Trivia Cards With the Answer on the Back, in Six Categories

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Trivia Cards With the Answer on the Back, in Six Categories

Which bright yellow spice gives curry powder its color?

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Trivia Cards With the Answer on the Back, in Six Categories: how it works

These trivia cards put a question on the front and the answer on the back, and most backs carry a line of background to read out. There are 240 in six categories: history, science and nature, geography, food, words and language, and sport and games. Tap a card to turn it over, switch to Quiz to type your answers, or pick Timed to race a clock.

Run a round from one phone

The page opens in Flip with all 240 cards shuffled. Read the question aloud, let the table answer, then press Show answer or tap the card to see the answer and its background line. Press Got it or Missed it and the next card is dealt. Under Show only, choose one chip: a category such as Geography, or a level such as Hard. It is one chip at a time, so you can play Geography or Hard, but not hard geography. Each pass deals every chosen card once in random order, then reshuffles.

The rules: flip, quiz or timed

Flip runs on trust: whoever holds the phone judges the answer. Quiz adds an answer box. Type a guess and press Check. Capitals, accents and punctuation are ignored and fair alternatives pass, so Bobsled counts for Bobsleigh, but spelling still matters. An empty box means you do not know, and the card joins the missed pile. Timed is quiz mode against a clock of 30 seconds, 1 minute or 2 minutes. Press Start round, answer as many as you can, and the best score for each length is kept. For teams, give each side one timed round on the same chip.

The full list and what the phone remembers

The counters under the card show right, missed, the current run and the best streak. They stay on this device, with the missed pile and your best timed rounds, until you press Reset. Tap Missed to replay only the cards you got wrong; a card leaves that pile once you get it right. The page always reopens in Flip with all cards, so pick your chip again next time. Share copies a link that opens the same chip and mode on another phone, with no cards or scores in it. Below the tool, the full list has every question with its background line and keeps the answers on the cards.

Tips

  • Play it as card trivia at the table: one reader holds the phone and only turns the card once someone commits to an answer.
  • Start a mixed table on the Easy chip, then move to Hard when people are warmed up.
  • When a pass ends, tap Missed and run those cards again as a bonus round worth double.
  • Read the line under each answer aloud. It settles most arguments and covers the pause while the phone changes hands.
  • For a quiz night, pick six cards per category, read them as rounds, and have teams write on a trivia answer sheet.

Questions and answers

How many trivia cards are there, and what do they cover?

There are 240: 40 each in history, science and nature, geography, food, words and language, and sport and games. Every card also carries a level, with 63 easy, 103 medium and 74 hard. The Show only chips filter by one category or one level at a time.

Are these trivia cards for adults?

Yes. They were written as trivia cards for adults: easy is a question most of the room can answer, medium is a fair pub-quiz question, and hard is for the person who reads the encyclopedia for fun. The deck is clean, so teens can play along. For a younger group, trivia questions for kids is the better fit.

Can I use them as trivia flashcards to study?

Yes. Quiz mode turns the deck into trivia flashcards. Type the answer, press Check, and every card you miss goes into a pile you can replay until it is empty. Pick one chip, such as Geography, and work through its 40 cards until a whole pass ends with nothing missed.

Will a trivia card repeat during the night?

Not within a pass. Each pass deals every chosen card once in random order, then the deck reshuffles and starts over. With all 240 in play, that is a long evening before anything comes round again. Narrow to one category and a pass is 40 cards.

How were the answers checked, and where do the cards come from?

The site's editors wrote every question, and nothing was copied from a boxed card game or another quiz. Each answer and background line was read in the Wikipedia article on its subject on September 18 or 19, 2026. Cards the article did not plainly support were reworded or dropped. Records, populations, prices and anything called current were left out, so the deck does not go stale. No card repeats a fact from the random trivia generator.

