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1. Which NFL team has hosted a Thanksgiving Day game nearly every year since 1934? Answer: The Detroit Lions
2. Which Texas team traditionally hosts an NFL game on Thanksgiving Day? Answer: The Dallas Cowboys
3. In American football, how many points is a touchdown worth? Answer: Six
4. What city hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896? Answer: Athens
5. How many players does a soccer team have on the field? Answer: 11
6. How many players does a basketball team have on the court? Answer: Five
7. What sport is played with a shuttlecock? Answer: Badminton
8. What word means a score of zero in tennis? Answer: Love
9. In bowling, what do you call knocking down all ten pins with your first ball? Answer: Strike
10. In golf, what is a score of one under par on a hole called? Answer: Birdie
11. In golf, what is a score of two under par on a hole called? Answer: Eagle
12. How many holes are in a full round of golf? Answer: 18
13. How many rings are on the Olympic flag? Answer: Five
14. In chess, which piece moves only diagonally? Answer: Bishop
15. In chess, which piece can jump over other pieces? Answer: Knight
16. How many squares are on a chessboard? Answer: 64
17. In baseball, how many strikes put the batter out? Answer: Three
18. How many points is a touchdown worth in American football? Answer: Six
19. In soccer, which player may handle the ball inside their own penalty area? Answer: Goalkeeper
20. What color card sends a soccer player off the field? Answer: Red
21. In which sport do athletes compete on the pommel horse? Answer: Gymnastics
22. In bowling, what are three strikes in a row called? Answer: Turkey
23. What is the hard rubber disk used in ice hockey called? Answer: Puck
24. Who invented basketball in 1891? Answer: James Naismith
25. What Japanese martial art has a name that means "gentle way"? Answer: Judo
26. In tennis, what is a score of 40-40 called? Answer: Deuce
27. What is the highest possible score in a game of ten-pin bowling? Answer: 300
28. What is the highest score you can get with a single dart? Answer: 60
29. In which sport do players sweep the ice in front of a sliding stone? Answer: Curling
30. How many players does an indoor volleyball team have on the court? Answer: Six
31. What three sports make up a triathlon? Answer: Swimming, cycling and running
32. What is passed from runner to runner in a relay race? Answer: Baton
33. What do you call it when one player scores three goals in a game? Answer: Hat trick
34. What sport is nicknamed "the sweet science"? Answer: Boxing
35. In checkers, what does a piece become when it reaches the far side of the board? Answer: King
36. What sport was first called "mintonette"? Answer: Volleyball
37. How many in a row do you need to win tic-tac-toe? Answer: Three
38. In poker, what is the name for ace, king, queen, jack and ten of the same suit? Answer: Royal flush
39. How many cards are in a standard deck, not counting jokers? Answer: 52
40. What do opposite sides of a standard die always add up to? Answer: Seven
41. In rock paper scissors, what beats rock? Answer: Paper
42. What winter sport combines cross-country skiing with rifle shooting? Answer: Biathlon
43. In tennis, what is a serve called when the receiver cannot get a racket on it? Answer: Ace
44. What do golfers shout to warn people about a stray ball? Answer: Fore
45. What modern team sport, played with a ball and netted sticks, was first played by Native American peoples? Answer: Lacrosse

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Five from this list: How many players does a basketball team have on the court? (Five) In chess, which piece can jump over other pieces? (Knight) What is the hard rubber disk used in ice hockey called? (Puck) What is passed from runner to runner in a relay race? (Baton) What do opposite sides of a standard die always add up to? (Seven)

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