Challenge your knowledge of international sports with this easy quiz

Questions
  1. Which country hosted the 2016 Summer Olympics?
  2. In which sport do players use a racket to hit a shuttlecock?
  3. How many players are on a soccer team on the field?
  4. Which country won the FIFA World Cup in 2018?
  5. In which sport would you perform a slam dunk?
  6. What sport involves sliding stones on ice toward a target area?
  7. Which sport is known as “the beautiful game”?
  8. How long is a standard marathon?
  9. Which sport uses a puck and sticks?
  10. Who holds the record for most Grand Slam wins in tennis?
Answers
  1. The 2016 Summer Olympics were hosted by Brazil (Rio de Janeiro).
  2. Players use a racket to hit a shuttlecock in badminton.
  3. A soccer team has 11 players on the field.
  4. France won the FIFA World Cup in 2018.
  5. You perform a slam dunk in basketball.
  6. The sport involving sliding stones on ice toward a target is curling.
  7. The sport known as “the beautiful game” is football (soccer).
  8. A standard marathon is 42.195 kilometers (26.2 miles) long.
  9. The sport that uses a puck and sticks is hockey (specifically ice hockey or field hockey).
  10. The player with the most Grand Slam wins in tennis is Margaret Court (24 singles titles), though Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal also hold record counts in their categories.