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History 40

  • After which Italian navigator are the Americas named?
  • For which first emperor of China was the Terracotta Army buried? Local farmers found the figures in 1974.
  • In which ship did Francis Drake sail around the world? The ship set out under the name Pelican and was renamed on the way.
  • In which year did the Spanish Armada sail against England? The fleet set out from Lisbon.
  • On which Greek island did a giant bronze statue of the sun god stand among the Seven Wonders? The Colossus stood for only about half a century before an earthquake felled it.
  • What are the giant stone figures of Easter Island called? The Rapa Nui people carved them between about 1250 and 1500.
  • What title did the ancient Egyptians give their kings? The word first meant 'great house', the royal palace.
  • What were the armed fighters who battled in ancient Roman arenas called? The name comes from gladius, the Latin word for a sword.
  • Which 1066 battle made William the Conqueror king of England? The Bayeux Tapestry tells the story in embroidery.
  • Which 1648 peace ended the Thirty Years' War? The treaties were signed in the German city of Osnabrück and in Münster.
  • Which 1919 treaty formally ended the First World War with Germany? It was signed in the Hall of Mirrors.
  • Which ancient people wrote in hieroglyphs? The script mixed picture signs with signs for sounds.
  • Which Chinese dynasty built the best-known sections of the Great Wall? The Ming ruled China from 1368 to 1644.
  • Which civilization built the city of Chichen Itza? The ruins stand in the Mexican state of Yucatán.
  • Which civilization of southern Mesopotamia is the earliest known? Its farmers lived along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
  • Which dynasty did Kublai Khan found to rule China? Kublai Khan proclaimed the dynasty in 1271.
  • Which empire did Suleiman the Magnificent rule? Suleiman reigned from 1520 to 1566, longer than any other sultan.
  • Which era of Japanese history began in 1868 and rapidly modernized the country? The era ended in 1912.
  • Which explorer captained the Endeavour to Australia's east coast in 1770? He made three voyages to the Pacific.
  • Which famously wealthy ruler led the Mali Empire at its greatest extent?
  • Which general of Carthage crossed the Alps with war elephants? He made the crossing in 218 BC, at the start of the Second Punic War.
  • Which German passenger airship caught fire over New Jersey in 1937? It was filled with hydrogen, which burns easily.
  • Which Greek city-state led the Peloponnesian League and was famed for its army? Its great rival in the Peloponnesian War was Athens.
  • Which independence leader is the country of Bolivia named after? He is known across South America as El Libertador.
  • Which Italian city was home to the Medici banking family? The family's bank was once the largest in Europe.
  • Which king of Babylon gave his name to a famous law code carved in stone? The code was carved on a stone stele that is now in the Louvre.
  • Which Macedonian king built an empire from Greece to India before he died at 32? As a boy he was tutored by the philosopher Aristotle.
  • Which Mughal emperor had the Taj Mahal built? He built it as a tomb for his wife Mumtaz Mahal.
  • Which Norwegian explorer crossed the Pacific on the raft Kon-Tiki in 1947?
  • Which nurse of the Crimean War was called the Lady with the Lamp? She is regarded as the founder of modern nursing.
  • Which of the Seven Wonders was a tower that guided ships into an Egyptian harbor? Earthquakes damaged it badly, and it fell into ruin.
  • Which Paris fortress and prison did a crowd storm on 14 July 1789?
  • Which people built Machu Picchu high in the mountains of Peru? The site was built in the 15th century and abandoned about a hundred years later.
  • Which queen of England was known as the Virgin Queen? She was the last monarch of the House of Tudor.
  • Which Russian ruler founded Saint Petersburg in 1703? The city was Russia's capital from 1712 to 1918, apart from one short break.
  • Which seafaring people sailed longships out of Scandinavia? The Viking Age is usually dated from 793 to 1066.
  • Which ship carried Charles Darwin around the world in the 1830s? The voyage ran from December 1831 to October 1836, almost five years.
  • Which spinning machine did James Hargreaves invent in Lancashire in the 1760s? One worker could run eight or more spools at once.
  • Who became president of South Africa in 1994 after 27 years in prison? His many honors include the Nobel Peace Prize.
  • Who led the Salt March to the sea in India in 1930? The march covered 387 kilometers in 24 days.

