2010s Sports Trivia
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60 free 2010s Sports trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This 2010s sports trivia quiz covers the whole decade, from Andres Iniesta's winner in Johannesburg to Eliud Kipchoge running 1:59:40 in Vienna. In between are the moments people still argue about: Germany's 7-1, Leicester City at 5,000-1, the Cubs ending 108 years, the Cavaliers coming back from 3-1, the Patriots coming back from 28-3, the Kick Six, the boundary count at Lord's and Tiger Woods winning the Masters again at 43. The questions span soccer, the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, tennis, golf, the Olympics, cricket, rugby, cycling, motor racing, boxing and MMA, so a general fan will get a fair share and a specialist will still find a few that bite. About a third are easy warm-ups, a third are medium, and the rest are for people who remember who Meb Keflezighi is. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia and primary records before publishing, and each question carries the sentence that establishes it. If you think one is wrong, use the report button and we will look again.
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Q 01Who scored the only goal of the 2010 World Cup final, four minutes from the end of extra time?
Andrés Iniesta
Andrés Iniesta then pulled off his shirt to reveal a message to his late friend Dani Jarque, the Espanyol player who had died in August 2009.
Q 02Which substitute volleyed Germany's winner against Argentina in the 2014 World Cup final?
Mario Götze
Mario Götze had replaced Miroslav Klose after 88 minutes, and coach Joachim Löw said he told him to show the world he was better than Messi.
Q 03Germany's 7-1 demolition of Brazil in the 2014 semi-final was played in which city?
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte's Mineirão hosted the rout, and Brazil played without Neymar, out with a fractured vertebra, and their suspended captain Thiago Silva.
Q 04Which Croatian scored the first own goal in World Cup final history, in 2018?
Mario Mandžukić
Mario Mandžukić later made amends by scoring at the right end after a Hugo Lloris error, but France still won 4-2.
Q 05What pre-season odds did bookmakers offer on Leicester City winning the 2015-16 Premier League?
5,000-1
Leicester, 5,000-1 outsiders, were watching at Jamie Vardy's house when Chelsea's 2-2 draw with Tottenham handed them the title on 2 May 2016.
Q 06Which curse was blamed for the Chicago Cubs' title drought before 2016?
Billy Goat
The Billy Goat curse supposedly began when tavern owner Billy Sianis's goat was barred from a 1945 World Series game at Wrigley Field.
Q 07The 2016 Cavaliers became the first team to win the NBA Finals after trailing by what series score?
3-1
Trailing 3-1, Cleveland won three straight, capped by LeBron James's late Game 7 block on Andre Iguodala, ending the city's 52-year title drought.
Q 08Which Golden State star became the NBA's first unanimous MVP during the Warriors' 73-9 season?
Stephen Curry
Stephen Curry had gone seventh in the 2009 draft, after Minnesota spent the fifth and sixth picks on Ricky Rubio and Jonny Flynn.
Q 09What was Atlanta's biggest lead over the Patriots in Super Bowl LI, before New England came back to win?
28-3
From 28-3 down in the third quarter, New England scored 25 straight points to force the first Super Bowl overtime, then won 34-28 on a James White touchdown.
Q 10Which Seahawks cornerback's 2014 TV rant called Michael Crabtree 'a sorry receiver'?
Richard Sherman
Richard Sherman had tipped away the game-sealing pass meant for Crabtree, then offered a handshake, and Crabtree shoved him in the facemask.
Q 11Which undrafted Patriots rookie made the goal-line interception that won Super Bowl XLIX?
Malcolm Butler
Malcolm Butler jumped a slant meant for Ricardo Lockette on second-and-goal from the 1-yard line, after Seattle chose to pass instead of running.
Q 12Tom Brady's Deflategate suspension came from under-inflated footballs used in which game?
The AFC Championship Game
The AFC Championship Game footballs led to Brady's four-game ban, and the Patriots were also fined $1 million and stripped of a first-round pick.
Q 13Which backup quarterback led the Eagles past Tom Brady's Patriots to win Super Bowl LII?
Nick Foles
Q 21Which NHL team won three Stanley Cups in the 2010s, in 2010, 2013 and 2015?
