What were the first baskets made out of in basketball?

My explosive nickname could as easily refer to my post-competitive life as to my stellar ski jumping career. In the 1980s I won a total of five Olympic medals, of which four were gold, and a large number of World Cup events. I married several times, and after retirement became a rock star (of sorts) and eventually ended up in trouble with the law. My first name is Matti, and I'm from Finland. What nickname (based on the pronunciation of my surname) did the media sometimes use for me?

Which country is the most dominant in table tennis?

In American football, how many players from each team are allowed on the field at one time?

Which of these sports is not played with a racket?

What is the name of international governing body of football?

What is the color of a standard tennis ball?

Tour de France is the most famous and important event in what sport?

Which country hosts the 2020 Summer Olympics?

To play which of these sports you need a bat?

According to the Forbes what is the most valuable sport franchise in the world?

Who is the most successful Olympian of all time that won 28 medals in total?

Which of these four drivers is not a MotoGP driver?

If your favortive American football team just scored 3 points, what happened ?

What sport would you be playing if you were using a mallet ?

What boxing class is heaviest ?

In golf, a Birdie is 1 under par and an Eagle is 2 under par. What is 3 under par called ?

What is the only number retired by the entire NHL?

Which country won the first soccer World Cup in 1930?

Which of these famous runners is known as the fastest man alive?

What jersey number did Wayne Gretzky wear?

If you grabbed the nose of the snowboard with your front hand, you would have done which trick?

A long throw to the other team at the beginning of play in ultimate frisbee is called

For which swimming stroke is diving not recommended to start a race?

Which of these is a simple swimming stroke, often the first taught to young children?

Many children learning to swim do so with foam discs on their arms. What are these otherwise known as?

Orienteering maps are standard throughout the world. They are generally printed in five colors, each color representing a different class of features. Of the following, which color does NOT go with its correct feature class?

Where did the sport of orienteering originate?

While preparing for a match in the ring, or Dohyo, you will notice Sumo wrestlers tossing a white substance around the ring. What is this substance?