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Odd contests of Britain 12

  • At the yearly cheese rolling on Cooper's Hill in England, who wins the cheese? Answer: The first runner to the bottom. Source: Wikipedia: Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake
  • The British and World Marbles Championship, a tournament that dates back to 1588, is held each year on which day? Answer: Good Friday. Source: Wikipedia: British and World Marbles Championship
  • The caber is a tall wooden beam that an athlete tosses so that it turns end over end. In Scotland it is usually made from which tree? Answer: Larch. Source: Wikipedia: Caber toss
  • Conkers is played with horse chestnut seeds threaded on strings. How does a player win? Answer: By breaking the other player's conker. Source: Wikipedia: Conkers
  • The Cotswold Olimpick Games, a yearly day of games and sports near Chipping Campden in England, likely began in which year? Answer: 1612. Source: Wikipedia: Cotswold Olimpick Games
  • Fans of haggis hurling often claim that the sport is ancient. For which year did its inventor say he made it up as a practical joke? Answer: 1977. Source: Wikipedia: Haggis hurling
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Odd contests of Britain, continued

  • In a race held each June in the Welsh town of Llanwrtyd Wells, runners compete against what? Answer: Riders on horseback. Source: Wikipedia: Man versus Horse Marathon
  • In bog snorkelling, how must competitors get along the water-filled trench? Answer: By flipper power alone. Source: Wikipedia: Bog snorkelling
  • In the old English sport of shin-kicking, what are modern competitors required to stuff into their trouser legs as padding? Answer: Straw. Source: Wikipedia: Shin-kicking
  • In the sport of welly wanging, what do competitors throw as far as they can? Answer: Wellington boots. Source: Wikipedia: Welly wanging
  • In the sport of worm charming, how do most competitors bring earthworms to the surface? Answer: By vibrating the soil. Source: Wikipedia: Worm charming
  • Toe wrestling was created in England in 1974. Which better-known contest is it like? Answer: Arm wrestling. Source: Wikipedia: Toe wrestling

Strange sports around the world 14

  • Bossaball mixes volleyball, football and gymnastics on an inflatable court. What stands on each side of the net? Answer: A trampoline. Source: Wikipedia: Bossaball
  • Chess boxing alternates rounds of chess and boxing. Where did the idea for the sport come from? Answer: A French comic book. Source: Wikipedia: Chess boxing
  • The contest of wife-carrying was first introduced in 1992 in Sonkajärvi. In which country is that? Answer: Finland. Source: Wikipedia: Wife-carrying
  • Extreme ironing, in which people iron clothes in remote places, was invented in 1997. Where? Answer: In a back garden in England. Source: Wikipedia: Extreme ironing
  • Fierljeppen is a traditional sport of the Netherlands. What do its jumpers use to get across the water? Answer: A long pole. Source: Wikipedia: Fierljeppen
  • The Henley-on-Todd Regatta at Alice Springs in Australia is a boat race with one thing missing. What? Answer: Water. Source: Wikipedia: Henley-on-Todd Regatta
  • In hobby horsing, riders jump courses modelled on show jumping. What do they ride? Answer: Stick horses. Source: Wikipedia: Hobby horsing
  • In pesäpallo, the Finnish form of baseball, how is the ball pitched? Answer: Straight up in the air. Source: Wikipedia: Pesäpallo
  • In the sport of yukigassen, what do two teams of seven throw at each other? Answer: Snowballs. Source: Wikipedia: Yukigassen
  • In the Swiss sport of Hornussen, two teams take turns striking a puck called the Hornuss. What does Hornuss mean? Answer: Hornet. Source: Wikipedia: Hornussen
  • In which country did rabbit show jumping start, in the 1970s? Answer: Sweden. Source: Wikipedia: Rabbit show jumping
  • Joggling is a competitive sport that combines jogging with what? Answer: Juggling. Source: Wikipedia: Joggling
  • Korfball was created in the Netherlands in 1902 by a schoolteacher. What is unusual about its teams? Answer: Each has four women and four men. Source: Wikipedia: Korfball
  • Pato has been the national sport of Argentina since 1953. What does pato mean in Spanish? Answer: Duck. Source: Wikipedia: Pato

