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Sports by Athlete Quiz

Name the sports that these athletes excelled at.
Each sport is used only once
Last updated: September 03, 2018
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Athlete
Sport
Roger Federer
Tennis
Babe Ruth
Baseball
Tiger Woods
Golf
Misty May
Beach Volleyball
Duke Kahanamoku
Surfing
Nadia Comăneci
Gymnastics
Wayne Gretzky
Ice Hockey
David Beckham
Soccer
Joe Montana
Football
Michael Jordan
Basketball
Athlete
Sport
Apolo Ohno
Speed Skating
Kim Yuna
Figure Skating
Randy Couture
Mixed Martial Arts
Lance Armstrong
Cycling
Muhammad Ali
Boxing
Hermann Maier
Alpine Skiing
Shaun White
Snowboarding
Michael Phelps
Swimming
Sachin Tendulkar
Cricket
Tony Hawk
Skateboarding
Athlete
Sport
Kevin Martin
Curling
Alexander Karelin
Wrestling
Greg Louganis
Diving
Edwin Moses
Hurdling
Usain Bolt
Sprinting
Bill Kazmaier
Powerlifting
David Belle
Parkour
Jan-Ove Waldner
Table Tennis
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Snooker
Jonah Lomu
Rugby Union
Quizmaster
+1
level ∞
Nov 25, 2013
Updated and expanded!
DonTheLamplighter
+1
level 70
Sep 9, 2016
What? No buzkashi?!! Who hasn't heard of Jahangir? :-P
Calce1987
+1
level 36
Nov 28, 2013
I drew a blank on Kevin Martin, could only think of the timberwolves basket ball player and edwin moses I just kept trying track and field, track, athletics and so on. Annoyed as I should have got 30
Phlash
+1
level 47
Sep 2, 2015
NY Jets also had a running back by this name.
sonny
+1
level 55
Dec 16, 2013
Not upset about missing the ones that I did (Snooker, Curling, Surfing, Parkour).
Ponderosa
+1
level 69
Jan 2, 2014
Snooker, parkour, speed AND figure skating... but no distance running?
buck1017
+1
level 72
Jan 2, 2014
or horse/auto racing.
jacobszekuIa
+1
level 30
Feb 22, 2014
Snooker shouldn't be considered a sport
roleybob
+2
level 71
Jul 12, 2018
Snooker shouldn't be considered a sport? What a strange thing to say
Arron321
+1
level 34
Jan 23, 2014
maybe accept surfboarding?
rgc1600
+1
level 70
Jan 23, 2014
What the heck is parkour?
kalbahamut
+1
level 74
Jan 23, 2014
It's jumping over fences and down stairs and stuff.
Charlie14
+4
level 20
Jun 27, 2014
it's running away. it was invented by the French
SmarterThanEinstein
+1
level 37
Feb 10, 2017
HAHAHAHA, Well done my friend xD
sprk
+1
level 50
Oct 30, 2014
It is a way of breaking your arm and looking cool at the same time
arewethereyet421
+1
level 15
May 13, 2015
Parkour is like very daring and dangerous obstacle courses
cosmokim
+1
level 58
Oct 8, 2015
Yeah...I do it and break my arms daily
fullmoon11
+1
level 33
Jan 23, 2014
Can you please accept bicyclist?
fullmoon11
+1
level 33
Jan 23, 2014
And gymnast for gymnastics?
HectorVortac
+2
level 49
Nov 3, 2016
And 'sports'? For every answer?
kalbahamut
+1
level 74
Jan 23, 2014
Parkour is a sport now? I gave up after getting curling on a random guess. That was as obscure as I was willing to go. You couldn't find any famous players from the annals of Bowling, Croquet, or Ultimate Frisbee?
Etanna
+1
level 61
Aug 29, 2014
or chess and fishing :P
Diggydiggywatwat
+1
level 41
May 31, 2017
or lacrosse
ruudsje
+4
level 71
Jan 23, 2014
I'm really sorry, this must become very boring, but David Beckham played football, Joe Montana played a game not concerning the combination of foot and a (round (sic!)) ball. (Most of the) rest of the world seems to agree. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/fun/news/a440423/sports-popularity-shown-on-colour-coded-world-map-picture.html
Or whatever..
Quizmaster
+5
level ∞
Jan 23, 2014
I wouldn't mind if they changed the name of American Football to handegg. But until they do, JetPunk will call it football and we will call the other sport soccer. Why? Because 70% of the users of this site are American.
seokeunshichae
+5
level 68
Jan 23, 2014
i am american and i typed in football for beckham...that sport came well before the american crap that is called football
Arp2600
+1
level 76
Jul 28, 2014
I don't really like football (I mean what you call soccer) but I seriously encourage you not to be so narrow-minded and to talk of american football.
nanook
+1
level 53
Aug 15, 2015
Football. Ball Foot. Simples.
