Sports Trivia
Across
- 3. In soccer, what body part can’t touch the ball?
- 5. What was the first city to host the Olympics thrice?
- 8. Which sport uses a net, a racket, and a shuttlecock?
- 11. What sport starts with a tip-off or jump ball?
- 12. What sport is a lot like softball
- 14. What sport is best known as the ‘king of sports’?
- 15. When an Olympic athlete wins first place, what color medal do they get?
- 16. What material was first used to cover baseballs?
- 17. What do you call it when a bowler makes three strikes in a row?
Down
- 1. In the 1971 Olympics, Nadia Comaneci was the first gymnast to score a perfect score. What country was she representing?
- 2. In what game is “love” a score?
- 4. What measurement measures how far runners run?
- 6. Where did the first ancient Olympic games take place?
- 7. Which of the following sports does not use a ball? Golf, tennis, hockey, or polo?
- 8. What is the only country to have played in every single soccer World Cup?
- 9. What color are the goalposts in football?
- 10. What is the very center of a target called in archery or darts?
- 13. What African country was the first ever to qualify for a World Cup?