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.
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
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