Dragonninja42
+2
level 45
Mar 30, 2016
I disagree whole-heartedly Quizmaster. This is an English Quiz site, and in the English language, the sport in question is in fact called "Association football" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football Type "Soccer" into Wikipedia, and you will be redirected here. The sport is NICKNAMED "Football", or "Soccer" depending on the part of the world you are from. Therefore, "Football" should 100% logically be a correct solution just as much as, if not more so than "Soccer" is.
Algernon
+2
level 67
May 10, 2017
If fooball is good enough for the rest of the world.....
schnuederlue
+1
level 55
Nov 14, 2017
Once again: this is a US-hostet quizpage and we all have to deal with the fact, that most of the quizzes (especially in english language) are focussed on american topics, expressions, persons, etc.....
benfons
+1
level 56
Nov 14, 2017
at least accept Association football
Carltonford
+1
level 31
Aug 22, 2018
That's 30% that are not American. That's still a huge proportion of your user base. Therefore you should accept both football and soccer as valid answers. This is not a test of what's the American word for football!
dave123
+1
level 59
Oct 22, 2018
Then at least you should accept association football.
bkemp2001
+2
level 49
May 19, 2016
The site is American. It's called soccer here, ergo, Beckham played soccer. Asking Americans to refer to football as American Football is the same as going to India and asking everyone to call it Indian Food. It's just food there.
PjotrL
+1
level 62
Aug 8, 2016
In the Netherlands field hockey is a populair sport, where in Finland ice hockey is the national favourite. Both refer to their version as "hockey", the other one is simply irrelevant.
Carltonford
+1
level 31
Aug 22, 2018
Even Beckham wouldn't call what he plays as soccer!
Instrumental
+1
level 51
Jun 17, 2016
The rest of the world agrees? When the rest of the world goes to the moon maybe we'll care. 'MURICA!
Schnitzelbrot
+1
level 45
Mar 12, 2017
Thats exactly why everyone hates Americans. Close minded nationalistic idiots.
Algernon
+3
level 67
May 10, 2017
Seconded, though I suspect/hope his comment was made to troll.
PickleChicken
+1
level 23
Nov 10, 2017
If we’re gonna call soccer football, then what are we gonna call football?
ruudsje
+3
level 71
Nov 14, 2017
running around, causing brain damage, between extremely long commercials
MDW
+1
level 36
Nov 25, 2017
Maybe add a warning for international users that American terms apply. Also, allow American football and gridiron to to be valid answers.
jake2186
+1
level 39
Dec 12, 2017
no
CoolDood
+1
level 20
Jan 24, 2014
Parkour sounds like a weird sport. And how was I supposed to know about powerlifting?
TinklePork
+1
level 66
Mar 20, 2015
He hosts the World's Stongest Man competition and he's a big name even now, even though he's retired from lifting
86mattyice
+1
level 33
Jan 24, 2014
You should add Ultimate and put Brodie Smith as the famous Ultimate player!!
gd
+2
level 64
Jan 24, 2014
Either change the "excelled at" part or change Lance Armstrong...
Quizmaster
+1
level ∞
Jan 24, 2014
Semi-serious reply here. Lance Armstrong was by far the best cyclist of his era. He was using all the same drugs as his rivals. He was just better at it. Unfortunately, cycling was then (and probably still is) a sport that is impossible for a non drug-user to compete in at that level. I personally don't have a big problem with Lance Armstrong, but I never held him up as some great hero either.
gd
+1
level 64
Jan 25, 2014
I don't know which part was the "non-serious" in your reply, but you do have a point. I can tell you though that the "by far" part is a big misconception. Lance participated on at the Tour every year (because that's the only race Americans know and care about) and did not run any other race of the season (thus minimizing the chances of getting caught). My comment wan not meant to be very serious either, but I can assure you that, outside of this country (and I am a fan of cycling) no one ever considered him to be "by far the best" or much less a hero. How about this: change the sport from cycling to "anabolic use", haha!
dunkinggandalf
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level 65
Apr 8, 2014
That's a bit easy, isn't it, to dismiss the guy's faults because some others probably have used drugs as well. He was convincted of organising and masterminding a coherent system of substance abuse, of threatening and bullying his teammates to use as well. You really shouldn't have that asshole under "sports".
Malbaby
+1
level 66
Apr 28, 2017
dunkinggandalf ...... congratulations on your succinct reasoning. I can't believe that Quizmaster can support a serial cheater and even try to condone what he did by pointing the finger at other cheats. I don't know why any fair minded person, even an American, can support sports lowest cheater.
