Sports Science Quiz

How high is a regulation sized basketball hoop?

10 foot (3 metres)

Is the diameter of a regulation basketball hoop 2 times, 3 times or 4 times wider than the diameter a regulation basketball?

2 times

What is typically the slowest swimming stroke, freestroke, backstroke, breaststroke or butterfly?

Breaststroke

True or false? Your body only produces lactic acid during intensive physical activity.

False (it's produced all the time)

True or false? Lower tension on a tennis racquet produces more control and less power.

False (less control, more power)

True or false? The official distance of a marathon is 44 kilometres (27.340 miles).

False - 42.195 kilometres (26.219 miles)

Does the chronic injury known as plantar fasciitis affect hands or feet?

Feet

True of false? Astronaut Alan Shepard hit a golf ball while on the moon in 1971.

True

True or false? Dimples on a golf ball help reduce drag and increase the distance the ball flies.

True

True or false? Olympic gold medals contain more silver than gold.

True

True or false? The fastest recorded tennis serve is faster than 150 mph (241 kph).

True - 155 mph (249 kph)

Do the fastest male 100m sprinters in the world average above or below 30 kph (18.64mph)?

Above - around 36 kph (22.37 mph)

In the Winter Olympic sport of curling, what type of rock are the curling stones made from?

Granite

Does an injury to your anterior cruciate ligament affect your arm or leg?

Leg

Which decelerates faster, a badminton shuttlecock or a baseball?

Shuttlecock