Sports Trivia Quiz Questions
What distance is the Breeder's Cup Turf?
A: One and a half miles.
Who was the first motor racing driver in the 90s to win opening
"Formula One race and not end the season as champion?
A: David Coulthard (1997).
Where was the 1985US PGA Championship held?
A: Cherry Hills, Colorado.
In what years did John Henry win the Arlington Million?
A: 1981 & 1984.
Who lost in the first Super Bowl of the 1990s?
A: Denver Broncos.
Who was the first president of the National Football League?
A: Jim Thorpe.
Who rode Affirmed for each race when he won the Triple Crown?
A: Steve Cauthen.
Where can great sports trivia quiz questions with answers be found?
A: Trivia Country!
Who equaled Michael Johnson's winning individual gold's in the
women's events in "Atlanta in 1996?
A: Marie Jose Perce.
Which team lost the most Super Bowls in the 1970s?
A: Minnesota Vikings.
Who won the first all American French Open Men's Singles final
for almost 40 years in the 90s?
A: Jim Courier.
Where did Texan "Bill Rogers win his British Open title in 1981?
A: Royal St George's Sandwich.
How many times did Sugar Ray Robinson win a world championship?
A: Six, five middleweight, one welterweight.
What was the first British-trained horse to run in the Kentucky
Derby?
A: Bold Arrangement.
In which sport did Eric Navet of France become a 1990 world
champion?
A: Show Jumping.
Which boxer famously said," If I can't beat this bum take my name
off the record books?"
A: Rocky Marciano.
Where did Jonathan Edwards set his 1995 triple jump world record?
A: Sweden.
In which city was the last Super Bowl of the 60s held?
A: Orange Bowl, Miami.
To within 20, how many rides did South African-born Michael
Roberts take in 1992 English horse racing?
A: 1,068.
Who won baseball's first World Series of the 70s?
A: Baltimore Orioles.
What was the original name of the Kansas City Chiefs?
A: Dallas Texans.
Who was Super Bowl MVP the year after Joe Namath won it?
A: Len Dawson.
In 1952 who was the then oldest boxer to become world champoion?
A: Jersey Joe Walcott.
Who missed a putt in the final singles game of the 1991 Ryder Cup
to give the US victory?
A: Bernhard Langer.
In 1988 who won the tennis Grand Slam and Olympic gold?
A: Steffi Graf.
How was Walker Smith Robinson better known?
A: Sugar Ray Robinson.
Who coached the Boston Celtics basketball team from 1950 to 1966?
A: Red Auerbach.
Where did Joe Montana play NCAA Division I football?
A: Notre Dame University.
What is the nickname of record-breaking sprinter Maurice Greene?
A: Kansas Cannonball.
Who was the first boxer to twice regain the world heavyweight
title?
A: Muhammad Ali.
The Melbourne Cup horse race is run at which course?
A: Flemington Park.
Peter Nichol became the first Brit in 25 years to win the British
open in which sport?
A: Squash.
In what decade did Bill Shoemaker ride his first winner?
A: 1940s.
Who told a Wimbledon umpire, "You are the pits of the world?"
A: John McEnroe.
Which Robin was the first yachtsman to sail non-stop around the
world?
A: Knox-Johnson.
Who led the US team to Davis Cup championships in 1968,1969,and
1970?
A: Arthur Ash.
Warren Beatty was offered full college scholarships in which
sport?
A: Football.
Billy Crystal had a full college scholarship in which sport?
A: Baseball.
Who beat Jim Brown's rushing yards total of 12,312 yards in the
1980s?
A: Walter Payton.
Who fought George Foreman in the Rumble In The Jungle?
A: Muhammad Ali.
What was Hank Aaron's first Major League team?
A: Milwaukee Braves.
Who had English Derby victories riding Tory, Henbit, Nashwan and
Erhaab?
A: Willie Carson.
Which country does marathon man Abel Anton come form?
A: Spain.
Which was Hideo Nomo's first US baseball team?
A: Los Angeles Dodgers.
With which track and field even was Geoff Capes particularly
associated?
A: Shot.
Which country does tennis player Marcelo Rios come from?
A: Chile.
