Seniors Sports Trivia Quiz Questions With Answers
Where did golfer Mark Calcavecchia win his only British Open?
A: Troon.
What distance is the Breeder's Cup Juvenile?
A: 1 mile.
Who came up with the name the Super Bowl?
A: Lamar Hunt.
Michael Jordan was a super scorer for which team?
A: Chicago Bulls.
Who was the USA's
hockey coach at the 1980 Olympics?
A: Herb Brooks.
Who was the only Chinese track and field athlete to win gold in
Atlanta in 1996?
A: Wang Junxia.
Who beat the Babe Ruth's record 714 home runs in 1974?
A: Hank Aaron.
Which Major League baseball team signed Jackie Robinson in 1946?
A: Brooklyn Dodgers.
Motor racing's Juan Manuel Fangio came from which country?
A: Argentina.
In which 90s year did none of the four
golf majors go to an
American?
A: 1993.
Who fought the first world title fight between two undefeated
world heavyweight champions?
A: Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier (Frazier won on points).
Who, along with the Montreal Canadians, are the only founding
members of the NHL remaining?
A: Toronto Maple Leafs.
Who did Pete Sampras beat in the final to take his sixth
Wimbledon singles title?
A: Andre Agassi.
Who rode the first European-trained
horse to win one of the
Triple Crown races?
A: Michael Kinane.
What is the lowest total for the British Open in the 20th
century?
A: 267.
Who did Kareem Abdul-Jabbar play for before he joined the
Los
Angeles Lakers in 1976?
A: Milwaukee Bucks.
Who did Babe Ruth play for before joining the New York Yankees?
A: Boston Red Sox.
In which event in Atlanta in 1996 did Croatia win their first
ever Olympic title?
A: Handball.
Jon Juneau was world champion in which sport?
A: Tenpin bowling.
How many times did the Boston Celtics win the NBA championship
between 1957 and 1969?
A: 11.
Which country did long distance runner Emil Zatopek come from?
A: Czechoslovakia.
What was Jack Dempsey's nickname?
A: Manassa Mauler.
Who was Pete Sampras's coach when he won his first US Open?
A: Joe Brandi.
Which horse was Horse of the Year from 1960 to 1964?
A: Kelso.
Who was the first athlete to set six track and filed world
records on the same day?
A: Jesse Owens.
What breed of dog was Steffi Graf's Ben?
A: Boxer.
What was the first European-trained horse to win a Triple Crown
race?
A: Go and Go.
Which three events make up the Triathlon.
A: Swimming, cycling, and
running.
Apart from sprinting in which event did Carl Lewis twice take
Olympic gold?
A: Long jump.
Who won the 1977 US Golf Open despite receiving a death threat
beforehand?
A: Hubert Green.
Who scored the winner in the USA's ice hockey win over the USSR
in the 1980 Olympics?
A: Mike Eruzione.
Where was Super Bowl I played?
A: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Jo DiMaggio was known as what kind of Joe?
A: Joltin'.
In the season Damon Hill was motor racing's Formula One world
champion how many races did he win?
A: 8.
Who was the defending champion when Stefan Edberg first won the
Wimbledon singles?
A: Pat Cash.
In 1941 Joe DiMaggio set a record of safe hits in how many
consecutive games?
A: 56.
In which decade was Daley Thompson born?
A: 1950s.
At which formula 1 motor racing circuit did Ayrton Senna lose his
life?
A: Imola (San Marino Grand Prix).