Science and nature 40

  • The red supergiant star Betelgeuse lies in which constellation? Betelgeuse is usually the tenth-brightest star in the night sky.
  • What are atoms of one element called when they hold different numbers of neutrons? Protium, deuterium and tritium are all isotopes of hydrogen.
  • What do you call a scientist who studies fungi? Fungi are more closely related to animals than to plants.
  • What is a blend of a metal with other elements called, such as brass or bronze? Bronze, a mix of tin and copper, was one of the first that people made.
  • What is a glowing cloud of gas and dust in space called? Many are regions where new stars form, such as the Pillars of Creation.
  • What is a grassland dotted with widely spaced trees called?
  • What is a single particle of light called? The name is generally credited to Gilbert N. Lewis, in 1926.
  • What is ground called that stays frozen for two years or more? The oldest has been frozen for around 700,000 years.
  • What is the lowest layer of the Earth's atmosphere called? It holds about 80 percent of the mass of the atmosphere.
  • What is the name for the cell division that makes two genetically identical cells?
  • What is the science of dating wood by its tree rings called? Each ring marks one year in the life of the tree.
  • What is the stage in the life of a butterfly between larva and adult called? The pupa of a butterfly is called a chrysalis.
  • What is the study of birds called?
  • Which astronomer worked out the three laws of planetary motion? He showed that planets move in ellipses, not circles.
  • Which astronomer, who died in 1543, put the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of his model? His book on the idea came out just before his death.
  • Which belt of icy bodies begins at the orbit of Neptune? It is about 20 times as wide as the asteroid belt.
  • Which cave formation hangs down from the ceiling: a stalactite or a stalagmite? A stalagmite rises from the cave floor.
  • Which dwarf planet lies in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter? Found on 1 January 1801, it was the first object identified in the belt.
  • Which gas glows reddish orange in old-style advertising signs? Its name comes from the Greek word for 'new'.
  • Which growth on rocks and tree bark is a partnership between a fungus and an alga?
  • Which instrument measures the humidity of the air? Humidity is the amount of water vapor present in the air.
  • Which international project to read the whole of human DNA ran from 1990 to 2003?
  • Which kind of spinning neutron star sweeps beams of radiation past the Earth like a lighthouse?
  • Which large, plant-eating sea mammals are sometimes known as sea cows?
  • Which metal is added to steel to make stainless steel resist rust? Stainless steel is also sold under the name inox.
  • Which natural volcanic glass breaks with edges sharp enough to make cutting tools? It has been tried out as a blade for surgical scalpels.
  • Which northern forest of pines, spruces and larches is the largest land biome in the world?
  • Which part of a cell is nicknamed its powerhouse? Each one carries its own small genome, separate from the DNA in the cell nucleus.
  • Which particle in the nucleus of an atom has no electric charge? James Chadwick discovered it in 1932.
  • Which particle was discovered at the Large Hadron Collider in 2012? The collider is at CERN, near Geneva.
  • Which plant tissue carries water up from the roots? Its partner, phloem, carries sugars around the plant.
  • Which property makes syrup pour more slowly than water?
  • Which rock makes up more than 90 percent of all the volcanic rock on Earth?
  • Which scale, devised in 1805, matches wind speed to conditions seen at sea or on land? Francis Beaufort, who devised it, was a hydrographer in the Royal Navy.
  • Which thick layer of the Earth lies between the crust and the core? It makes up about 84 percent of the Earth's volume.
  • Which tree grows from an acorn? There are roughly 500 species of oak.
  • Which tree, also known as the maidenhair tree, is the last living species of its ancient order? Its order first appeared more than 290 million years ago.
  • Which two-letter scale tells you how acidic or basic a liquid is? Pure water sits in the middle at 7.
  • Which two-word name describes the twisted-ladder shape of a DNA molecule? Two chains coil around each other to make it.
  • Which unit of length grew out of the average distance from the Earth to the Sun? Light covers one in about 499 seconds.

