Teens and adults
Sports Jeopardy
Rules and terms, the Olympics, sports by the numbers, famous moments and where sports began, for teens and adults.
Rules and terms
- 100In bowling, knocking down all ten pins with the first ball of a frameWhat is a strike?
- 200In tennis, the word for a score of zeroWhat is love?
- 300In golf, a score of one under par on a holeWhat is a birdie?
- 400In ice hockey and soccer, three goals scored by one player in a single gameWhat is a hat trick?
- 500In golf, a score of three under par on a single holeWhat is an albatross (a double eagle)?
The Olympics
- 100The number of rings on the Olympic flagWhat is five?
- 200The ancient Olympic Games, held in honour of the god Zeus, took place in this countryWhat is Greece?
- 300The city that hosted the first modern Olympic Games, in 1896What is Athens?
- 400DDThis French baron is known as the father of the modern Olympic GamesWho is Pierre de Coubertin?
- 500The first Winter Olympics were held in 1924 in this French Alpine townWhat is Chamonix?
By the numbers
- 100The number of players a soccer team has on the field at one timeWhat is eleven?
- 200The number of holes on a standard full-size golf courseWhat is 18?
- 300The height, in feet, of a regulation basketball rim above the courtWhat is 10 feet (3.05 metres)?
- 400The length of a marathon, in milesWhat is 26.2 miles (42.195 km)?
- 500In cricket, the number of legal balls in a standard overWhat is six?
Famous moments
- 100This American athlete won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in BerlinWho is Jesse Owens?
- 200The name for the US ice hockey team’s 1980 Olympic win over the Soviet UnionWhat is the Miracle on Ice?
- 300In 1954, this British runner became the first person to run a mile in under four minutesWho is Roger Bannister?
- 400In 1947, he broke Major League Baseball’s color line, playing for the Brooklyn DodgersWho is Jackie Robinson?
- 500At the 1976 Montreal Olympics, this Romanian gymnast scored the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnasticsWho is Nadia Comăneci?
Where sports began
- 100James Naismith invented this sport in 1891 in Springfield, MassachusettsWhat is basketball?
- 200Sumo wrestling comes from this country, where it is the national sportWhat is Japan?
- 300William G. Morgan invented this sport in 1895 and first called it “mintonette”What is volleyball?
- 400Taekwondo, a martial art known for its kicks, comes from this countryWhat is Korea (South Korea)?
- 500In Naismith’s first games in 1891, these fruit containers served as the goalsWhat are peach baskets?
Final round: Olympic traditions
Before each Olympic Games, the Olympic flame is lit by the Sun’s rays at this ancient Greek site
What is Olympia?