Olympic events that vanished 13

  • At the first modern Olympics, in 1896, what were winners given in place of a gold medal? Answer: A silver medal and an olive branch. Source: Wikipedia: Olympic medal
  • Croquet was on the official Olympic programme only once, in 1900. How many paying spectators attended? Answer: One. Source: Wikipedia: Croquet at the 1900 Summer Olympics
  • From 1912 to 1948 Olympic medals were given for works of art in five classes. What did every work have to be inspired by? Answer: Sport. Source: Wikipedia: Art competitions at the Summer Olympics
  • In the 200 metre obstacle swim of the 1900 Olympics, swimmers had to climb over a pole and what else? Answer: A row of boats. Source: Wikipedia: Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre obstacle event
  • In the plunge for distance, an Olympic event in 1904, what did the diver do after reaching the water? Answer: Glided face down without a stroke. Source: Wikipedia: Plunge for distance
  • Motorboat racing was contested at the 1908 Olympics. In each of the three events, how many boats finished? Answer: Only one. Source: Wikipedia: Water motorsports at the 1908 Summer Olympics
  • The standing high jump was an Olympic event from 1900 to 1912. How did it differ from the high jump? Answer: There was no run-up. Source: Wikipedia: Standing high jump
  • Thirty-two runners started the Olympic marathon of 1904. How many of them finished? Answer: 14. Source: Wikipedia: Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon
  • Tug of war was an Olympic team event at every Games from 1900 to 1920. Which sport was it counted as part of? Answer: Athletics. Source: Wikipedia: Tug of war at the Summer Olympics
  • Which animal race was a demonstration event at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid? Answer: A sled dog race. Source: Wikipedia: Sled dog racing at the 1932 Winter Olympics
  • Which gymnastic event was removed from the Olympics after the 1932 Games? Answer: Rope climbing. Source: Wikipedia: Rope climbing
  • Which kind of aircraft was on the programme of the Olympic Games of 1900? Answer: Gas balloons. Source: Wikipedia: Ballooning at the 1900 Summer Olympics
  • Which skiing event, set to music, was an Olympic demonstration event in 1988 and in 1992? Answer: Ski ballet. Source: Wikipedia: Ski ballet

Odd facts about everyday sports 12

  • The featherie, an early golf ball, was a leather pouch stuffed with feathers. How many feathers went into a standard one? Answer: A top hat full. Source: Wikipedia: Golf ball
  • How many feathers does a regulation shuttlecock have? Answer: 16. Source: Wikipedia: Shuttlecock
  • How many stitches are on a regulation baseball? Answer: 108. Source: Wikipedia: Baseball (ball)
  • In the first game of basketball, which ball did the players handle? Answer: A soccer ball. Source: Wikipedia: James Naismith
  • In the makeshift game said to be an early form of table tennis, what stood in for the net? Answer: A row of books. Source: Wikipedia: Table tennis
  • In which year was the round of 18 holes created, at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland? Answer: 1764. Source: Wikipedia: Golf
  • The inventor of volleyball first named it mintonette. From which game had he derived it? Answer: Badminton. Source: Wikipedia: Volleyball
  • Optic yellow tennis balls were first introduced in 1972. Why that color? Answer: It showed up better on television. Source: Wikipedia: Tennis ball
  • Pickleball was invented in the United States in 1965. As what? Answer: A backyard game for children. Source: Wikipedia: Pickleball
  • Snooker took shape among British Army officers in India in the 1870s. What did the word snooker mean at the time? Answer: An inexperienced or first-year soldier. Source: Wikipedia: Snooker
  • Why is curling also known as the roaring game? Answer: The stones rumble as they cross the ice. Source: Wikipedia: Curling
  • The yellow and red cards that referees show were modelled on what? Answer: Traffic lights. Source: Wikipedia: Penalty card