Geography 40

  • By which name was the African kingdom of Eswatini formerly known? South Africa borders it on every side but the east, where Mozambique lies.
  • By which name was the Democratic Republic of the Congo known from 1971 to 1997?
  • In which country is the city of Marrakesh? The country has coasts on both the Atlantic and the Mediterranean.
  • In which country is the rock-cut ancient city of Petra? The rose-colored stone earned Petra the name Rose City.
  • In which part of the United Kingdom are the basalt columns of the Giant's Causeway? There are about 40,000 of the interlocking columns.
  • In which West African country is the ancient city of Timbuktu? The city lies about 20 kilometers north of the Niger River.
  • On which continent is the Amazon rainforest? About 60 percent of the forest lies within Brazil.
  • What is the capital city of Tanzania?
  • What is the capital of Ireland? It stands at the mouth of the River Liffey.
  • What is the capital of Kenya? It is the only capital city in the world with a national park inside its boundaries.
  • What is the capital of Peru? It was founded by Francisco Pizarro in 1535.
  • What is the capital of Portugal? It stands on the northern shore of the River Tagus.
  • What is the capital of Thailand? Thais call it Krung Thep.
  • What is the largest country in South America? It borders every South American country except Chile and Ecuador.
  • What is the smallest country in South America? Its official language is Dutch.
  • Which Asian country is the world's largest island nation, with Java and Sumatra among its islands? Java is less than 7 percent of the country's land but its most populous island.
  • Which capital on the Danube was formed by joining the towns of Buda and Pest? The towns were united in 1873.
  • Which Central American country abolished its army in 1949? Its neighbors are Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south.
  • Which city is the northernmost capital of a sovereign state? It stands on a bay in the southwest of Iceland.
  • Which city replaced Lagos as the capital of Nigeria in 1991? It sits near the geographic middle of the country.
  • Which city took over from Almaty as the capital of Kazakhstan in 1997? The name means 'capital' in Kazakh.
  • Which country covers the most time zones when its overseas territories are counted? With its overseas territories it covers 12 time zones.
  • Which country is home to the cities of Auckland and Christchurch? Its two main landmasses are the North Island and the South Island.
  • Which country is the largest in the world with no coast on the open ocean? It is the ninth-largest country of all by land area.
  • Which imaginary line in the Pacific Ocean marks where one calendar day changes to the next? It roughly follows the 180 degree line of longitude.
  • Which island country off southeastern Africa is the fourth-largest island in the world? Its capital and largest city is Antananarivo.
  • Which island, crossed by the equator, is the third largest in the world? In Indonesia the island is known as Kalimantan.
  • Which Italian city is built on a group of small islands in a lagoon? Canals take the place of streets, and bridges link the islands.
  • Which lake is the largest in Africa by area? Among freshwater lakes, only Lake Superior covers more area.
  • Which mountain on the border of France and Italy is the highest in the Alps? It rises about 4,807 meters above sea level.
  • Which mountain range forms the border between France and Spain? The small country of Andorra sits among its peaks.
  • Which peninsula do Spain and Portugal share? It is the second largest peninsula in Europe, after the Scandinavian one.
  • Which planned city replaced Yangon as the capital of Myanmar in 2005?
  • Which river flows through the city of Baghdad? Together with the Euphrates it bounds the land once called Mesopotamia.
  • Which river, the longest in Africa, flows north into the Mediterranean? Its two main branches are the White Nile and the Blue Nile.
  • Which Scandinavian country has Oslo as its capital? It shares a long eastern border with Sweden.
  • Which sea lies between Italy and the Balkan Peninsula? It is the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean.
  • Which Swiss city is the seat of the federal government? Switzerland has no official capital in law, so Bern is called the federal city.
  • Which two countries govern the region of Patagonia?
  • Which two countries share the island of Hispaniola? It is the second largest island in the Caribbean, after Cuba.

