General Sports Knowledge Quiz 2 – 10 Questions

The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL), the highest level of professional American football in the United States.

They are world heavyweight boxing champions. Floyd Paterson held the title between November 30, 1956 and June 26, 1959. He lost the title to Ingemar Johansson from Sweden. Floyd Patterson took back the title June 20, 1960.

After retiring from boxing, Ingemar Johansson and Floyd Patterson became good friends and visited each other each year. The also ran Stockholm Marathon together in 1982.

Zola Budd was born in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa. She achieved fame in 1984, at the age of 17, when she broke the women’s 5000 m world record. She competed at the 1984 Olympic Games for Great Britain and the 1992 Olympic Games for South Africa.

The Masters Tournament, also known as The Masters or The US Masters, is one of the four major championships in professional golf. US Masters is held each year at the same location, Augusta National Golf Club, in Augusta, Georgia, USA.

France is most successful with 6 gold medals, 1 silver, and 4 bronze. Denmark has 2 gold, 3 silver, and 1 bronze. Egypt has a 4th place as its best achievement. Argentina finished 11th in 2021. (Last updated 2021)

Bob Beamon’s world-record jump at the Summer Olympics in Mexico City has been named as one of the five greatest sports achievements of the 20th century. He jumped 8.90 m, which was 55 cm more than the existing record.

In 2016, Novak Djokovic became winner of most Men’s Singles titles at Australian Open (2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2016). Before the Australian tournament opened to professionals in 1969, Roy Emerson also won six titles (1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, and 1967).

The Tour de France is an annual multiple stage bicycle race primarily held in France.

United States have one third place from 1930, but has never won the FIFA Men’s World Cup.

United States has won FIFA Women’s World Cup four times (1991, 1999, 2015, and 2019)

In basketball the objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter and 10 feet (3.05 m) above the court. The height of the net in volleyball is 2.43 m (7′ 11 5/8 €) for men and 2.24 m (7′ 4 1/8 €) for women.