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DescriptionFamous Athlete From This SportCountry of OriginAnswer% Correct
_____ _____ is a contact team sport played on ice, usually in a rink, in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent's net to score goals. The sport is known to be fast-paced and physical, with teams usually fielding six players at a time: one goaltender, and five players who skate the span of the ice trying to control the puck and score goals against the opposing team.Wayne GretzkyCanadaIce Hockey
100%
_____ is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with possession of the oval-shaped football, attempts to advance down the field by running with the ball or passing it, while the defense, the team without possession of the ball, aims to stop the offense's advance and to take control of the ball for themselves. The offense must advance at least ten yards in four downs or plays; if they fail, they turn over the _____ to the defense, but if they succeed, they are given a new set of four downs to continue the drive. Points are scored primarily by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone for a touchdown or kicking the ball through the opponent's goalposts for a field goal. The team with the most points at the end of a game wins.Tom BradyUnited StatesAmerican Football
97%
_____ is a bat-and-ball game played between two opposing teams who take turns batting and fielding. The game proceeds when a player on the fielding team, called the pitcher, throws a ball which a player on the batting team tries to hit with a bat. The objective of the offensive team (batting team) is to hit the ball into the field of play, allowing its players to run the bases, having them advance counter-clockwise around four bases to score what are called "runs". The objective of the defensive team (fielding team) is to prevent batters from becoming runners, and to prevent runners' advance around the bases.[2] A run is scored when a runner legally advances around the bases in order and touches home plate (the place where the player started as a batter). The team that scores the most runs by the end of the game is the winner.Babe RuthUnited StatesBaseball
97%
_____ is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a _____ (approximately 9.4 inches (24 cm) in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter mounted 10 feet (3.048 m) high to a backboard at each end of the court) while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one or more one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (overtime) is mandated.LeBron JamesUnited StatesBasketball
97%
_____ is a team sport played with a spherical ball between two teams of 11 players. It is played by approximately 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies, making it the world's most popular sport. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing goal.Zinedine ZidaneUnited KingdomSoccer
97%
_____ is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a _____ racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.Rafael NadalUnited KingdomTennis
97%
_____ is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a 20-metre (22-yard) pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striking the ball bowled at the wicket with the bat, while the bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this and dismiss each player (so they are "out"). Means of dismissal include being bowled, when the ball hits the stumps and dislodges the bails, and by the fielding side catching the ball after it is hit by the bat, but before it hits the ground. When ten players have been dismissed, the innings ends and the teams swap roles. The game is adjudicated by two umpires, aided by a third umpire and match referee in international matches. They communicate with two off-field scorers who record the match's statistical information.Sachin TendulkarUnited KingdomCricket
93%
_____ is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.Arnold PalmerUnited KingdomGolf
86%
_____ is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players per side). _____ is often played as a casual outdoor activity in a yard or on a beach; formal games are played on a rectangular indoor court. Points are scored by striking the shuttlecock with the racquet and landing it within the opposing side's half of the court.Lee Chong WeiBritish IndiaBadminton
83%
_____ is a team sport in which players on two teams try to throw balls and hit opponents, while avoiding being hit themselves. The objective of each team is to eliminate all members of the opposing team by hitting them with thrown balls, catching a ball thrown by an opponent, or inducing an opponent to commit a violation, such as stepping outside the court.Drew GiovincoUnknownDodgeball
79%
_____ is any of a number of card games in which players wager over which hand is best according that specific game's rules in ways similar to these rankings. Often using a standard deck, poker games vary in deck configuration, the number of cards in play, the number dealt face up or face down, and the number shared by all players, but all have rules which involve one or more rounds of betting.Patrik AntoniusUnknownPoker
79%
_____ is a team sport played with a _____ stick and a _____ ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America,[1] with its origins in a tribal game played by eastern Woodlands indigenous peoples and by various Indigenous peoples of North America.[2] The game was extensively modified reducing the violence by European colonizers to create its current collegiate and professional formPaul RabilUnknown; Probably United StatesLacrosse
72%
_____ is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 m wide and 112–122 m long.[1] One of the two codes of _____ football, it originated in Northern England in 1895 as a split from the _____ Football Union over the issue of payments to players.[2] Its rules progressively changed with the aim of producing a faster, more entertaining game for spectators.[3]Jonah LomuUnited KingdomRugby League
41%
_____ is a racquet sport played with a hollow rubber ball on an indoor or outdoor court. Joseph Sobek[1] is credited with inventing the modern sport of racquetball in 1950,[2] adding a stringed racquet to paddleball in order to increase velocity and control. Unlike most racquet sports, such as tennis and badminton, there is no net to hit the ball over, and, unlike squash, no tin (out of bounds area at the bottom of front wall) to hit the ball above. Also, the court's walls, floor, and ceiling are legal playing surfaces, with the exception of court-specific designated hinders being out-of-bounds.[Kane WaselenchukThe AmericasRacquetball
38%
_____ is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. _____ is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities.Angela DowneyIrelandCamogie
14%

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