Food 40

  • By which name is the sweet called lokum known in English? Traditional kinds are often flavored with rosewater.
  • What are the small shared plates served in Spanish bars called? The name comes from the Spanish verb 'to cover'.
  • What is the cooked mixture of flour and fat that thickens sauces and gravy called? It is usually made from equal weights of flour and fat.
  • What is the Indian name for clarified butter that is simmered until it tastes nutty? Simmering removes the water and the milk solids.
  • What is the Japanese dish of thinly sliced raw fish, served without rice? Put the same fish on vinegared rice and it becomes sushi.
  • Which air-dried cured meat comes from Southern Africa? It can be made from beef or from game such as ostrich or kudu.
  • Which bitter citrus fruit is the classic choice for British marmalade? Its high pectin helps the preserve set.
  • Which bright yellow spice gives curry powder its color? The plant belongs to the ginger family.
  • Which chili pepper becomes a chipotle when it is smoked and dried? Chipotles are often sold stewed in a sauce, as chipotles en adobo.
  • Which colorless, flavorless gelling ingredient is commonly made from animal collagen?
  • Which cooking method, French for 'under vacuum', heats sealed food in a precisely controlled water bath?
  • Which creamy Greek dip is made from yogurt, cucumber and garlic? Turkey has a close cousin called cacik.
  • Which dried seaweed is wrapped around sushi rolls? The sheets are made by shredding and rack-drying, a process that resembles papermaking.
  • Which ear-shaped pasta from southern Italy has a name that means 'little ears'? It is the signature pasta of the Apulia region, the heel of Italy's boot.
  • Which Eastern European soup gets its deep red color from beets? It is often served with a spoonful of sour cream.
  • Which English cheese is named after a village in Somerset? The village sits beside a gorge with caves once used to age the cheese.
  • Which fish stew is the signature dish of the French port of Marseille? Fishermen first made it from the bony rockfish they could not sell.
  • Which flat Italian bread has a name that means 'slipper'? It is younger than it looks: a baker created it in 1982.
  • Which French blue cheese is made from sheep's milk and aged in the caves of one village? By EU law, only cheese aged in the Combalou caves may carry the name.
  • Which French flavor base is made of diced vegetables cooked slowly in fat without browning?
  • Which French kitchen phrase means having every ingredient prepared and in its place? It translates as 'putting into place'.
  • Which fruit is pressed to make cider? Crab apples work too, but special cider apples are preferred.
  • Which grain is ground to make polenta? Before corn, the dish was made from other grains.
  • Which grain is Japanese sake brewed from? Sake is brewed more like a beer than pressed like a wine.
  • Which hard Italian cheese is called Parmigiano Reggiano at home? It is made from cow's milk and aged for at least 12 months.
  • Which Indonesian food is a firm cake of fermented soybeans? It comes from the island of Java.
  • Which Italian dessert has a name that means 'pick me up'? It layers coffee-soaked ladyfingers with a mascarpone cream.
  • Which Japanese soup stock is made from kelp and dried bonito flakes? It is the base of miso soup.
  • Which Korean dish has a name that means 'mixed rice'? The bowl is usually stirred together just before eating.
  • Which leaves are wrapped around rice to make dolmades? The name comes from a Turkish word for something stuffed.
  • Which liquid is the base of a classic vinaigrette, along with oil? A usual mix is about three parts oil to one part vinegar.
  • Which red fruit carries its seeds on the outside? Each 'seed' is really a tiny dry fruit called an achene.
  • Which small seeds are crushed with basil, garlic, cheese and oil in a classic pesto? The sauce comes from Genoa, in northwest Italy.
  • Which star-shaped spice is the fruit of an evergreen tree native to South China and Vietnam?
  • Which sweet pastry is made of layers of filo, chopped nuts and syrup or honey?
  • Which Swiss dish is a shared pot of melted cheese for dipping bread? The name comes from the French verb for 'to melt'.
  • Which traditional Chinese tea is only partly oxidized, placing it between green and black tea? The name means 'black dragon' tea.
  • Which traditional Mexican sauce has a name that comes from the Nahuatl word for sauce? It is built on chili peppers, with spices such as cinnamon and cumin.
  • Which warm sauce of egg yolk, butter and lemon goes on eggs Benedict? Its French name means 'Dutch sauce'.
  • Which white 'mother sauce' of French cooking is made from a roux and milk? It is seasoned with ground nutmeg.

