Q 01/05

How many players from each team are on a basketball court at the same time?

A) 2

B) 5

C) 11

D) 22

Answer · why

B) 5

5 a side was not fixed in the rules until 1897; before that teams were as big as the gym class, and James Naismith's very first game in 1891 had nine ...

Q 02/05

How many players per soccer team take the field at kickoff?

A) 5

B) 11

C) 25

D) 50

Answer · why

B) 11

11 players start for each side, one of them the goalkeeper; if injuries or dismissals leave a team with fewer than seven, the laws say the match canno...

Q 03/05

How many rings are on the Olympic flag?

A) 2

B) 3

C) 4

D) 5

Answer · why

D) 5

The five interlocking rings are coloured blue, yellow, black, green and red on a white background.

Q 04/05

What colour must players wear on court at Wimbledon?

A) Green

B) Navy blue

C) Purple

D) White

Answer · why

D) White

White is compulsory at Wimbledon, down to coloured trim no wider than a centimetre; Andre Agassi stayed away from 1988 to 1990, partly because the rul...

Q 05/05

In which sport do players use sticks to shoot a rubber puck into a net?

A) Lacrosse

B) Field hockey

C) Ice hockey

D) Handball

Answer · why

C) Ice hockey

Ice hockey pucks are made of hard rubber and frozen before every game, because a warm puck bounces like a ball while a frozen one slides flat and fast...