Sports Trivia

🏅 Sports Trivia

Did you know zero is called love in tennis?

How many players, how long a match lasts, what a score is called: sports facts that come up in PE class and on TV. Knowing them makes watching twice the fun. Each answer comes with the rule or the reason in a line.

About this quiz

Players per team, match length, what scores are called: the sports facts that pop up in PE and on TV. It mixes popular sports like soccer, baseball and basketball with figure skating and golf.

Each answer comes with the rule or the reason behind the number in a line. Once you know them, the commentary makes a lot more sense.

At a glance

Questions
10
Subject
Social studies
Price
Free
Sign-in
Optional
Devices
Phone, tablet, desktop

How to play

Numbers are per team
Player counts are always how many one team has on the field, not counting substitutes.
When the names blur
Love, birdie, shuttlecock: every sport has its own words. Check the explanation for any you missed.
Race a friend
Send a challenge link from the results and your friend gets the same questions in the same order.

Score ranks

  • Walking Sports Almanac

    Rules, records, the lot. Maybe you should be doing the commentary.

  • Bench Strategist

    You know nearly all of it. One line of rules covers the rest.

  • Weekend Fan

    Your usual sports are solid. The unfamiliar ones shook you.

  • Still Warming Up

    Sports have a lot of rules. Read the explanations and go again.

Frequently asked questions

Which rulebook is used?
The basic Olympic and international federation rules. Rules that differ from league to league were left out.
How many questions per round?
Ten per round.
Do I need to sign in?
No. You can play straight away without signing in.