WorksheetsMedium Sports Themed Articles & Past Quiz
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 11mins
What is the greatest sporting upset of all time?
Buster Douglas knocking out 42-1 favourite Mike Tyson in 1991
500-1 Japan beating three time world champions South Africa in the 2015 Rugby World Cup
5000-1 Leicester City winning the 2015/16 Premier League
2000-1 favourite Aleksandr Karelin losing the 2000 Olympic Wrestling Final to Rulon Gardner
Mike Tyson's defeat by Buster Douglas (a) one of the biggest sporting upsets in history.
The European Championships in football ____ _____ some of the biggest upset wins in sports history.
produced
produce
have produced
was produce
When Japan beat South Africa in (a) 2015 World Cup, they were 500-1 underdogs.
The 2008 Super Bowl saw the upstart New York Giants pull off a massive upset when they ______ the undefeated New England Patriots’ perfect season run of 18 victories and 0 losses.
ruined
ruining
had ruined
were ruining
The odds of Leicester winning the Premier League in 2015/16 were (a) unbelievable 5000-1!
In the opening game of the 2009 T20 Cricket World Cup, the Netherlands ____ England in one of the greatest shocks in cricket history.
beat
had beaten
won
were winning
On February 22, 1980, the United States Olympic hockey team pulled off one of (a) greatest upsets in sports history by defeating the super-powered Soviet Union 4-3
Denmark won the 1992 European Championship even though they were knocked out in qualifying. They ___ ___ invited because a civil war in Yugoslavia meant that country could not send a team.
are
was
have been
had been
_ relatively unknown 17-year-old German called Boris Becker defeated Kevin Curran in the 1985 Wimbledon final to become the youngest men’s singles champion ever.
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In 2016, the Chicago Cubs baseball team ___ their first World Series for 108 years.
had won
were winnning
won
win
What do you think was the greatest sporting upset mentioned in this quiz?
