80 free Sports Trivia 2023 trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Sports trivia 2023 covers a year that had a bit of everything: the Chiefs and Eagles trading blows in a 38–35 Super Bowl, the Denver Nuggets and Vegas Golden Knights winning their first titles, the Texas Rangers finally lifting a World Series, and Spain beating England in a Women's World Cup played for the first time in the Southern Hemisphere. Beyond the American majors, the questions reach into rugby, cricket, tennis, golf, F1, athletics and marathons: South Africa's one-point win in Paris, Australia spoiling India's party in Ahmedabad, Djokovic reaching 24, Alcaraz breaking through at Wimbledon, Verstappen winning 19 of 22, and Kelvin Kiptum and Tigst Assefa rewriting the marathon record books. There is space too for the stories that dominated the sports pages: Damar Hamlin, Messi's arrival in Miami, Ohtani's $700 million, and Wrexham's promotion. Every answer is checked against a primary reference such as the official event record or the Wikipedia article for that competition, so you can settle arguments with confidence. Roughly a third of the questions are easy, a third medium and the rest are for people who watched all of it.
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Q 01Which team won Super Bowl LVII in February 2023?
Kansas City Chiefs
Harrison Butker's late field goal settled a 38–35 shootout in Glendale, the first Super Bowl to feature two brothers on opposite sides (Travis and Jason Kelce).
Q 02Who was named Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl LVII?
Patrick Mahomes
He played the second half on a re-aggravated high ankle sprain and still threw three touchdowns.
Q 03In which US state was Super Bowl LVII played?
Arizona
State Farm Stadium in Glendale had also hosted Super Bowls XLII and XLIX.
Q 04Which franchise won its first-ever World Series in 2023?
Texas Rangers
The club had waited since its 1961 founding as the second Washington Senators, and had lost the 2010 and 2011 Series.
Q 05The 2023 World Series was only the third ever played between two wild-card teams. Which club lost it?
Arizona Diamondbacks
The previous all-wild-card Series were 2002 (Angels–Giants) and 2014 (Giants–Royals).
Q 06Which team won its first NBA championship in 2023, after 47 seasons in the league?
Denver Nuggets
They became only the second former ABA franchise to win an NBA title, after the San Antonio Spurs.
Q 07Who was the unanimous choice for 2023 NBA Finals MVP?
Nikola Jokić
He averaged a 30-point, 14-rebound, 7-assist line for the series while shooting 58 percent from the field.
Q 08The Miami Heat reached the 2023 NBA Finals as which playoff seed?
8th
They lost their first play-in game to Atlanta, beat Chicago in the second, and became only the second eighth seed ever to reach the Finals after the 1999 Knicks.
Q 09Which team won the 2023 Stanley Cup, its first, in only its sixth NHL season?
Vegas Golden Knights
They beat Florida four games to one; it was the first Final since 2018 in which neither team had previously lifted the Cup.
Q 10Who won the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup?
Spain
Olga Carmona's first-half goal beat the reigning European champions 1–0 in Sydney.
Q 11Which two countries co-hosted the 2023 Women's World Cup?
Australia and New Zealand
It was also the first World Cup of any kind spread across two confederations, since one host is in the AFC and the other in the OFC.
Q 12How many teams played at the 2023 Women's World Cup, up from 24 in 2019?
32
The expanded field matched the men's tournament size and produced debuts for eight nations, including Morocco and the Philippines.
Q 13Which nation became the first to win the Rugby World Cup four times, in 2023?
South Africa
They are also the only side ever to win the tournament after losing a pool match, and won three knockout games by a single point each.
Q 21Who became the first LIV Golf member to win a major, at the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill?
Brooks Koepka
It was his fifth major and third PGA, a feat matched in the stroke-play era only by Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods.
Q 22Club pro Michael Block became a folk hero at the 2023 PGA Championship. What did he do in the final round?
Made the only hole-in-one of the week
The 46-year-old head pro from Mission Viejo finished tied 15th, earning an automatic invitation back for 2024.
Q 23Who won the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club, one shot ahead of Rory McIlroy?
Wyndham Clark
Q 14What was the final score of the 2023 Rugby World Cup final at the Stade de France?
12–11
All twelve of the winners' points came from Handré Pollard's boot; the losers scored the only try of the match.
Q 15Which All Blacks captain became the first player ever sent off in a Rugby World Cup final, in 2023?
Sam Cane
His yellow card for a high tackle on Jesse Kriel was upgraded to red by the bunker review after 27 minutes.
Q 16Who beat host nation India in the final of the 2023 Cricket World Cup?
Australia
India had won all ten previous matches of the tournament before losing the one that mattered by six wickets.
Q 17The 2023 Cricket World Cup final was played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in which Indian city?
Ahmedabad
With a capacity above 130,000 it is the largest cricket ground in the world.
Q 18Which Australian was Player of the Match in both the 2023 World Test Championship and World Cup finals?
Travis Head
He scored 137 in the World Cup final after breaking his hand earlier in the year and missing the group stage.
Q 19What was the result of the 2023 men's Ashes series in England?
Drawn 2–2
Stuart Broad took the series' final wicket with the last ball he ever bowled in Test cricket.
Q 20Who won the 2023 Masters by four strokes?
Jon Rahm
He four-putted the first hole on Thursday for a double bogey and still won, on what would have been Seve Ballesteros's 66th birthday.
He had never finished better than 75th in a major and had missed the cut in his two previous U.S. Opens.
Q 24Who won the 2023 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool by six shots?
Brian Harman
The left-hander from Georgia had not won on the PGA Tour in six years before his week at Hoylake.
Q 25The 2023 Ryder Cup was staged at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club, near which European capital?
Rome
Europe won 16½–11½ after sweeping the opening foursomes 4–0 on Friday morning.
Q 26Who captained Europe to victory in the 2023 Ryder Cup?
Luke Donald
He got the job only after the original captain was stripped of it for defecting to LIV Golf.
Q 27How did the 2023 Solheim Cup at Finca Cortesín end?
14–14, Europe retained
It was the first tie in the event's history; as holders, Europe kept the trophy.
Q 28How many of the 22 Grands Prix did Max Verstappen win during the 2023 Formula One season?
19
He also stood on the podium 21 times, and clinched the title in Qatar with six rounds to spare.
Q 29Which team won every 2023 Formula One Grand Prix except one?
Red Bull Racing
Carlos Sainz's win in Singapore was the only race the champions did not take, a 95.45 percent strike rate.
Q 30Who ended Novak Djokovic's four-year reign at Wimbledon by winning the 2023 men's final in five sets?
Carlos Alcaraz
It ended a 19-year streak of Wimbledon titles by the Big Four and was only his second major.