Quizmaster
+2
level ∞
Apr 28, 2017
Sports lowest cheater? Hardly. What about all the guys who deliberately injured their opponents? Todd Bertuzzi of the NHL comes to mind.
Arp2600
+1
level 76
Jul 28, 2014
Well, even a non-doped Lance Armstrong would have beaten 99,99% of humans on Earth, so yeah, I think he "excelled".
Malbaby
+1
level 66
Feb 26, 2015
He excelled in cheating I'll go along with that...........
schnuederlue
+1
level 55
Nov 14, 2017
A non-doped Lance Armstrong wouldn't even have finished any race, because everyone else (who seriously WAS doped) would have been 2hrs faster each stage. In my opinion, cycling should just be kicked out of this quiz, as in the last 20 years, it was more a contest of medical experiments than a sport.
8E
+1
level 36
Jan 24, 2014
So... basically have no idea who the names are, but guess at types of sports and get 100%. Easy!
Charlie14
+1
level 20
Feb 5, 2014
curling shouldn't even be a sport... especially since Kevin Martin is a well known basketball player, obviously not the same guy but you get my point
kenpo17
+1
level 67
Sep 8, 2017
Or at least a different curling person should be chosen. If we're going to quibble about what is/isn't a sport, then I feel like snooker could be up for debate as well.
Coyuznik
+1
level 75
Feb 26, 2014
Can someone explain what the difference between weightlifting and powerlifting is?
Quizmaster
+1
level ∞
Feb 27, 2014
Powerlifting is bench press, deadlift and squat. Weightlifting is the Olympic lifts. However, weightlifting will work if you type it.
starfast
+2
level 59
Apr 19, 2014
I got 20/30 by typing in ransom sports. There were very few names that I actually recognized.
Malbaby
+2
level 66
Feb 26, 2015
I didn't know kidnapping someone for 'ransom' was a sport ..... you live and learn.
bmather
+1
level 46
May 30, 2014
how do only 98% get Michael Jordan correct?
roleybob
+2
level 71
Aug 20, 2018
Because some people don't know who he is
bmather
+1
level 46
May 30, 2014
No BASEketball?!
Jerry928
+1
level 71
Jul 24, 2014
I bet Joe Montana, great athlete that he was, was crap at kicking a round ball.
Matthew07
+1
level 35
Jan 31, 2018
I wouldn't be so sure of that. A lot of football stars played in other sports such as soccer, basketball, baseball, and track and field
Jerry928
+1
level 71
Jul 24, 2014
Wouldn't it be better to make you answer for each specific person? Otherwise you can get a few points just by typing every sport you can think of, even if you have no idea who plays it.
Ryanboss
+1
level 34
Jul 12, 2016
Agreed
arielslytherin
+1
level 25
Aug 12, 2014
Usain Bolt should be listened at athletics, not sprinting.
bwowls
+1
level 25
Feb 18, 2015
wouldn't they all be labeled as athletics (besides the snooker guy)? Usain Bolt is a sprinter. He doesn't do anything else.
Froststar101
+1
level 58
Nov 14, 2017
To quote Wikipedia on the definition of athletics: "Athletics is a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking." In America, we call it track and field.
jayhiatt
+1
level 57
Aug 23, 2014
Sprinting and hurdling are not sports. Track and field (or athletics) is. Both Usain Bolt and Edwin Moses competed in the same sport, albeit different events.
robtring
+1
level 32
Aug 25, 2014
Bill Kazmaier is well known for strongman, not necessarily powerlifting?
TanithEdgley
+1
level 43
Sep 14, 2014
I'd like to see all the people complaining that Parkour isn't a sport give it a shot. It's actually very difficult. I've tried it and I respect anyone who's able to do that for a living.
bwowls
+2
level 25
Feb 18, 2015
The definition of a sport is not "something that is difficult to do".
cosmokim
+1
level 58
Oct 8, 2015
It's fun
Paulakker
+1
level 28
Nov 11, 2014
I got stuck with 'short track' speed skating and Apolo Ohno. The Olympic 'speed skating' is long track speed skating. http://www.olympic.org/short-track-speed-skating
SpeedyCar
+1
level 14
Nov 26, 2014
Who says soccer and football are different sports?
milehigh12
+1
level 25
Sep 8, 2017
people that live in the USA
DavidL123
+1
level 15
Feb 3, 2015
：-)
archbishop
+1
level 24
Feb 17, 2015
Missed a 94% got a 5%
KEG4018
+1
level 43
Feb 25, 2015
Parkour is not a sport...sorry.
mapman04
+1
level 22
Mar 17, 2015
California joe got more then the Great Bambino?
