cathy freeman inspired by
Marlene Matthews
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