Daily Trivia Quiz #53 - Sports Questions about Athletes, Swimming, Joe Montana, Flo Jo, Jackie Joyner, Lacrosse, World Cup, Soccer, Football and more!

Selection of miscellaneous sports trivia questions answers.

1. How often is the Ryder Cup held?
    
2. In 1988 who won the tennis grand Slam and Olympic gold?
    
3. Which gold medalist Mark was told by his father, "Swimming isn't
   everything, winning is"?
    
4. Who was the last Canadian before Donovan Bailey in 1996 to cross
   the line first in the 100m and keep the medal?
    
5. In which Olympic event did Edwin Moses find fame?
    
6. In which sport did Andy Thomson become a world champion?
    
7. Sergei Bubka competes in which athletics event ?
    
8. In which Olympic jumping event did Mike Conley find fame?
    
9. Where did Joe Montana play NCAA Division I football?
    
10. In which decade did Joe Montana retire from football?
     
11. In 1972 who ordered the last three seconds of the basketball
    final to be played again, which gave the USSR gold?
     
12. How may goals were scored in soccer's 1998 World Cup Final?
     
13. How many players are there in a men's lacrosse team?
     
14. What relation was Flo Jo to Jackie Joyner Kersee?
     
15. In football, what position is RB?
     
16. Warren Beatty was offered full college scholarships in which
    sport?
     
17. The Naismith Award is presented in which sport?
     
18. Which country broke the India/Pakistan 50-year monopoly of men's
    hockey tournaments?
     
19. In which decade did Carl Lewis first win four Olympic golds?
     
20. In which Olympic event did Bob Beamon find fame?
     
21. Who won a record ninth Wimbledon singles title in 1990?
     
22. How many times did Ivan Lendl win Wimbledon singles?
     
23. Which country does tennis player Marcelo Rios come from?
     
24. Which golf tournament presents its winner with a green jacket?
     
25. Who had a seven year contract with Orlando Magic for $42 million?
     
26. Who won the 400m hurdles in the games sandwiched between Ed
    Moses' two triumphs?
     
27. In football, what do the letters AFL stand for?
     
28. In hockey, what is the Hart Trophy awarded for?
     
29. Which British Fred was a Wimbledon singles winner in the 1930s?
     
30. Who told a Wimbledon umpire, "You are the pits of the world?"
     
31. Where was the Rumble in the Ali v Foreman fight in Zaire in 1974?
     
32. Who won every Lacrosse World championship between 1974 to 1994?
     
33. Britain and which other country have won gold in every Summer
    Games?
     
34. Greg LeMond was a champion in which sport?
     
35. In which decade did Marina Navratilova take US citizenship?
     
36. Which Bobby was the first golfer to win the 'Grand slam' in a
    single year in the 1960s?
     
37. With which track and field event was Geoff Capes particularly
    associated?
     
38. In baseball, where do the Orioles come from?
     
39. Alberto Tomba found fame in which Winter Olympic sport?
     
40. Where was the location of the first Winter Games after World War
    II?
     
41. What type of speed event was Eric Heiden famous for?
     
42. How was Mildred Didrikson better known?
     
43. Which country does Goran Ivanisevic come from?
     

Daily Trivia Quiz #53 -  Sports
Trivia
Quiz Answers

1. Every two years.
2. Steffi Graf.
3. Mark Spitz.
4. Percy Williams.
5. A; (400 meters) hurdles.
6. Bowls.
7. California.
8. Triple Jump.
9. Notre Dame University.
10. 1990s.
11. R William Thompson.
12. Three.
13. 10.
14. Sister in Law.
15. Running Back.
16. Football.
17. Basketball.
18. Germany.
19. 1980s.
20. Track and field's long jump.
21. Martina Navratilova.
22. Never.
23. Chile.
24. The Masters.
25. Shaquille O'Neal.
26. Volker Beck.
27. American Football League.
28. League's MVP.
29. Perry.
30. John McEnroe.
31. Jungle.
32. USA.
33. France.
34. Cycling.
35. 1980s.
36. Jones.
37. Shot.
38. Baltimore.
39. Skiing.
40. St. Moritz, Switzerland.
41. Speed skating.
42. Babe Zaharias.
43. Croatia.

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