Alcohornis
+1
level 43
May 8, 2015
You should change speed skating for short track.
Elliottottesen
+1
level 28
Jun 18, 2015
David Beckham plays Football not soccer
milehigh12
+1
level 25
Sep 8, 2017
Since this is an English site based in USA. Beckham plays Soccer.
colinfarris01
+1
level 17
Jul 1, 2015
You should change Edwin Moses to say "Track and Field" not "Hurdling"
Malbaby
+1
level 66
Sep 6, 2015
How anyone can put SPORT and Lance Armstrong in the same bracket is just making a joke.
TOMC4T
+1
level 38
Sep 22, 2015
Tried Doping for Lance Armstrong, was really surprised it didn't work
rupturedccno1
+1
level 61
Dec 4, 2015
In English we say athletics for track and field. I typed it and it didn't register so I typed track. Please with all due respect for USA's track and field athletes over the years do you mind including athletics or running for sprinting when you allow track. No big deal if you do mind.
skillmaster9000
+1
level 52
Dec 16, 2015
I'm just going to say it because everyone else is afraid-- SKATING IS NOT A SPORT. NEITHER IS PARKOUR OR SNOOKER.
Kaheli
+1
level 65
Jan 14, 2018
Speed skating has been in the winter olympics from the beginning.
MajorPlank
+1
level 23
Mar 8, 2018
SNOOKER IS A SPORT
stankyC
+1
level 60
Feb 24, 2016
There's a far more famous (at least to mainstream sports fans) Kevin Martin who's an NBA player...surely there's another curler or a different sport to use instead of this Kevin Martin?
kenpo17
+1
level 67
Sep 8, 2017
Came to post this. I don't know anything at all about curling, but surely there's someone who can represent the sport in this quiz that doesn't share a name with someone in another sport?
ThatRandomFangirl
+1
level 34
May 11, 2016
Kept putting ice skating for Kim Yuna, then realized it was figure skating
Instrumental
+1
level 51
Jun 17, 2016
Please consider adding: Marc Marquez, Valentino Rossi, or Jorge Lorenzo for MotoGP!
anarchyflag
+1
level 39
Jul 31, 2016
ugh! I can never remember the american name for football! I should be able to get football for david beckham, come on dudes. he's a british guy who plays the sport internationally known as football. it's sincerely irritating not being able to get full marks because of this. i'm not saying you shouldn't call your version football, clearly you can do whatever you want, but at least make football an option for david beckham, come on...
Matthew07
+1
level 35
Jan 6, 2017
I agree with this. At least this response is semi-non rude
milehigh12
+1
level 25
Sep 8, 2017
But this is an English site based in America. We know the term of your "football" as soccer.
EmilyWatson
+1
level 28
Sep 1, 2016
I think the English words should be accepted as well as American...
mrrick
+1
level 20
Sep 3, 2016
I typed in 'Worlds Strongest Man' for Bill Kazmeier, i didn't know him before he appeared on the show a couple of years ago in the U.K., I remember his eyes almost bulging out of his head when taking part, seriously strong guy !
Bulbachan
+1
level 34
Sep 7, 2016
David Beckham is an Englishman who plays football. Whether this is an American Quiz or not, you should have football as an option along with soccer. There are 196 countries who play football, but only a few (mainly USA, Australia and South Africa) who call it soccer
Matthew07
+1
level 35
Oct 19, 2016
You basically just said that your way of calling it is correct and the USA's way is incorrect.
Algernon
+1
level 67
May 10, 2017
And he would be right.
HectorVortac
+1
level 49
Nov 3, 2016
Yeah, after getting the roughly 15 I knew I typed in random sports. However, I am quite stunned and proud of not needing to guess Sachin Tendulkar, says an American.
manchesterutd10
+1
level 51
Nov 3, 2016
can you at least accept american football?
greatclotman
+1
level 23
Nov 3, 2016
woo i got 21/30 considering I'm 11, not bad.
