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50 sport quiz questions and answers for a virtual pub quiz on Zoom or House Party

The pub quiz has taken on a new life during lockdown as Brits up and down the country host their own.

Whether it’s with family, friends or work colleagues, people have been setting up and taking part in virtual pub quizzes on apps such as Zoom and House Party.

It takes a lot of time and effort to put a quiz together, and no such event should be complete without a sporting round.

To help we’ve compiled 50 sporting questions and answers - 30 about sport in general and 20 about football - for you to use in your next quiz.

We also have 100 general knowledge questions from a variety of other subjects for you to choose from.

Sport quiz questions

1. Who has won more Grand Slams, Roger Federer or Serena Williams?

2. Which country won the 2019 Rugby World Cup?

3. The Boxing Day Test match is traditionally played in which country?

4. How many F1 championships has Lewis Hamilton won?

5. How many balls are in total are there on the table at the start of a game of snooker, including the white?

6. In which sport do you wear a plastron?

7. Did Team GB win more gold medals in total at London 2012 or Rio 2016?

8. Who was named BBC Sports Personality of the Millennium in 1999?

9. Which darts organisation holds its world championship at Lakeside Country Club?

10. Who are the current Solheim Cup champions?

11. What colours are the five Olympic rings?

12. Who is the highest run scorer in Test match cricket?

13. What is Usain Bolt’s world record time for 100m?

14. Katarina Johnson-Thompson is world champion in which sport?

Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Getty)

15. Which horse famously fell on the final straight while leading the 1956 Grand National?

16. Who was the first woman to win a darts match at the PDC World Championship in December 2019?

17. Who are the reigning rugby league Challenge Cup champions?

18. What was Wladimir Klitschko's boxing nickname?

19. When did Italy join the Five Nations Championship, turning it into the Six Nations?

20. Which method was used to determine England Men's Cricket World Cup win over New Zealand in 2019?

21. Which team did Kobe Bryant spend his basketball career with?

22. Which city will host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games?

23. Which country did F1 legend Ayrton Senna come from?

Ayrton Senna (AFP/Getty Images)

24. The Pittsburgh Penguins play which sport?

25. Name the boxer who played 'Pretty' Ricky Conlon in the 2016 movie, Creed

26. In which sport could someone be found at silly point?

27. The Boston Red Sox baseball team play their homes at which stadium?

28. What score do darts games at?

29. Who was the last British man to win a Men’s single tennis Grand Slam title before Andy Murray in 2012?

30. Who did Conor McGregor fight in a one-off boxing match in 2017?

Football quiz questions

31. Which countries hosted the 2002 World Cup?

32. What's the name of the MLS club part-owned by David Beckham?

33. How many clubs has Zlatan Ibrahimovic played for?

34. In which year did FIFA abolish the Golden Goal rule?

35. Who captains England Women’s football team?

36. Who has scored the most Premier League hat-tricks?

37. Which country did Denmark replace at Euro 92 - the tournament they went on to win?

38. Fill in the blank. Who was Roy Keane talking about when he said: "It went to his voicemail: 'Hi, it's [blank]. Whazzzzzup!' like in the Budweiser ad. "I never called him back. I thought: 'I can't be f***ing signing that.'"

39. Who were Man Utd playing when Eric Cantona leaped into the crowd and kicked a fan?

An iconic moment in Premier League history, but where was Eric Cantona when he kung-fu kicked a fan? (Corbis via Getty Images)

40. How many league matches did Derby County win in the 2007/8 Premier League season?

41. Who was the last English manager to win the English men's league?

42. What number did Iván Zamorano wear at Inter Milan after the arrival of Ronaldo in 1997?

43. Who has the most El Clasico wins in all competitions? Real Madrid or Barcelona?

44. Which countries top the FIFA men's and women's rankings?

45. How many English clubs have won the European Cup/Champions League?

46. Who won the FA Cup for the first time in 2013?

47. Which Italian club did England women's striker Eni Aluko join in 2018?

48. Name the three players who shared the 2018/19 Premier League Golden Boot

49. When did the Premier League reduce the number of teams from 22 to 20?

50. Who did Cristiano Ronaldo make his Premier League debut against in 2003?

Sport quiz answers

Serena Williams has 23 Grand Slam titles (PA)

1. Serena Williams. She's won 23 Grand Slams compared to Roger Federer's 20

2. South Africa

3. Australia

4. Six

5. 22

6. Fencing

7. London 2012

8. Muhammad Ali

9. BDO - British Darts Organisation

10. Europe

11. Blue, yellow, black, green and red

12. Sachin Tendulkar - 15,921 runs

13. 9.58 seconds

14. Heptathlon

15. Devon Loch

16. Fallon Sherrock

17. Warrington Wolves

18. Dr Steelhammer

Wladimir Klitschko, aka Dr Steelhammer (Getty Images)

19. 2000

20. Boundary count

21. LA Lakers

22. Paris

23. Brazil

24. Ice hockey

25. Tony Bellew

26. Cricket

27.  Fenway Park

28. 501

29. Fred Perry

30. Floyd Mayweather

Football quiz answers

Ronaldo led Brazil to victory at the 2002 World Cup, hosted by Japan and South Korea (Bob Thomas/Getty Images)

31. Japan and South Korea

32. Inter Miami

33. Nine - Malmö, Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, AC Milan, PSG, Man Utd and LA Galaxy

34. 2004

35. Steph Houghton

36. Sergio Agüero - he's scored 12 Premier League hat-tricks for Man City

37. Yugoslavia

38. Robbie Savage

39. Crystal Palace

40. One - a 1-0 win at home to Newcastle

41. Howard Wilkinson - he led Leeds United to the 1991/92 Division One title

42. 1+8

43. Neither - both have 96 wins out of 244 El Clasicos with 52 draws

44. Belgium (men) and USA (women)

45. Five - Man Utd, Liverpool, Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa, Chelsea

46. Wigan Athletic

47. Juventus

48. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) and Sadio Mane (Liverpool) - all scored 22 goals

49. 1995

50. Bolton Wanderers

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