Sports Quiz USA – 20 Questions for the American Sports Fan

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.

The marathon today is a long-distance running race with an official distance of 42.195 kilometers (26.219 miles, or 26 miles 385 yards).

Wayne Gretzky has been called the greatest hockey player ever. After his retirement in 1999, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame and the NHL retired his jersey number 99 league-wide, making him the only player to receive this honor.

Tripping, elbowing, roughing, and high-sticking are typical infractions in ice hockey.

They are teams in NBA, the men’s professional basketball league in North America.

Jack Nicklaus won the Masters Tournament six times between 1963 and 1986. Arnold Palmer and Tiger Woods have each won four times.

Earvin Magic Johnson is a retired American professional basketball player who played point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers for 13 seasons.

Arrowhead Stadium is a football stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, that primarily serves as the home venue of the Kansas City Chiefs.

The Vince Lombardi Trophy is awarded the winning team of the National Football League’s championship game, the Super Bowl. The trophy is named in honor of legendary NFL coach Vince Lombardi.

Boston Celtics is a NBA team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference.

Montreal Canadiens has 24 wins in the Stanley Cup Finals era (since 1915). Toronto Maple Leafs has 13, Detroit Red Wings has 11, Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks have six each. (2018 data)

Dirk Nowitzki is a German professional basketball player. Playing for the NBA team Dallas Mavericks, he won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award in 2009.

In American Football, a blitz is a defensive maneuver in which one or more linebackers or defensive backs, who normally remain behind the line of scrimmage, instead charge into the opponents’ backfield. A bomb is a long, distinctly arcing pass.

John McEnroe, Jr. is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. He is, however, born in Wiesbaden, West Germany, where his father was stationed with the United States Air Force.

The first Super Bowl was played January 15, 1967 between Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs (35-10). New York Jets – Baltimore Colts (16-7) met in 1969. Baltimore Colts – Dallas Cowboys (16-13) met in 1971. Miami Dolphins – Washington Redskins (14-7) met in 1973).

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won the award six times. Bill Russell and Michael Jordan have won the award five times. Wilt Chamberlain and LeBron James won the award four times.

Brayan Murray coached Detroit Red Wings for three seasons 1990-1993, Scotty Bowman was coach for nine season and won three Championships, and Mike Babcock took over as coach in 2005.

The Mercedes-Benz Superdome, often referred to simply as the Superdome, in New Orleans serves as the home venue for the New Orleans Saints.

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

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.