89900 Intermediate Trivia Questions
89900 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Who was the first woman to win a table tennis world singles championship?
Answer
Maria Mednyanszky
Who directed the 2002 surfing film Blue Crush?
Answer
John Stockwell
What species of shark bit surfer Bethany Hamilton in Hawaii in 2003?
Answer
Tiger shark
Which Australian surfer won the 2012 men’s World Surf League championship?
Answer
Joel Parkinson
What was the original name of the organization now known as the World Surf League?
Answer
International Professional Surfers
Which surfer won six consecutive women's world titles from 1998 through 2003?
Answer
Layne Beachley
Which marathon is run partly along China’s Great Wall?
Answer
Great Wall Marathon
Which runner set the women’s marathon world record of 2:15:25 in 2003?
Answer
Paula Radcliffe
Which stadium hosts the finish of the Athens Marathon, the Authentic?
Answer
Panathenaic Stadium
Which runner became the first athlete to win two Olympic marathon titles?
Answer
Abebe Bikila
Which runner was disqualified after leading the 1908 Olympic marathon into the stadium?
Answer
Dorando Pietri
Who won the first New York City Marathon in 1970?
Answer
Gary Muhrcke
Who won the men’s marathon at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics?
Answer
Mamo Wolde
How many teams competed in the inaugural AFL Women’s season in 2017?
Answer
Eight teams
What is the spiral-style kick in Australian rules football called?
Answer
A torpedo punt
Which club won the first VFL Grand Final, played in 1898?
Answer
Fitzroy
Which Australian rules football venue is known as the sport’s spiritual home?
Answer
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Which Swiss skier won the men’s 15 km + 15 km skiathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics?
Answer
Dario Cologna
Which skier won the women’s downhill gold medal at the Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics?
Answer
Michela Figini
Which skier won the men’s inaugural Alpine Ski World Cup overall title in 1967?
Answer
Jean-Claude Killy
What is the name of the ski-flying hill in Vikersund, Norway?
Answer
Vikersundbakken
What is the name of Lillehammer’s Olympic ski-jumping hill?
Answer
Lysgårdsbakken
Which skier became the first woman to win 82 Alpine Skiing World Cup races?
Answer
Lindsey Vonn
What is the official name of the building where Tokyo’s major sumo tournaments are held?
Answer
Ryōgoku Kokugikan
What Japanese word describes a sumo wrestler’s ring name?
Answer
Shikona
Which wrestler became the youngest yokozuna in professional sumo history?
Answer
Kitanoumi Toshimitsu
According to badminton regulations, what is the permitted weight range of a shuttlecock?
Answer
4.74–5.50 grams
In badminton, how far is the short service line from the net?
Answer
1.98 metres
Who was the Uber Cup named after in international badminton?
Answer
Betty Uber