Sports Rules and Scoring

All 13 questions

Prefer reading to playing? Here is every question of this quiz — answers come with your score.

1. How many players from one team are on the field at the start of a soccer (association football) match?

   • 9
   • 10
   • 11
   • 12

2. In American football, how many points is a touchdown worth (before any extra point)?

   • 2
   • 3
   • 6
   • 7

3. How many holes are played in a full standard round of golf?

   • 9
   • 12
   • 18
   • 24

4. In soccer, which colour card does a referee show to send a player off the pitch?

   • Blue
   • Green
   • Red
   • Yellow

5. How many players are there in a cricket team on the field?

   • 9
   • 10
   • 11
   • 13

6. In professional men's boxing, how long does a single round typically last?

   • 3 minutes
   • 5 minutes
   • 2 minutes
   • 1 minute

7. In darts, what is the very centre of the board, worth 50 points, commonly called?

   • The oche
   • The spider
   • The treble
   • The bullseye

8. In basketball, a standard shot made from beyond the arc is worth how many points?

   • 1
   • 2
   • 3
   • 4

9. In ten-pin bowling, knocking down all ten pins with the first ball of a frame is called what?

   • A strike
   • A spare
   • A turkey
   • A split

10. In tennis, a men's Grand Slam singles match is decided by winning the best of five sets.

    • True
    • False

11. In soccer, the goalkeeper is allowed to handle the ball with their hands anywhere on the pitch.

    • True
    • False

12. In baseball, a batter is out after accumulating three ___ during their turn at the plate.

13. In rugby, grounding the ball over the opponent's goal line to score five points is called a ___ .