Lo2617Key
+1
level 10
Jan 14, 2017
Kevin Martin is a basketball player, he plays for the Minnesota timberwolves
manOFsteel
+1
level 31
Jan 19, 2017
What amazes me is how more people guessed tiger woods than michael jordan. And woods being at the very top doesn't make a difference
kenpo17
+1
level 67
Sep 8, 2017
Jordan has been retired for awhile now.
chopa
+1
level 40
Feb 2, 2017
David Beckham plays football with his feet hence the name FOOTball not soccer you American idiots.
ivanb22
+1
level 44
Feb 5, 2017
This should be a yellow field type of quiz because after one goes through all the players, it becomes listing of different sports.
kenpo17
+1
level 67
Sep 8, 2017
There are definitely some I wouldn't get if I had to actually match the athlete instead of just throwing different sports out there.
jajaco2017
+1
level 54
Mar 2, 2017
only 18% know Ed MOses ?!
fearlesslyred
+1
level 32
Apr 24, 2017
didn't read Michael Phelps so I didn't answer it... feel so stupid right now
viktoraxel
+1
level 29
Apr 28, 2017
its football not soccer and it is also called american football not football!!!!!!!!!
milehigh12
+1
level 25
Sep 8, 2017
Not on this site it isnt
Lex
+1
level 48
Apr 28, 2017
surely billiards and snooker is synonymous?
roleybob
+1
level 71
Aug 20, 2018
No. Just no.
Owen29
+1
level 21
May 31, 2017
I put in football for David Beckham and it said I was correct but it was for a different person who I didn't know. Can you accept football for David Beckham and American football for Joe Montana? (I'm British, that's why)
Malbaby
+1
level 66
Sep 8, 2017
Can't believe that Quizmaster has left the Cheater Lance Armstrong in on this list of SPORTS. I feel ashamed just writing his name down, it's a wonder Maradona isn't on the list along with Johnson and a few other drug taking cheats.
kenpo17
+1
level 67
Sep 8, 2017
He's also left Kevin Martin, even though numerous people have pointed out that there is another Kevin Martin that plays basketball in the NBA, who is at least as well known if not moreso than the one in curling.
milehigh12
+1
level 25
Sep 8, 2017
Kevin Martin is a well known Basketball player that played in the NBA for 12 seasons. You google that name that is what comes up i was trying to your find your answer and could not. Maybe pick a different name in curling
Quizmaster
+1
level ∞
Sep 9, 2017
Is he more famous than Michael Jordan? No? Then, maybe you should figure out that its a different Kevin Martin.
PickleChicken
+1
level 23
Nov 10, 2017
You should totally add bowling to this list. Maybe lacrosse too.
tralalalalala
+1
level 35
Jan 25, 2018
Again football is american, and as this is an American website, Quizmaster has done it correct. However, maybe add football as an acceptable response for David Beckham? If you can't you are still right. An for all those haters out there, this is an American hosted website, so if you don't like it, don't use it...
markthoma
+1
level 60
Jan 26, 2018
It's so funny how angry people get about the soccer/football thing even though everyone already knows both words. Just like I know that most of the world calls football "American football" because to them futbol/football means something else. It's. just. not. that. hard. Also, for the cycling purists ... the cheater you know is no different than the cheater you don't know. Both are cheaters. Therefore, you have to be careful in holding anyone in high esteem in the sports world...odds are way too good that they're a cheater who just hasn't gotten caught.
Majic
+1
level 43
Jan 30, 2018
Damn americans are ignorant. It is not to hard to search for most popular sports in the world and create a list of those sports with some world stars. Not to mention that football is Beckham sport not soccer.
NikyVestern
+1
level 47
Mar 26, 2018
You should add handball or waterpolo instead of these obscure sports such as skateboard, parkour etc.
Elan
+1
level 59
Mar 30, 2018
This should absolutely be a yellow box quiz.
IvanAndonov
+1
level 60
Jun 22, 2018
Athletics or track and field should be accepted for both Bolt and Moses (btw he was also very successful in bobsled, so I would consider that, too). Hurdling and sprinting are neither sports nor events or disciplines, e.g. on Wikipedia they are considered acts or methods of running.
dave123
+1
level 59
Jul 3, 2018
Please accept association football.
hipshakeirl
+1
level 56
Jul 16, 2018
What is parlour? And for me mixed martial arts is not a sport
roleybob
+1
level 71
Aug 20, 2018
It's a room you use to socialise in
KeroseneAndFire
+1
level 46
Aug 20, 2018
There should be a yellow box, You can just name random sports and get it right without knowing the person.
Badge
+1
level 42
Aug 24, 2018
No motorsport? F1, motoGP, dakar. Names like Schumacher, Loeb, Rossi. And I miss darts; Van Barneveld, Taylor.
Archer1212
+1
level 52
Sep 24, 2018
to be fair, there's a relatively well-known professional basketball player named Kevin Martin...
Vaggaboned
+1
level 48
Oct 15, 2018
Didn't know a lot of the people on the list, but faired well enough just going through different sports.
lvtharrison
+1
level 55
Oct 29, 2018
More people have heard of a surfer than Ed Moses, one of the truly great competitors in sport. Unbeatable for years.
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