The Sports World: Vocabulary Quiz!!

The Sports World: Vocabulary Quiz!!
The piece of wood used for The official who controls the When a game is finished without
hitting the ball in baseball or game in some sports, e.g. football either team winning, e.g. 1-1, the
cricket: is called: game ends in a:
a. racket a. arbitrator a. draw
b. bat b. referee b. drawer
c. log c. judge c. pair
A type of hard hat that The long metal stick used for Who trains a person or team in
protects the head of the hitting the ball in golf: sport is the:
players in some sports is: a. trainee
a. golf club
a. an armour b. coach
b. golf bat
b. a helmet c. couch
c. golf iron
c. a bowler hat
The leader of a sports team is The pair of glasses that fit The number 0, especially as the
the: closely to the face to protect score in some games is called:
your eyes from water in
a. boss a. nil
swimming: a. googles
b. captain b. void
c. commander b. goggles c. null
c. goblins
A small metal or plastic tube The sticks used to push yourself The object that players hit
that you blow to make a sound to forward while skiing: backwards and forwards in the
attract the players’ attention: game of badminton:
a. ski bats a. shuttle-cock
a. whisper b. ski posts b. shutter-cock
b. whistle c. ski poles c. shuffle-cock
c. whisker
An area of land covered by snow A game played on ice, in which A weapon with a long metal
where you can practise skiing: players slide heavy flat stones blade and a handle used in
towards a mark: fencing:
a. a slope
a. curling a. a swan
b. a sledge
b. cordoning b. a sword
c. a slide
c. pushing c. a switch
A player whose job is to stop the A place where games such as The people who behave in an
ball from going into his/her tennis are played: extremely violent way, especially
team’s goal is the: at football matches:
a. court
a. goalkeeper b. course a. vandals
b. doorkeeper c. counter b. villains
c. gatekeeper c. hooligans
What’s the name of
How long is one How many holes
the object, shaped
lap of an like a bottle, which are there on a golf
athletics track? players try to knock course?
down in bowling?
What’s the adjective that

What’s the generic
How long is a means “healthy and strong,
name we use which
marathon? especially because you do
includes sports like
regular physical exercise”?
judo, karate, Tai
Chi, etc.?
When and where What’s the verb What’s the name
were the first which means “risking of the game for 2
Olympic Games money on a sports people played with
celebrated? event by trying to 16 balls on a

predict the result”? table?
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ANSWERS
1. The piece of wood used for hitting the ball in baseball or cricket: BAT
2. The official who controls the game in some sports, e.g. football is called: REFEREE
3. When a game is finished without either team winning, e.g. 1-1, the game ends in a: DRAW
4. A type of hard hat that protects the head of the players in some sports is: A HELMET
5. The long metal stick used for hitting the ball in golf: GOLF CLUB
6. Who trains a person or team in sport is the: COACH
7. The leader of a sports team is the: CAPTAIN
8. The pair of glasses that fit closely to the face to protect your eyes from water in swimming: GOGGLES
9. The number 0, especially as the score in some games is called: NIL
10. A small metal or plastic tube that you blow to make a sound to attract the players’ attention: WHISTLE
11. The sticks used to push yourself forward while skiing: SKI POLES
12. The object that players hit backwards and forwards in the fame of badminton: SHUTTLE-COCK
13. An area of land covered by snow where you can practice skiing: A SLOPE
14. A game played on ice, in which players slide heavy flat stones towards a mark: CURLING
15. A weapon with a long metal blade and a handle used in fencing: A SWORD
16. A player whose job is to stop the ball from going into his/her team’s goal is the: GOALKEEPER
17. A place where games such as tennis are played: COURT
18. The people who behave in an extremely violent way, especially at football matches: HOOLIGANS
19. How long is one lap of an athletics track?: 400 meters.
20. What’s the name of the object, shaped like a bottle, which players try to knock down in bowling: BOWLING PIN
21. How many holes are there on a golf course?: 18
22. What’s the generic name we use which includes sports like judo, karate, Tai Chi, etc.?: MARTIAL ARTS
23. How long is a marathon?: 42,193 km
24. What’s the adjective that means “healthy and strong, especially because you do regular physical exercise?: FIT
25. When and where were the first Olympic Games celebrated?: 776 BC in Olympia, Greece.
26. What’s the verb which means “risking money on a sports event by trying to predict the result”?: BET
27. What’s the name of the game for 2 people played with 16 balls on a table?: POOL

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were the first which means “risking of the game for 2

Olympic Games money on a sports people played with

celebrated? event by trying to 16 balls on a

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