Words and language 40

  • From which East African language did English take the word 'safari'? In Swahili it simply means a journey.
  • From which language did English borrow the word 'kindergarten'? The term was coined by the German teacher Friedrich Fröbel.
  • From which language does music take words such as 'piano', 'tempo' and 'allegro'? Piano is a shortening of pianoforte, from the Italian words for soft and loud.
  • In English grammar, what is an '-ing' verb form called when it works as a noun, as in 'Swimming is fun'?
  • In the NATO phonetic alphabet, which word stands for the letter F? The alphabet begins Alfa, Bravo, Charlie.
  • To which language family do Finnish and Hungarian belong? Estonian belongs to it as well.
  • What are marks added to letters called, such as the accent on the e in 'café'? The word comes from a Greek term meaning 'distinguishing'.
  • What do you call a person who speaks several languages? Someone who speaks exactly two is bilingual.
  • What does the Latin phrase 'carpe diem' mean? It comes from a poem by the Roman poet Horace.
  • What is a joke that plays on words that sound alike or have two meanings called? The formal name for it is paronomasia.
  • What is a mild phrase used in place of a blunt one, such as 'passed away' for 'died'?
  • What is a phrase called that joins two contradictory words, such as 'deafening silence'? The word is one itself: its Greek parts mean 'sharp' and 'dull'.
  • What is a short saying that gives advice or states a common truth, such as 'Look before you leap'? The Bible has a whole book of them.
  • What is a word called that has two opposite meanings, such as 'clip', which can mean attach or cut off? By definition such a word is polysemic, which means it carries several meanings.
  • What is a word called that is spelled the same as another but has a different meaning, such as 'bat'? Row is a good example: you row a boat, sit in a row, or have a row.
  • What is deliberate exaggeration for effect called, as in 'I have told you a million times'? The opposite device, deliberate understatement, is called litotes or meiosis.
  • What is it called when a writer gives human traits to an animal, object or idea?
  • What is the everyday name for capital letters, as opposed to lowercase? The formal names for the two cases are majuscule and minuscule.
  • What is the punctuation mark made of three dots called? It shows that words have been left out or that a thought trails off.
  • What is the study of where words come from called? Do not mix it up with entomology, the study of insects.
  • What name is given to the group of languages that includes Spanish, French and Italian?
  • Which alphabet is Yiddish usually written in?
  • Which ancient writing system used wedge-shaped marks pressed into clay? The script is named for those wedge-shaped impressions.
  • Which constructed language did the German priest Johann Martin Schleyer create in 1879 and 1880? The name means 'language of the world'.
  • Which figure of speech refers to one thing by mentioning another, without using 'like' or 'as'?
  • Which genre holds vices and follies up to ridicule in order to expose them?
  • Which language of South Africa and Namibia grew out of the Dutch spoken by settlers? It used to be called Cape Dutch.
  • Which language of the western Pyrenees is spoken in parts of both Spain and France? It is Europe's only known language isolate, with no proven relatives.
  • Which Old English epic poem runs to 3,182 alliterative lines? Nobody knows who wrote it. Scholars call the author the Beowulf poet.
  • Which part of speech are words such as 'ouch', 'wow' and 'hey'?
  • Which part of speech describes a noun? Depending on the language, it can come before its noun or after it.
  • Which part of speech is the word 'quickly'? Adverbs typically tell you manner, place, time, frequency or degree.
  • Which play, set in Denmark, is the longest that Shakespeare wrote? Shakespeare wrote it sometime between 1599 and 1601.
  • Which punctuation mark most often links two closely related independent clauses?
  • Which reference book arranges words by their meanings so that you can find a synonym?
  • Which script is used to write Hindi? A line runs along the top of the letters and joins them into words.
  • Which symbol began as an accounting shorthand for 'at a rate of' and now sits in every email address?
  • Who created the syllabary used to write the Cherokee language?
  • Who published 'An American Dictionary of the English Language' in 1828? He also wrote the 'Blue-Back Speller' that taught generations of American children to spell.
  • Who wrote The Canterbury Tales? The pilgrims in it tell their stories on the road from London to Canterbury.

