Here are some of the Greatest sporting moments quiz questions and answers today
The Olympic Games
Which famous person lit the Olympic flame at the 1996 Atlanta Games?
Answer: Muhammad Ali
Which athlete won 9 Olympic gold medals in the track and field events between 1979–1996?
Answer: Carl Lewis
Who became the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 at the Olympics?
Answer: Nadia Comăneci (1976)
Which sprinter won gold in the 100m at Seoul 1988 before being disqualified?
Answer: Ben Johnson
Which athlete won 8 gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics?
Answer: Michael Phelps
Which athlete won the men’s marathon at the 1960 Rome Olympics barefoot?
Answer: Abebe Bikila
Which country hosted the 1964 Summer Olympics?
Answer: Japan (Tokyo)
Which athlete won the men’s 100m at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in 9.69 seconds?
Answer: Usain Bolt
Which female athlete won 4 gold medals at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics?
Answer: Valerie Brisco-Hooks
Which athlete won the men’s decathlon gold at the 1976 Montreal Olympics?
Answer: Bruce Jenner (now Caitlyn Jenner)
Which olympic swimmer won 7 gold medals at the 1972 Munich Olympics?
Answer: Mark Spitz
Which athlete won the men’s long jump gold at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics with a world record leap?
Answer: Bob Beamon
Which country boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics?
Answer: United States
Which athlete won the women’s heptathlon gold at the 1988 Seoul Olympics?
Answer: Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Which athlete won the men’s 200m at the 1968 Olympics and raised a fist in protest?
Answer: Tommie Smith
Which athlete won the men’s marathon at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics?
Answer: Carlos Lopes
Which athlete won the women’s 100m at the 1988 Seoul Olympics?
Answer: Florence Griffith-Joyner
Which country hosted the 2000 Summer Olympics?
Answer: Australia (Sydney)
Which athlete won the men’s 400m hurdles gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics?
Answer: Kevin Young
Which athlete won the women’s marathon at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics?
Answer: Joan Benoit
Which athlete won the men’s 100m at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics?
Answer: Donovan Bailey
Which athlete won the men’s 10,000m at the 2000 Sydney Olympics?
Answer: Haile Gebrselassie
Which gymnast won 5 gold medals at the 1972 Munich Olympics?
Answer: Olga Korbut
Which athlete won the men’s 100m at the 2004 Athens Olympics?
Answer: Justin Gatlin
Which athlete won the men’s 100m at the 2012 London Olympics?
Answer: Usain Bolt
Association Football (Soccer)
Who scored the famous “Hand of God” goal in 1986?
Answer: Diego Maradona
Which team (country) won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930?
Answer: Uruguay
Which player scored the winning goal in the 2014 World Cup final?
Answer: Mario Götze
Which player holds the record for most World Cup goals?
Answer: Miroslav Klose
Which player captained England to victory in the 1966 World Cup?
Answer: Bobby Moore
Which player scored a hat-trick in the 1966 World Cup final?
Answer: Geoff Hurst
Which country won the 1970 FIFA World Cup?
Answer: Brazil
Which player scored the “Goal of the Century” in 1986?
Answer: Diego Maradona
Which team (country) won the 1998 World Cup?
Answer: France
Which player scored the winning penalty in the 2006 World Cup final shootout?
Answer: Fabio Grosso
Which player scored the fastest World Cup goal in 2002?
Answer: Hakan Şükür
Which player won the Golden Boot at the 2018 World Cup?
Answer: Harry Kane
Which country won the 2010 World Cup?
Answer: Spain
Which player scored the winning goal in the 2010 World Cup final?
Answer: Andrés Iniesta
Which player scored the most goals in a single World Cup tournament (13 in 1958)?
Answer: Just Fontaine
Which player won the Ballon d’Or in 2009?
Answer: Lionel Messi
Which team (country) won the UEFA Champions League in 1999 with two late goals?
Answer: Manchester United
Which player scored the famous “Panenka” penalty in 1976?
Answer: Antonín Panenka
Which player scored the winning goal in the Euro 2004 final?
Answer: Angelos Charisteas
Which team (country) won the 1982 World Cup?
Answer: Italy
Which player scored the winning goal in the 1990 World Cup final?
Answer: Andreas Brehme
Which player scored the winning penalty in the 1994 World Cup final shootout?
Answer: Roberto Baggio
Which player scored the winning goal in the 1988 European Championship final?
