NEW
Font size
WorksheetsGlobal and Local Sports Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What term describes the blending of global and local sporting cultures?
Internationalism
Grobalisation
Glocalization
Globalisation
Which of the following was NOT part of the Early Organised Commercial Sport that appeared in Britain?
Horse racing
Boxing
Cricket
Football
Sportswashing refers to:
Using sport for political reform
Using sport to distract from negative issues
Cleaning up sport governance
Promoting fair play
Which of the following words does NOT have a similar meaning to 'massive'?
Huge
Tiny
Tremendous
Enormous
What is the temporary organization responsible for preparing and hosting the Olympic Games?
World Games Council
National Olympic Committee
Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (OCOG)
Olympic Host Union
In what year was the International Olympic Committee (IOC) founded?
1880
1894
1904
1912
Who is known as the father of the modern Olympic Games?
Avery Brundage
Juan Antonio Samaranch
Pierre de Coubertin
William Penny Brookes
Which of the following is NOT a top European professional football club?
FC Barcelona
Manchester United
Bayern Munich
LA Lakers
Which professional sports club has the highest market valuation in the world?
Manchester City
Dallas Cowboys
New York Yankees
Real Madrid
Which of the following is NOT one of the types of professional sport club owners we studied?
Profit-maximising owner
Win-maximising owner
‘Benefactor’ owner
State-capitalist owner
Which country did NOT choose to join FIFA at the time it was founded?
France
Netherlands
Switzerland
United Kingdom
In what year was the Japan–Korea FIFA World Cup held?
1994
1998
2002
2006
Where is the headquarters of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)?
Lausanne
Montreal
Vienna
London
Which of the following is NOT considered a WADA anti-doping rule violation?
Presence of a prohibited substance
Refusing to take a test
Tampering with doping control
Wearing non-approved shoes
What was the predecessor of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA)?
Asian Sports Committee
Asian Games Federation
East Asian Olympic Union
Pan-Asian Council
Which sport is included in the Asian Games but NOT in the Olympic Games?
Judo
Sepak Takraw
Boxing
Badminton
In which city did China host the Asian Games for the first time?
Shanghai
Guangzhou
Beijing
Shenzhen
Which sport was NOT introduced to Africa by British colonisers?
Rugby
Cricket
Football
Baseball
Who was the South African president who used the 1995 Rugby World Cup to rebuild national unity and national image?
Thabo Mbeki
Nelson Mandela
Jacob Zuma
Cyril Ramaphosa
Which of the following is an indigenous sport of the Middle East?
Kabaddi
Sumo
Falconry
Hurling
