50 Question Challenge #11, Sports: answers and sources
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Level 1: Easy
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How many points is a touchdown worth?
6 A kick after it can add one more.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchdown
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How many strikes does it take to strike out in baseball?
3 Four balls give the batter a walk.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Strikeout · wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_on_balls
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How many holes are in a full round of golf?
18 Each hole is just 4.25 inches wide.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_course
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In tennis, what word means a score of zero?
Love Nobody knows for sure where the word comes from.
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What do bowlers call all ten pins down on the first ball?
Strike Three strikes in a row is called a turkey.
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How high is a regulation basketball hoop?
10 feet That's about three meters up.
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What's it called when one player scores three goals in a game?
Hat trick The term comes from cricket, not soccer.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Hat-trick
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Which card sends a soccer player off for good?
Red Yellow and red cards began at the 1970 World Cup.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Penalty_card
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In indoor volleyball, how many players per team are on court?
6 Volleyball was invented in Massachusetts in 1895.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Volleyball
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Last easy one: what do relay runners pass to each other?
A baton A baton is a hollow tube about a foot long.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Relay_race · worldathletics.org/about-iaaf/documents/book-of-rules
Level 2: American sports
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Which team won the very first Super Bowl?
Green Bay Packers They beat the Chiefs 35 to 10 in 1967.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_I
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What is the Super Bowl trophy called?
Vince Lombardi Trophy Tiffany & Co. makes a new one every year.
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Which NFL team is named after the 1849 Gold Rush?
San Francisco 49ers Gold seekers of 1849 were called forty-niners.
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Which team has won the most World Series titles?
New York Yankees They have 27 titles, as of 2025.
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Whose number 42 is retired by every MLB team?
Jackie Robinson Every April 15, all players wear 42.
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Which NHL team has won the most Stanley Cups?
Montreal Canadiens They've won it 24 times.
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Which hockey player was nicknamed The Great One?
Wayne Gretzky His 2,857 points are still the NHL record.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Gretzky
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Michael Jordan won six NBA titles with which team?
Chicago Bulls Three in a row, twice: 1991-93 and 1996-98.
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Which is the only Canadian team in the NBA?
Toronto Raptors The Grizzlies started out in Vancouver.
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Last one: how many seconds is the NBA shot clock?
24 It arrived in 1954 to speed up games.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_clock
Level 3: Quick: which sport?
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Level 4: Olympics and world
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Which city will host the 2028 Summer Olympics?
Los Angeles It will be LA's third Summer Games.
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Who has won the most Olympic medals ever?
Michael Phelps He won 28, including 23 golds.
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Which tennis Grand Slam is played on clay?
French Open Its red top layer is crushed brick.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Open · rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/roland-garros-jargon-expla...
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What color does the overall Tour de France leader wear?
Yellow At the Giro d'Italia, the leader wears pink.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/General_classification_in_the_Tour_de_... · wikipedia.org/wiki/General_classification_in_the_Giro_d%2...
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What color jacket does the winner of the Masters get?
Green Sam Snead was the first champion to get one, in 1949.
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Which sport's World Cup trophy is the Webb Ellis Cup?
Rugby South Africa has won it four times, the most.
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Which country has won the most Winter Olympic medals?
Norway Norway has won 447 Winter Olympic medals.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/All-time_Olympic_Games_medal_table
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Which Formula 1 team is famous for its red cars?
Ferrari It has raced in every F1 season since 1950.
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Which country has won the most Women's World Cups?
USA They've won four, most recently in 2019.
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Last one: which country won the 2026 World Cup?
Spain They beat Argentina 1-0 in New Jersey.
Level 5: Impossible
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Which of these leagues is the oldest?
Baseball's National League It began way back in 1876.
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How far is the pitcher's rubber from home plate in MLB?
60 feet 6 inches It has been that distance since 1893.
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In which event would you do a Fosbury Flop?
High jump Dick Fosbury won Olympic gold with it in 1968.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosbury_flop
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How many laps is the Indianapolis 500?
200 The winner traditionally drinks milk.
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How heavy is the men's Olympic shot put?
16 pounds That's 7.26 kilograms.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_put
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How long did the longest pro tennis match ever last?
About 11 hours John Isner beat Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon in 2010.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Isner%E2%80%93Mahut_match_at_the_2010_...
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What is today's men's 100 meters world record?
9.58 seconds Usain Bolt ran it in Berlin in 2009.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_100_metres_world_record_progre...
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Which NFL team had the only perfect season, Super Bowl included?
Miami Dolphins They went 17-0 in the 1972 season.
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Which sport has been played on the Moon?
Golf Alan Shepard hit two golf balls there in 1971.
Source: nasa.gov/history/50-years-ago-alan-shepard-plays-golf-on-...
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The very last one. Why are the LA Lakers called the Lakers?
The team used to play in Minnesota Minnesota is nicknamed the Land of 10,000 Lakes.
The Big Aha stories
- Basketball began with two peach baskets: In December 1891, a gym teacher in Springfield, Massachusetts, needed an indoor game for the winter. James Naismith nailed two peach baskets to the railing of the gym's balcony. The baskets still had bottoms, so a man on the balcony fetched the ball after every score. The railing happened to be about ten feet high. Hoops are still ten feet today. Sources: springfield.edu/where-basketball-was-invented-the-birthpl... · wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Naismith
- Wimbledon began to pay for a lawn roller: In 1877, a croquet club in London needed money for a pony-drawn roller for its lawns. So it held its first lawn tennis tournament. 22 men entered. Spencer Gore won. About 200 people paid a shilling each to watch the final. That club tournament became Wimbledon, the oldest tennis tournament in the world. Sources: wimbledon.com/en_GB/atoz/history.html · wikipedia.org/wiki/1877_Wimbledon_Championship
Bonus question
How many double stitches are on an official MLB baseball? We reveal the answer in the pinned comment under the video.