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[1919]

Friendz i have been elected as the secretary of the quizzing community in my new colg. and next weekend we r going to organize a sports quiz ... i need your help.

giv me sum good questions ... wid answers of course.

any sports will do ...

 

[Pajo]

What kind of questions do you really need? About players, about rules, about what exactly?

 

[1919]

any and all ... stats, facts, records even trivias ... all dat u can think of

 

[1919]

and its not only football, but all games, olympics, asian games etc etc

 

[Michal]

I don't know if you want to see this but why not to try...

athletics
Olympic Games
ATP Tennis

 

[Pajo]

If you can use everything, than it's alway simple to ask questions about some players age of birth, age, etc...

Also about stadiums.
EX: What year was opened Giuseppe Meazza" - Answer is 1926. Or you can ask about the capacity.

About other sprts, you can ask, errrr, tennis.
EX: How high is the net at its center? - 36 inches.
Here, this is a quiz, you can find questions and answers here: http://tennis.about.com/od/faqandreference/l/aarulesquiz.htm

Here is quiz for NBA: http://library.thinkquest.org/J002516F/quiz.htm


I hope I was from help to you. Later, I will find something more, and I will post it.

 

[snake]

lol I hope the way you write at college isnt full of the slang you use here, its a bitch reading it sometimes

 

[brehme1989]

Q: Where does former World champion Rivaldo play now?
A: Olympiakos

Q: Where will the Champions League final be held?
A: OAKA(Athens Olympic stadium)

Q: Which is the most expensive transfer in football history?
A: Zidane to Real Madrid from Juventus

Q: Which year did Hitler refuse to award Jesse Owens at the Olympics?
A: 1936

Q: How much capacity does the Camp Nou of Barcelona has?
A: 98.000(100.000 should be okay )

Q: Who is Liverpool's first black player?
A: John Barnes

Q: Where will the next European Basketball Cup be played?
A: Spain

Q: Where will the next World Basketball Cup be played?
A: Turkey

Q: Which NBA player scored 100 points in one game?
A: Chamberlain

Q: How many Grand Slams did Roger Federer win in total?
A: Nine(9)

I'm bored to write more questions. If you are gonna do it a multiple choice quiz, then ask for more options if you need any to make it tougher

 

[1919]

thanx for the questions yuko, but i m looking at a difficulty level couple of notches higher

 

[Michal]

Is this hard enough?

 

[1919]

Is this hard enough?

not really ... cummon guys think up instead of giving links.
interistas never take the short-cut ... leave that to bbilan and gobbi

 

[Hammoudi]

Okay, since you want something hard and I love baseball, here are some questions:

1) When were coloured players allowed to play in Major League Baseball?
1947.

2) Who was the first coloured player to do so?
Jackie Robinson.

3) Where did he play?
Brooklyn Dodgers.

4) Where is the team now?
Los Angeles (LA Dodgers.)

5) When was the last time they won the World Series (Major League Baseball trophy)?
1988.

6) Whom did they beat for the title?
the New York Mets.

 

[Choppin Onions]

Dammit Hamed. Australia, pink shirts and now baseball? :dazed: What's next? Men? Do I need to make the cross-country trip to electro-shock your ass back into a normal Canadian citizen?

 

[1919]

okie Hamed lets now have sum soccer and olympics ...

and 2 helal for cricket ...

 

[pablito]

Friendz i have been elected as the secretary of the quizzing community in my new colg. and next weekend we r going to organize a sports quiz ... i need your help.

giv me sum good questions ... wid answers of course.

any sports will do ...

come again?

 

[1919]

come again?

1. i m hosting a quiz for the quiz club
2. it will be a sports quiz
3. i m asking for your help to contribute towards the question bank
4. any and all sports questions will do
5. so if u think u hv sum knowledge that can be used as a question in a quiz, plzz write it down here

 

[Michal]

When was the first ever radio braodcast of a tennis event?
1927

http://www.cliffrichardtennis.org/planet_tennis/history.htm#anchor_wimbledon


Tim Henman's great-grandmother made history at Wimbledon - but for doing what?
Being the first woman to serve overarm

or

Who was the first lady tennis player to serve overarm at Wimbledon and when?
Ellen Stawell Brown in 1901.

Only 2 footballers scored hattrick against Brazil. Which?
Jozef Adamec - [ Czechoslovakia - Brazil 3 : 2 ( 1 : 1 ), June 23 1968, Bratislava ].
Paolo Rossi - 1982, WC

 

[1919]

keep dem coming ...

 

[Hammoudi]

come again?

lollllllllllllllllll! Lito, your laid-back killers of posts as of late are refreshing

Dammit Hamed. Australia, pink shirts and now baseball? :dazed: What's next? Men? Do I need to make the cross-country trip to electro-shock your ass back into a normal Canadian citizen?

Ah, call it living for about 3 years now in a hardcore redneck suburb of Toronto More disturbingly, I recently went to a hunting store with my friend and loved it, even talked of getting a hunting licence :crazy:

To Sayak:

1) Which nation(s) has/have won the most Asian cups?
Iran, Saudi Arabia and Japan. Each with three championships.

2) Which nation(s) has/have the most final appearances?
Saudi Arabia. Won it three times and finished second two times.

3) Which nation(s) will host the next Asian Cup (in 2007)?
Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand.

 

[Michal]

First NHL player with Slovak origin who won Stanley Cup?

Stan Mikita (won in 1961) - all his career in Chicago Black Hawks

Stan Mikita established the American Impaired Hearing Association in 1972 and was elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983. (materials for another questions)

First NHL player who won the Art Ross, Hart and Lady Byng trophies in the same season.

Stan Mikita (1967)

more about him here and here

First pure Slovakian line in NHL team?

Anton Šťastný - Peter Šťastný - Marián Šťastný (Quebec Nordiques)

2nd - Pavol Demitra - Michal Handzuš - Ľuboš Bartečko (St. Louis Blues)

For what NTs did Peter Šťastný played?

Czechoslovakia, Canada, Slovakia

How many coaches have been coaching Edmonton Oilers so far?

17

Ray Kinasewich 1972/73
Bill Hunter 1972/73
Brian Shaw 1973/74-1974/75
Bill Hunter 1974/75
Clare Drake 1975/76
Bill Hunter 1975/76
Bep Guidolin 1976/77
Glen Sather 1976/77-1979/80
Bryan Watson 1980/81
Glen Sather 1980/81-1988/89
John Muckler 1989/90-1990/91
Ted Green 1991/92-1993/94
Glen Sather 1993/94
George Burnett 1994/95
Ron Low 1994/95-1998/99
Kevin Lowe 1999/00
Craig MacTavish 2000/01-Present

When was Stanley Cup presented first time?

In 1893

Stanley Cup - most successful?

team: Montreal Canadiens - won it 24 times
player: Henri Richard (Montreal) - 11 times

First "Grand Slam" (all trophies in 1 year) winner?

John Donald "Don" Budge in 1938

Last "Grand Slam" winner?

Steffi Graf in 1988 (+ Olympic Games gold = Golden Slam)

Only player who won "Grand Slam" as a junior?

Stefan Edberg in 1983