sports with ball
Equipment
team and rules
Unusual questions
type of sports
100

The most popular team sport game with ball?  

Football 

100

Football players wear these on their feet. They have small points on the bottom to help them run.

Boots 

100

The Olympic flag has five coloured circles. These circles are connected. What are they called?

Olympic rings 

100

In this sport, there was a "golden goal" rule – the first goal in extra time ended the match. The normal time is 90 minutes, but the real playing time is only 60–70 minutes. What is this sport? 

Football 

100

People swim 50 m, 100 m, or 200 m in a pool. There are four styles: butterfly, breaststroke, backstroke, and freestyle.

Swimming

200

A type of sport with an orange ball? Usually players are tall 

Basketball 

200

Ice hockey players use this long piece of wood (or plastic) to hit the small black puck.

Hockey stick 

200

In volleyball, one player wears a different coloured shirt. He can replace others many times and only plays defence. Who is this? 

Libero

200

Which is heavier – a football, a basketball, or a volleyball?

Basketball (650 g)

200

Athletes ski on a track, then stop and shoot at targets with a rifle. If they miss, they must ski a penalty lap. 

Biatlón 

300

In this Olympic team sport, players are in a pool. They throw a ball into a goal with their hands.

Water polo 

300

In football, how many players from one team are on the pitch at the same time?

11

300

In this sport, the score goes 15, 30, 40 – not 1, 2, 3.

Tennis

300

This is a Japanese Olympic sport. Two fighters try to throw each other onto the mat or hold them down for 20 seconds. 

Judo 

400

This sport uses a very small, light ball. Players hit it with paddles on a table with a net.

Ping pong (small tennis) 

400

You use this long, thin stick to hit the white ball in a game on a green table.

Cue (для бильярда) 

400

This is a very long running race. It is 42 kilometres long. It is named after a city in Greece. What is it?

Marathon 

400

This is the only sport that was ever played on the Moon. Astronaut Alan Shepard hit a ball with a stick.

Golf 

400

This winter sport is called "chess on ice". Players slide heavy granite stones. Other players brush the ice in front of the stone.

Curling 

500

This ball is not round – it is like an egg. Players can score by carrying it into a zone or kicking it between H-shaped posts.

Rugby 

500

Gymnasts put this white powder on their hands. It helps them not slip on the bars

Chalk 

500

What cards can the referee show to the players? 

Yellow and red

500

This sport got its name from an English town called Gloucestershire. The first games were played there in 1873.

Badminton 

500

In this sport, you do three things without stopping: swim 1.5 km, then cycle 40 km, then run 10 km.

Triatlón