Sport and games 40

  • By what name is the board game checkers known in Britain? The American game is played on an 8 by 8 board.
  • England and Australia play cricket for which tiny trophy? The name began as a newspaper joke in 1882 about the death of English cricket.
  • How many dots are there in total on a standard six-sided die? Opposite faces always add up to seven.
  • How many flat pieces make up a tangram puzzle? The pieces are called tans.
  • How many hurdles does each runner clear in a standard Olympic hurdles race?
  • How many periods are there in a regulation ice hockey game? Each period lasts 20 minutes.
  • In backgammon, how many checkers does each player start with? The board has 24 narrow triangles called points.
  • In chess, what is it called when a king is under attack and cannot escape? The term is thought to come from a Persian phrase about the king.
  • In golf, what is a score of two under par on a hole called? Three under par is an albatross, also called a double eagle.
  • In poker, how many cards make up a hand? With a standard deck there are nine categories of hand.
  • In tenpin bowling, what is it called when you knock down all ten pins with your first ball? Knocking them all down in two balls is a spare.
  • In the card game bridge, which suit ranks lowest? Its French name is trèfle.
  • In Twenty20 cricket, what is the most overs one team can bat? That comes to 120 legal deliveries for each side.
  • In which alpine skiing event do racers weave between closely spaced poles or gates?
  • In which country was table tennis invented? Table tennis began as an after-dinner parlor game in the Victorian era.
  • In which field event does an athlete use a long, flexible pole to clear a high bar? Bamboo poles arrived in 1904. Today most are fiberglass or carbon fiber.
  • In which lawn game do players knock balls through hoops with a mallet? It was an Olympic sport only once, in 1900.
  • In which sport are the four Grand Slam events played on grass, clay and hard courts? The four are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open.
  • In which sport do players score a touchdown? A touchdown is worth six points.
  • In which sport is play restarted with a scrum? Scrum is the everyday short form of scrummage.
  • In which winter sport do crews of two or four race a sled down a twisting, banked ice track? Until the 1930s, five or six people rode in a sled.
  • On a full-size baseball diamond, how many feet apart are the bases?
  • What is it called in ice hockey when an official drops the puck between two players to start play?
  • What is the highest break a snooker player can make under normal rules? It takes all 15 reds with 15 blacks, then all six colors.
  • What is the oldest tennis tournament in the world? It was first played in 1877 and is still played on grass.
  • What is the square area where a boxing match takes place called? Boxers also call it the squared circle.
  • Which ancient board game is played with black and white stones on a grid of 19 by 19 lines? It was invented in China more than 2,500 years ago.
  • Which game of Chinese origin is played by four people with 144 tiles? It developed in China in the 19th century.
  • Which Japanese martial art is fought with bamboo swords? The bamboo sword is called a shinai.
  • Which of the four competitive swimming strokes is the only one swum on the back?
  • Which paddle sport was first played on Bainbridge Island, Washington, in 1965?
  • Which piece of gymnastics apparatus is just 10 centimeters wide? In competition it is performed only by women.
  • Which playing card shows a single pip? The ace of spades is often the most decorated card in the deck.
  • Which pub game has players throw small pointed missiles at a round target board? Unlike archery, the scores do not simply rise toward the bullseye.
  • Which sport did James Naismith invent in 1891? The first hoops were peach baskets.
  • Which sport is nicknamed 'the beautiful game'? Most of the world calls it football.
  • Which sport is the Tour de France? The race was first held in 1903.
  • Which stick-and-ball team sport is the oldest organized sport in North America? Its origins go back as far as the 12th century.
  • Which toy on a string, documented since 440 BC, was called a bandalore in the 18th century?
  • Which track and field event involves throwing a spear about 2.5 meters long?

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