Chicago Blackhawks
The Chicago Blackhawks sealed the 2013 Cup when Bryan Bickell and Dave Bolland scored 17 seconds apart in the last 76 seconds to beat Boston.
Q 22The 2019 World Series was won by which team, upsetting the Houston Astros for its first title?
Washington Nationals
The Washington Nationals lost all three games at home but won all four in Houston, the first World Series in which neither team won a home game.
Q 23The Astros' sign-stealing scandal concerned their illegal use of what in 2017 and 2018?
A video camera system
Nick Foles, in for the injured Carson Wentz, threw three touchdown passes and even caught one himself on a trick play.
Q 14Peyton Manning was the first starting quarterback to win Super Bowls with which two franchises?
Colts and Broncos
Peyton Manning won Super Bowl XLI with the Colts and Super Bowl 50 with the Broncos, and retired a month after that second title.
Q 15Which Auburn player returned a missed field goal for the winning touchdown in the 2013 'Kick Six'?
Chris Davis
Chris Davis was only there because coach Gus Malzahn put a returner in the end zone just in case Alabama's 57-yard try fell short.
Q 16In 2016 Colin Kaepernick began kneeling during the national anthem while playing for which team?
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers quarterback first sat for the anthem, then switched to kneeling after talking with military veteran Nate Boyer.
Q 17Which team beat the Golden State Warriors in the 2019 NBA Finals?
Toronto Raptors
The Toronto Raptors won in six after the Warriors lost Kevin Durant to a ruptured Achilles in Game 5 and Klay Thompson to a knee injury in Game 6.
Q 18Whose 2019 Game 7 buzzer-beater against Philadelphia bounced off the rim four times before dropping?
Kawhi Leonard
Kawhi Leonard, normally stoic, let out a roar as it dropped for a 92-90 win, the first buzzer-beater to decide a Game 7 in NBA history.
Q 19On 8 July 2010, LeBron James announced on ESPN he was taking his talents to which team?
Miami Heat
The Miami Heat got him, and Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert answered with an angry open letter to fans, typed in Comic Sans.
Q 20Which NHL team made 'Gloria' its victory song during its Stanley Cup-winning 2018-19 season?
St. Louis Blues
The St. Louis Blues heard 'Gloria' in a Philadelphia bar during an NFL playoff game in January and decided to play it after their wins.
A video camera system in center field fed the catcher's signs to a monitor near the dugout, and players banged a trash can to tell hitters what was coming.
Q 24Which American won the 2017 world 100m title in London, leaving Usain Bolt with bronze?
Justin Gatlin
Justin Gatlin was booed by the London crowd over his two past doping bans, yet Bolt defended him and called the booing unfair.
Q 25Whose pre-race shadowboxing drew Michael Phelps's famous glare before an Olympic 200m butterfly semi-final?
Chad le Clos
Chad le Clos had beaten Phelps to 200m butterfly gold four years earlier; this time Phelps won the final and le Clos came fourth.
Q 26Katie Ledecky won her first Olympic gold at London 2012 in which event, aged 15?
800m freestyle
Katie Ledecky, the youngest American at the Games, won the 800m freestyle by more than four seconds as defending champion Rebecca Adlington faded to bronze before her home crowd.
Q 27Simone Biles won the Olympic all-around gold for the first time at which Games?
Rio 2016
Rio 2016 brought her first all-around gold; five years later in Tokyo she withdrew from the team final and the all-around, citing 'the twisties'.
Q 28The 2014 Winter Olympics were held in which Russian city?
Sochi
Sochi's anti-doping lab director later revealed that Russian athletes' tainted urine samples were swapped at night, and a WADA inquiry found corroborating evidence.
Q 29The 2018 Winter Olympics were hosted by which country?
South Korea
South Korea's Pyeongchang hosted, and North and South Korean athletes marched together under a unification flag and fielded a joint women's hockey team.
Q 30Andy Murray's 2013 Wimbledon win made him the first British men's singles champion there since whom?
Fred Perry
Fred Perry turned professional after his 1936 title, which barred him from Wimbledon while it was still an amateur event.