Answer: Marco van Basten
Which team (country) won the 2022 FIFA World Cup?
Answer: Argentina
Basketball
Which player made the famous “Flu Game” performance in the 1997 NBA Finals?
Answer: Michael Jordan
Which team won the first NBA championship in 1947?
Answer: Philadelphia Warriors
Who hit the buzzer-beater in the 1989 NBA playoffs against Cleveland?
Answer: Michael Jordan (“The Shot”)
Which player scored 100 points in a single NBA game?
Answer: Wilt Chamberlain (1962)
Which player won the 2008 NBA Finals MVP?
Answer: Paul Pierce
Which team won the 2016 NBA Finals after being down 3–1?
Answer: Cleveland Cavaliers
Which player won the 2020 NBA Finals MVP?
Answer: LeBron James
Which player is nicknamed “The Answer”?
Answer: Allen Iverson
Which player won the 2015 NBA Finals MVP?
Answer: Andre Iguodala
Which team won the 1996 NBA Finals?
Answer: Chicago Bulls
Which player won the 2014 NBA Finals MVP?
Answer: Kawhi Leonard
Which player is known for the “Sky Hook”?
Answer: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Which player won the 2019 NBA Finals MVP?
Answer: Kawhi Leonard
Which team won the 2000 NBA Finals?
Answer: Los Angeles Lakers
Which player won the 2011 NBA Finals MVP?
Answer: Dirk Nowitzki
Which player was nicknamed “Magic”?
Answer: Earvin Johnson (Magic Johnson)
Which player won the 1984 NBA Finals MVP?
Answer: Larry Bird
Which team won the 1992 NBA Finals?
Answer: Chicago Bulls
Which player won the 2003 NBA Finals MVP?
Answer: Tim Duncan
Which player was drafted first overall in 2003?
Answer: LeBron James
Which player won the 1999 NBA Finals MVP?
Answer: Tim Duncan
Which team won the 1989 NBA Finals?
Answer: Detroit Pistons
Which player won the 2007 NBA Finals MVP?
Answer: Tony Parker
Which player was nicknamed “The Mailman”?
Answer: Karl Malone
Which player won the 1991 NBA Finals MVP?
Answer: Michael Jordan
Which player won Wimbledon in 2008 after a five-set thriller against Federer?
Answer: Rafael Nadal
Which female tennis player has 23 Grand Slam singles titles?
Answer: Serena Williams
Which player won the “Battle of the Sexes” in 1973?
Answer: Billie Jean King
Which player won the longest tennis match in history (2010 Wimbledon)?
Answer: John Isner
Which tennis player completed the Golden Slam in 1988?
Answer: Steffi Graf
Which tennis player won the 2019 Wimbledon men’s singles final?
Answer: Novak Djokovic
Which tennis player won the French Open 14 times?
Answer: Rafael Nadal
Which player won the 2021 US Open women’s singles title as a qualifier?
Answer: Emma Raducanu
Which player won the 2001 Wimbledon men’s singles final?
Answer: Goran Ivanišević
Which tennis player won the 2012 Olympic gold in men’s singles?
Answer: Andy Murray
Which player won the 2020 Australian Open men’s singles?
Answer: Novak Djokovic
Which female tennis player won the 1999 US Open at age 17?
Answer: Serena Williams
Which player won the 2017 Australian Open men’s singles final?
Answer: Roger Federer
Which tennis player won the 2009 French Open to end Nadal’s streak?
Answer: Roger Federer
Which player won the 2018 US Open women’s singles final?
Answer: Naomi Osaka
Which tennis player won the 1985 Wimbledon men’s singles final at age 17?
Answer: Boris Becker
Which player won the 2015 French Open men’s singles final?
Answer: Stan Wawrinka
Which female tennis player won the 2004 Wimbledon singles title at age 17?
Answer: Maria Sharapova
Who won the 2016 US Open men’s singles final?
Answer: Stan Wawrinka
Which tennis player won the 2000 Wimbledon men’s singles final?
Answer: Pete Sampras
Which player won the 2013 Wimbledon men’s singles final?
Answer: Andy Murray
Which female tennis player won the 2016 Australian Open singles title?
Answer: Angelique Kerber
Which player won the 1992 Wimbledon men’s singles final?
Answer: Andre Agassi
Which tennis player won the 2019 French Open women’s singles final?
