Sports & competition – quiz questions with answers

10 questions with answers about Sports & competition, from the free QuizBoards pack – the full theme holds 25. Each category holds five questions of rising difficulty and point value.

Faster, Higher, Stronger

100. The Jamaican sprinter whose 100-metre record of 9.58 still stands
Answer: Usain Bolt

200. The country that held the very first modern Olympic Games in 1896
Answer: Greece

300. The swimmer who took a full eight golds at the 2008 Beijing Games
Answer: Michael Phelps

400. The gymnast whose perfect ten in Montréal in 1976 was the first ever
Answer: Nadia Comăneci

500. The American whose long jump of 8.90 metres in 1968 stood as a record for nearly 23 years
Answer: Bob Beamon

Check and Mate

100. The chess piece that moves in an L and alone can leap over other pieces.
Answer: The knight

200. The most powerful piece on the board, which moves any distance straight or diagonally.
Answer: The queen

300. The only move in which the king and a rook move at the same time to bring the king to safety
Answer: Castling

400. The IBM chess computer that in 1997 became the first to defeat a reigning world champion, Garry Kasparov.
Answer: Deep Blue

500. The nickname that Adolf Anderssen's daring win over Kieseritzky in London in 1851 earned for all its sacrifices
Answer: The Immortal Game

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