100 Sports Trivia Questions & Answers 2026

Football (Soccer) — 20 Questions

1. What is the governing body of world football? (FIFA — Fédération Internationale de Football Association)
2. How often is the FIFA World Cup held? (Every four years)
3. Which country has won the most FIFA World Cups? (Brazil — 5 times)
4. Who has won the most Ballon d'Or awards? (Lionel Messi — 8 awards)
5. What club is Cristiano Ronaldo most associated with? (Manchester United, Real Madrid, and Juventus — currently Al Nassr)
6. What is the UEFA Champions League? (Annual club football tournament for Europe's top clubs)
7. Which club has won the most Champions League titles? (Real Madrid — 15 titles)
8. What is the "offside rule" in football? (A player is offside if closer to the opponent's goal line than both the ball and the second-last defender when the ball is played)
9. What famous "Hand of God" goal was scored by? (Diego Maradona — against England at the 1986 World Cup)
10. What is a "hat-trick" in football? (Scoring three goals in a single match)
11. What country hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup? (Qatar)
12. Who won the 2022 FIFA World Cup? (Argentina)
13. What is the English Premier League? (England's top professional football division — 20 clubs)
14. Which club has won the most Premier League titles? (Manchester United — 20 titles)
15. What is "The Clasico"? (The rivalry match between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona)
16. Who is known as "The Special One"? (José Mourinho — manager)
17. What is a "penalty shootout"? (Tiebreaker where players alternately take penalty kicks from 12 yards)
18. What is VAR in football? (Video Assistant Referee — technology to review refereeing decisions)
19. Who holds the record for most international goals? (Cristiano Ronaldo — over 130 goals for Portugal)
20. What is "total football"? (A fluid tactical style where any player can assume any position — pioneered by the Netherlands in the 1970s)

Cricket & Tennis — 20 Questions

21. What is the governing body of international cricket? (ICC — International Cricket Council)
22. What are the three formats of international cricket? (Test matches, One Day Internationals (ODIs), and Twenty20 (T20))
23. Which country has won the most Cricket World Cups? (Australia — 6 times)
24. Who is considered the greatest batsman of all time? (Don Bradman — Test average of 99.94)
25. What is a "century" in cricket? (Scoring 100 runs in a single innings)
26. Who holds the record for the most Test centuries? (Sachin Tendulkar — 51 Test centuries)
27. What is the Ashes? (A Test cricket series between England and Australia)
28. What is a "yorker" in cricket? (A delivery pitched at the batsman's feet near the crease)
29. Who is the greatest bowler in cricket history? (Muttiah Muralitharan — most Test wickets: 800)
30. What is the IPL? (Indian Premier League — premier T20 franchise cricket tournament)
31. Who has won the most Grand Slam tennis titles (men)? (Novak Djokovic — 24 Grand Slams)
32. Who has won the most Grand Slams (women)? (Serena Williams — 23 Grand Slams)
33. What are the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments? (Australian Open, French Open (Roland Garros), Wimbledon, US Open)
34. What surface is Wimbledon played on? (Grass)
35. What surface is the French Open played on? (Clay)
36. Who is known as the "King of Clay"? (Rafael Nadal — 14 French Open titles)
37. What is "deuce" in tennis? (A score of 40-40, requiring two consecutive points to win the game)
38. What is a "bagel" in tennis? (Winning a set 6–0)
39. Who won Wimbledon most times (women)? (Martina Navratilova — 9 Wimbledon titles)
40. What is a "golden set" in tennis? (Winning a set without losing a single point — extremely rare)

Basketball & American Sports — 20 Questions

41. Who invented basketball? (Dr. James Naismith — 1891, in Springfield, Massachusetts)
42. How many players are on a basketball court per team? (5)
43. Who is considered the greatest basketball player of all time? (Michael Jordan or LeBron James — most cited)
44. How many NBA championships did Michael Jordan win? (6 — all with the Chicago Bulls)
45. What is a "triple-double" in basketball? (Reaching double digits in 3 statistical categories in one game)
46. What team has won the most NBA championships? (Boston Celtics — 18 titles)
47. What is the NBA's regular season? (82 games per team — followed by playoffs)
48. Who holds the NBA record for most points in a single game? (Wilt Chamberlain — 100 points, 1962)
49. What is the NFL? (National Football League — top American football league in the USA)
50. What is the Super Bowl? (The NFL Championship game — the most-watched annual sporting event in the USA)
51. Which NFL team has won the most Super Bowls? (New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs — 6 each)
52. Who is considered the greatest NFL quarterback? (Tom Brady — 7 Super Bowl wins)
53. What is a "touchdown" in American football? (Scoring by carrying or catching the ball in the opponent's end zone — worth 6 points)
54. What is MLB? (Major League Baseball — top professional baseball league in North America)
55. What is the World Series? (MLB's annual championship between the AL and NL pennant winners)
56. What is ice hockey's top award? (The Stanley Cup — awarded to the NHL playoff champion)
57. What is the NHL? (National Hockey League — premier professional ice hockey league)
58. What is "Grand Slam" in baseball? (A home run hit with the bases loaded — scores 4 runs)
59. Who holds the MLB home run record? (Barry Bonds — 762 career home runs)
60. What is a "hat trick" in ice hockey? (Scoring three goals in a single game)