Where sports words come from 13

  • A regatta is a series of boat races. From which language does the word come? Answer: Venetian. Source: Wikipedia: Boat racing
  • Before it named a trainer of athletes, the word coach named a kind of vehicle. Which kind? Answer: A horse-drawn carriage. Source: Wikipedia: Coach (sport)
  • The Fosbury flop is a way of clearing the bar in which event? Answer: The high jump. Source: Wikipedia: Fosbury flop
  • The golf word bogey came into use in England in about 1890. What did it first mean? Answer: The score a good golfer should make. Source: Wikipedia: Par (score)
  • The golf word caddie comes from the French cadet. What did the Scots word first mean? Answer: A student military officer. Source: Wikipedia: Caddie
  • In a road bicycle race, what is the main pack of riders called? Answer: The peloton. Source: Wikipedia: Peloton
  • In bowling, what is a series of three strikes called? Answer: A turkey. Source: Wikipedia: Strike (bowling)
  • In golf, what is a birdie? Answer: One stroke under par. Source: Wikipedia: Par (score)
  • In golf, what is a mulligan? Answer: A second go at a stroke. Source: Wikipedia: Mulligan (games)
  • In soccer, what is a nutmeg? Answer: Playing the ball between an opponent's legs. Source: Wikipedia: Nutmeg (association football)
  • Many races are called a derby. The name comes from an English horse race first run in 1780 and named after whom? Answer: The Earl of Derby. Source: Wikipedia: Epsom Derby
  • The steeplechase began in Ireland as a horse race across open country. What did the riders steer by? Answer: A church steeple. Source: Wikipedia: Steeplechase (horse racing)
  • Umpire comes from the Old French nonper. What do its two parts mean? Answer: Not equal. Source: Wikipedia: Umpire

How this list was compiled: Written for this site; nothing was copied from another list. Questions and wrong choices are our own. Each explanation restates, in our own sentences, a fact from the English Wikipedia article named and linked beside the question (https://en.wikipedia.org, text under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license), and the passage that states each fact was found in that article on October 15, 2026 before the question was kept. 63 articles are linked, none for more than two questions. The pack covers odd contests of Britain, strange sports of the world, events that were once on the Olympic programme, odd facts about everyday sports and the origins of sports words. No league, team or living athlete is a question, an answer or a choice, and no record or ranking is asked, because those change. Events and bodies are named only as facts. A sentence that carries a citation-needed tag in its article was not used. Levels are our estimate: easy is fair for any table, medium suits a curious adult, hard will stump most tables. Each question also carries the date its article was read. Licence: own work

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Who wins the cheese at a cheese rolling, and which Olympic sport once drew a single paying spectator? Every contest in this crazy sports trivia is real, and so is every rule.

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Weird sports trivia questions and answers

Odd contests of Britain has bog snorkelling, welly wanging and a race between runners and horses. Strange sports around the world goes to Finland for wife-carrying, to Sweden for rabbit show jumping and to Australia for a regatta on a dry river bed.

Odd and strange sports trivia questions

Olympic events that vanished covers tug of war, the plunge for distance and medals for works of art. Odd facts about everyday sports asks why tennis balls turned yellow and what the first basketball players used for a ball. Where sports words come from explains birdie, bogey, turkey and nutmeg.

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What are some crazy sports trivia questions?

What do toe wrestlers try to pin down? What do welly wangers throw? Which gymnastic event left the Olympics after 1932? The answers are each other's feet, Wellington boots and rope climbing.

Which strange sports used to be in the Olympics?

Tug of war was a team event from 1900 to 1920, and the standing high jump lasted until 1912. Croquet and an obstacle swim over and under rows of boats appeared once only, in 1900. Rope climbing went after 1932.

Is chess boxing a real sport?

Yes. Two players alternate rounds of fast chess and boxing until one wins by checkmate or knockout. The idea came from a French comic book of 1992 and has grown into a competitive sport.

How were the answers checked?

Each was read on October 15, 2026 in the English Wikipedia article linked beside it, 63 articles in all. Records and rankings are left out because they change, and no league, team or living athlete is an answer.

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