• 1. 
    In which year were the first Olympic Games held in Athens?

  • 745 BCE
  • 760 BCE
  • 776 BCE
  • 788 BCE
  • 2. 
    The first written mention of the game of cricket can be dated to which century?

  • 19th
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 3. 
    About which decade did formal cricket clubs begin to form in London?

  • 1790s
  • 1810s
  • 1780s
  • 1750s
  • 4. 
    When was the first Oxford-Cambridge rowing race, which was held on the River Thames in London?

  • 1846
  • 1829
  • 1911
  • 1799
  • 5. 
    The first recorded game of baseball was played at Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey, in what year?

  • 1885
  • 1829
  • 1846
  • 1859
  • 6. 
    When was the National Baseball League established in the United States?

  • 1898
  • 1847
  • 1876
  • 1850
  • 7. 
    When was the Grand National horse race first run?

  • 1795
  • 1880
  • 1780
  • 1839
  • 8. 
    When was the Melbourne Cup horse race first run?

  • 1861
  • 1880
  • 1895
  • 1839
  • 9. 
    When was the Kentucky Derby held for the first time?

  • 1875
  • 1910
  • 1918
  • 1860
  • 10. 
    When was the first Wimbledon tennis championship held?

  • 1888
  • 1866
  • 1877
  • 1899
  • 11. 
    In tennis, which was the first year of the men’s U.S. National Championship?

  • 1911
  • 1889
  • 1908
  • 1881
  • 12. 
    When was the Australian Open tennis championship first held?

  • 1910
  • 1895
  • 1905
  • 1915
  • 13. 
    When was a women’s tennis event held at the Australian Open for the first time?

  • 1922
  • 1948
  • 1911
  • 1905
  • 14. 
    In what year was the first-ever British Open golf tournament for men held?

  • 1660
  • 1860
  • 1760
  • 1560
  • 15. 
    When was the PGA Championship first held?

  • 1960
  • 1916
  • 1931
  • 1945
  • 16. 
    When was the Masters Tournament first held?

  • 1960
  • 1966
  • 1934
  • 1921
  • 17. 
    In what year was the first Boston Marathon run?

  • 1868
  • 1897
  • 1901
  • 1913
  • 18. 
    In what year was the first match of Australian rules football played?

  • 1868
  • 1898
  • 1858
  • 1848
  • 19. 
    When was the first game in the National Football League played?

  • 1940
  • 1910
  • 1930
  • 1920
  • 20. 
    In what year was the first Super Bowl held?

  • 1912
  • 1967
  • 1958
  • 1970
  • 21. 
    When was the Football Association founded in London?

  • 1891
  • 1863
  • 1945
  • 1877
  • 22. 
    When was the first gridiron football game between McGill University and Harvard University played?

  • 1874
  • 1889
  • 1904
  • 1900
  • 23. 
    When was the Tour de France established?

  • 1890
  • 1903
  • 1918
  • 1800
  • 24. 
    When did Alexander Joy Cartwright write the first set of comprehensive rules for baseball?

  • 1835
  • 1855
  • 1845
  • 1825
  • 25. 
    When were the Cambridge Rules, the first codification of the rules of football (soccer), first adopted?

  • 1850
  • 1812
  • 1884
  • 1848
  • 26. 
    In which year did James Naismith invent the sport of basketball, in Springfield, Massachusetts?

  • 1887
  • 1891
  • 1883
  • 1899
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