Olympics & Athletics — 20 Questions

61. How often are the Summer Olympics held? (Every four years)
62. Where were the first modern Olympics held? (Athens, Greece — 1896)
63. What are the Olympic rings colors? (Blue, yellow, black, green, red — representing the five inhabited continents)
64. Who is the most decorated Olympian of all time? (Michael Phelps — 28 medals, including 23 gold)
65. Who is the fastest human in history? (Usain Bolt — 100m world record: 9.58 seconds)
66. What country is Usain Bolt from? (Jamaica)
67. What is a "decathlon"? (A track and field competition with 10 events over two days)
68. What is the marathon distance? (42.195 km / 26.2 miles)
69. What country has won the most Olympic medals overall? (USA — by total medal count)
70. What is the Olympic motto? (Citius, Altius, Fortius — Latin for "Faster, Higher, Stronger")
71. What is the Olympic flame tradition? (The flame is lit in Olympia, Greece and relayed by torchbearers to the host city)
72. Who is Simone Biles? (US gymnast — widely considered the greatest gymnast ever; multiple Olympic gold medals)
73. What is the biathlon? (Winter Olympic sport combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting)
74. What country dominates cross-country skiing at the Olympics? (Norway)
75. What is the Tour de France? (The world's most prestigious professional cycling race — 21 stages over 3 weeks)
76. Who has won the most Tour de France titles? (Lance Armstrong (7) — later stripped; Eddy Merckx (5) is the legitimate record holder)
77. What is Formula 1? (The top tier of international single-seater auto racing)
78. Who has won the most F1 World Championships? (Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher — 7 each)
79. What sport uses a shuttlecock? (Badminton)
80. What is the "Triple Crown" in horse racing? (Winning the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes in the same year)

Sports Records & Legends — 20 Questions

81. Who is Muhammad Ali? (Three-time heavyweight boxing world champion — considered the greatest boxer of all time)
82. What is Ali's famous quote? ("Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.")
83. What is "The Greatest Game Ever Played"? (The 1958 NFL Championship Game — Baltimore Colts vs. New York Giants)
84. Who scored the most goals in a single football season? (Lionel Messi — 91 goals in 2012)
85. Who has won the most ATP Tour titles in tennis? (Novak Djokovic — most ATP titles among active players)
86. What is the longest tennis match in history? (Isner–Mahut at Wimbledon 2010 — 11 hours, 5 minutes over 3 days)
87. What is Pele's real name? (Edson Arantes do Nascimento)
88. How many World Cups did Pele win? (3 — 1958, 1962, 1970)
89. Who is "The Flying Sikh"? (Milkha Singh — legendary Indian sprinter)
90. What is the significance of Roger Bannister? (First person to run a sub-4-minute mile — 1954)
91. What is the highest-scoring game in NBA history? (Detroit Pistons 186, Denver Nuggets 184 — triple overtime, 1983)
92. What sport does Tiger Woods play? (Golf)
93. How many Masters titles does Tiger Woods hold? (5)
94. What is the Ryder Cup? (Biennial team golf tournament between Europe and the USA)
95. What is "sudden death" in sports? (An overtime format where the first team/player to score wins immediately)
96. What is an "underdog"? (A competitor expected to lose — celebrated when they win)
97. What is the Miracle on Ice? (1980 Winter Olympics — USA ice hockey team defeated the heavily favored USSR)
98. What sport is the Supersonics associated with? (NBA basketball — the Seattle SuperSonics, now Oklahoma City Thunder)
99. What country dominates sumo wrestling? (Japan — sumo is the national sport; many top wrestlers also come from Mongolia)
100. What is the Borg-McEnroe rivalry famous for? (Bjorn Borg vs. John McEnroe — defining late-1970s/early-80s tennis rivalry)