Answer: Ashleigh Barty
Which tennis player won the 2005 French Open men’s singles final?
Answer: Rafael Nadal
Cricket
Which player scored 175 runs in the 1983 World Cup to inspire India?
Answer: Kapil Dev
Which team (country) won the first Cricket World Cup in 1975?
Answer: West Indies
Who hit six sixes in an over in the 2007 T20 World Cup?
Answer: Yuvraj Singh
Which player bowled the “Ball of the Century” in 1993?
Answer: Shane Warne
Which player scored 100 international centuries?
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar
Which team (country) won the 2019 Cricket World Cup?
Answer: England
Which player scored the winning runs in the 2011 World Cup final?
Answer: MS Dhoni
Which player took 10 wickets in a single Test innings in 1999?
Answer: Anil Kumble
Which player scored 400 not out in a Test match?
Answer: Brian Lara
Which player captained Australia during their 1999 World Cup win?
Answer: Steve Waugh
Which bowler took a hat-trick in the 1999 World Cup?
Answer: Saqlain Mushtaq
Which player scored 281 against Australia in Kolkata (2001)?
Answer: VVS Laxman
Which team (country) won the 1987 Cricket World Cup?
Answer: Australia
Which player scored the fastest ODI century (31 balls)?
Answer: AB de Villiers
Who was the first player to reach 10,000 Test runs?
Answer: Sunil Gavaskar
Which team (country) won the 1996 Cricket World Cup?
Answer: Sri Lanka
Which player took 8 wickets for 71 runs in the 1981 Ashes Test?
Answer: Ian Botham
Which player scored 183 runs against Sri Lanka in the 1999 World Cup?
Answer: Sourav Ganguly
Which team (country) won the 2003 Cricket World Cup?
Answer: Australia
Which player scored 149 runs in the 2015 World Cup final?
Answer: Steve Smith
Who was the first bowler to take 500 Test wickets?
Answer: Courtney Walsh
Which team (country) won the 2007 T20 World Cup?
Answer: India
Which player scored 175 not out in the 2019 IPL?
Answer: Chris Gayle
Which player took 6 wickets for 14 runs in the 2015 World Cup semi-final?
Answer: Mitchell Starc
Which team (country) won the 2015 Cricket World Cup?
Answer: Australia
American Football (NFL)
Who made the “Helmet Catch” in Super Bowl XLII?
Answer: David Tyree
Which team won the first NFL Super Bowl in 1967?
Answer: Green Bay Packers
Which player holds the record for most Super Bowl wins as a player?
Answer: Tom Brady
Which player scored the winning touchdown in Super Bowl XXIII?
Answer: Jerry Rice
Who was the MVP of Super Bowl LIII?
Answer: Julian Edelman
Which team won Super Bowl XLIX with a last-minute interception?
Answer: New England Patriots
Who was the MVP of Super Bowl 50?
Answer: Von Miller
Which team won Super Bowl LIV in 2020?
Answer: Kansas City Chiefs
Who was the MVP of Super Bowl LV?
Answer: Tom Brady
Which team won Super Bowl XLVIII with a dominant defense?
Answer: Seattle Seahawks
Who was the MVP of Super Bowl XL?
Answer: Hines Ward
Which team won Super Bowl XXXVI in 2002?
Answer: New England Patriots
Who was the MVP of Super Bowl XXVII?
Answer: Troy Aikman
Which team won Super Bowl XX in 1986?
Answer: Chicago Bears
Who was the MVP of Super Bowl XXX?
Answer: Larry Brown
Which team won Super Bowl XXXII in 1998?
Answer: Denver Broncos
Who was the MVP of Super Bowl XXXIV?
Answer: Kurt Warner
Which team won Super Bowl XXXV in 2001?
Answer: Baltimore Ravens
Who was the MVP of Super Bowl XXXVIII?
Answer: Tom Brady
Which team won Super Bowl XLV in 2011?
Answer: Green Bay Packers
Who was the MVP of Super Bowl XLVII?
Answer: Joe Flacco
Which team won Super Bowl XLVI in 2012?
Answer: New York Giants
Who was the MVP of Super Bowl XLIV?
Answer: Drew Brees
Which team won Super Bowl XLIII in 2009?
Answer: Pittsburgh Steelers
Who was the MVP of Super Bowl XLIII?
Answer: Santonio Holmes
Ice Hockey
Who player scored the “Miracle on Ice” winning goal in 1980?
Answer: Mike Eruzione
Which team won the Stanley Cup in 1994 after 54 years?
Answer: New York Rangers
Who is the NHL’s all-time leading scorer?
Answer: Wayne Gretzky
Which player scored the “Golden Goal” at the 2010 Olympics?
Answer: Sidney Crosby
Which player won the Hart Trophy in 2021?
Answer: Connor McDavid
Which team won the Stanley Cup in 1972?
Answer: Boston Bruins
Which player won the Conn Smythe Trophy in 1984?
Answer: Mark Messier
Which team won the Stanley Cup in 1989?
Answer: Calgary Flames
Which player won the Hart Trophy in 1997?
Answer: Mario Lemieux
Which team won the Stanley Cup in 2002?
Answer: Detroit Red Wings
Which player won the Hart Trophy in 2000?
Answer: Chris Pronger
Which team won the Stanley Cup in 2006?
Answer: Carolina Hurricanes
Which player won the Hart Trophy in 2015?
Answer: Carey Price
Which team won the Stanley Cup in 2018?
Answer: Washington Capitals
Which player won the Hart Trophy in 2018?
Answer: Taylor Hall
Which team won the Stanley Cup in 2019?
Answer: St. Louis Blues
Which player won the Hart Trophy in 2019?
Answer: Nikita Kucherov
Which team won the Stanley Cup in 2020?
Answer: Tampa Bay Lightning
Which player won the Hart Trophy in 2020?
Answer: Leon Draisaitl
Which team won the Stanley Cup in 2021?
Answer: Tampa Bay Lightning
Which player won the Hart Trophy in 2022?
Answer: Auston Matthews
Which team won the Stanley Cup in 2022?
Answer: Colorado Avalanche
Which player won the Hart Trophy in 2023?
Answer: Connor McDavid
Which team won the Stanley Cup in 2023?
Answer: Vegas Golden Knights
Which player won the Hart Trophy in 1993?
Answer: Mario Lemieux
Cycling
Which athlete won the Tour de France five times between 1969–1974?
Answer: Eddy Merckx
Which athlete was stripped of seven Tour de France titles for doping?
Answer: Lance Armstrong
Which athlete won the 2012 Tour de France, the first Briton to do so?
Answer: Bradley Wiggins
Which athlete won the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France in 1998?
Answer: Marco Pantani
Which athlete won the 2019 Tour de France?
Answer: Egan Bernal
Which athlete won the 2020 Tour de France?
Answer: Tadej Pogačar
Which athlete won the 2021 Tour de France?
Answer: Tadej Pogačar
Which athlete won the 2022 Tour de France?
Answer: Jonas Vingegaard
Which athlete won the 2023 Tour de France?
Answer: Jonas Vingegaard
Which athlete won the 2018 Tour de France?
Answer: Geraint Thomas
Which athlete won the 2017 Giro d’Italia?
Answer: Tom Dumoulin
Which player won the 2016 Tour de France?
Answer: Chris Froome
Which athlete won the 2015 Tour de France?
Answer: Chris Froome
Which athlete won the 2014 Tour de France?
Answer: Vincenzo Nibali
Which athlete won the 2013 Tour de France?
Answer: Chris Froome
Which athlete won the 2011 Tour de France?
Answer: Cadel Evans
Which athlete won the 2010 Tour de France?
Answer: Andy Schleck (after Contador was stripped)
Which athlete won the 2009 Tour de France?
Answer: Alberto Contador
Which athlete won the 2007 Tour de France?
Answer: Alberto Contador
Which athlete won the 2006 Tour de France?
Answer: Óscar Pereiro (after Floyd Landis was stripped)
Which cyclist won the 2005 Tour de France?
Answer: No official winner (Armstrong was stripped)
Which cyclist won the 2004 Tour de France?
Answer: No official winner (Armstrong was stripped)
Which cyclist won the 2003 Tour de France?
Answer: No official winner (Armstrong was stripped)
Which cyclist won the 2002 Tour de France?
Answer: No official winner (Armstrong was stripped)
Which cyclist won the 2001 Tour de France?
Answer: No official winner (Armstrong was stripped)
Boxing
Which boxer won the “Rumble in the Jungle” in 1974?
Answer: Muhammad Ali
Which boxer bit Evander Holyfield’s ear in 1997?
Answer: Mike Tyson
Which boxer defeated Sonny Liston in 1964 to become heavyweight champion?
Answer: Muhammad Ali
Who won the “Thrilla in Manila” in 1975?
Answer: Muhammad Ali
Which boxer became the first to win world titles in five weight divisions?
Answer: Sugar Ray Leonard
Who defeated George Foreman in 1994 at age 45?
Answer: Evander Holyfield
Which boxer won the heavyweight title in 1986 at age 20?
Answer: Mike Tyson
Which boxer defeated Floyd Mayweather in the 1996 Olympics?
Answer: Serafim Todorov
Who won the heavyweight title in 2001 after defeating Hasim Rahman?
Answer: Lennox Lewis
Which boxer won the 2015 “Fight of the Century” against Manny Pacquiao?
Answer: Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Which boxer won the gold medal in boxing at the 1960 Rome Olympics?
Answer: Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali)
Who defeated Joe Frazier in their first fight in 1971?
Answer: Joe Frazier
Which boxer won the heavyweight title in 1980 against Muhammad Ali?
Answer: Larry Holmes
Who defeated Mike Tyson in 1990 in a huge upset?
Answer: Buster Douglas
Which boxer won the heavyweight title in 2003 against Vitali Klitschko?
Answer: Lennox Lewis
Which boxer won the 2017 fight between Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko?
Answer: Anthony Joshua
Which boxer won the heavyweight title in 2018 against Deontay Wilder?
Answer: Tyson Fury (draw, later win in rematch)
Which boxer won the gold medal in boxing at the 2012 Olympics?
Answer: Anthony Joshua
Who defeated Oscar De La Hoya in 2007?
Answer: Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Which boxer won the heavyweight title in 1999 against Evander Holyfield?
Answer: Lennox Lewis
Who won the 2004 fight between Bernard Hopkins and Oscar De La Hoya?
Answer: Bernard Hopkins
Which boxer won the 2019 fight between Andy Ruiz Jr. and Anthony Joshua (rematch)?
Answer: Anthony Joshua
Which boxer won the 2020 fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder?
Answer: Tyson Fury
Which boxer won the 2021 fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua?
Answer: Oleksandr Usyk
Who won the 2023 fight between Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia?
Answer: Gervonta Davis
Golf
Which golfer won the 1997 Masters by 12 strokes?
Answer: Tiger Woods
Which golfer won the 1986 Masters at age 46?
Answer: Jack Nicklaus
Who won the 2016 Open Championship after a duel with Phil Mickelson?
Answer: Henrik Stenson
Which golfer won the 2019 Masters, his 15th major?
Answer: Tiger Woods
Which golfer won the 2000 U.S. Open by 15 strokes?
Answer: Tiger Woods
Which golfer won the 2008 U.S. Open despite a knee injury?
Answer: Tiger Woods
Which golfer won the 2015 Masters?
Answer: Jordan Spieth
Which golfer won the 2014 PGA Championship?
Answer: Rory McIlroy
Which golfer won the 2011 U.S. Open by 8 strokes?
Answer: Rory McIlroy
Which golfer won the 2012 Masters?
Answer: Bubba Watson
Who won the 2013 U.S. Open?
Answer: Justin Rose
Which golfer won the 2017 Masters?
Answer: Sergio García
Who won the 2018 Masters?
Answer: Patrick Reed
Which golfer won the 2020 U.S. Open?
Answer: Bryson DeChambeau
Who won the 2021 Masters?
Answer: Hideki Matsuyama
Which golfer won the 2022 Open Championship?
Answer: Cameron Smith
Who won the 2022 Masters?
Answer: Scottie Scheffler
Who won the 2023 Masters?
Answer: Jon Rahm
Which golfer won the 2023 Ryder Cup for Europe?
Answer: Team Europe
Who won the 2023 Open Championship?
Answer: Brian Harman
Who won the first Olympics in the modern era of the marathon in 1896?
Answer: Spyridon Louis
Who won the 1980 Wimbledon tennis women’s singles final?
Answer: Evonne Goolagong Cawley
Who won the 1994 Winter Olympics figure skating gold after the Tonya Harding scandal?
Answer: Oksana Baiul
Who won the 2018 Winter Olympics men’s figure skating gold?
Answer: Yuzuru Hanyu
Who won the 2022 Winter Olympics women’s snowboarding halfpipe gold?
Answer: Chloe Kim