⚽ Cricket & Rugby Trivia Questions & Answers

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30 Cricket & Rugby trivia questions

1. Q1. What is the name of the trophy awarded to the winners of the Rugby World Cup?

   Answer: Webb Ellis Cup

   💡 It's named after William Webb Ellis, the schoolboy said to have first picked up the ball and run.

2. Q2. How many points is a successful conversion worth in rugby union?

   Answer: 2

   💡 The kick is taken from a spot in line with where the try was grounded, so a corner try means a hard angle.

3. Q3. How many players from each team are on the pitch in rugby sevens?

   Answer: 7

   💡 Sevens uses the same size pitch as 15-a-side rugby, making for a fast, wide-open game.

4. Q4. In cricket, how many runs does a batsman score for hitting the ball over the boundary without it bouncing?

   Answer: 6

5. Q5. In cricket, what is it called when a batsman scores 100 runs in a single innings?

   Answer: century

   💡 Sachin Tendulkar scored 100 international centuries — a record no other player has matched.

6. Q6. Which country has won the most Rugby World Cup titles?

   Answer: New Zealand

   💡 New Zealand's All Blacks have won four Rugby World Cups as of 2024.

7. Q7. Which country invented the game of cricket?

   Answer: England

   💡 The oldest recorded cricket match dates back to 1646 in Kent, England.

8. Q8. In rugby, how many points is a try worth?

   Answer: 5

   💡 The value of a try has changed over history; it was worth 3 points in 1971 before being raised to 4, then 5.

9. Q9. In cricket, how many runs is a 'duck'?

   Answer: 0

   💡 A 'duck' in cricket means a batsman is dismissed without scoring. A 'golden duck' is out first ball.

10. Q10. In what year did the Indian Premier League play its inaugural Twenty20 season?

    Answer: 2008

11. Q11. In rugby's Six Nations, what's it called when a team beats all four rivals in one championship?

    Answer: A Grand Slam

12. Q12. Which nation won the first Olympic rugby sevens gold medal, in 2016?

    Answer: Fiji

    💡 Thrashing Great Britain 43-7, it was Fiji's first Olympic medal of any colour, sparking a national holiday.

13. Q13. How many players are in a cricket team?

    Answer: 11

    💡 Each team fields 11 players; matches can have 12th men (substitutes) in limited roles.

14. Q14. Rugby league fields a leaner side than union's 15 — how many players per rugby league team?

    Answer: 13

15. Q15. Which Indian batting legend became the only cricketer to reach 100 international centuries, in 2012?

    Answer: Sachin Tendulkar

16. Q16. In cricket, a batsman out because the ball struck him in line with the stumps is dismissed how?

    Answer: LBW

    💡 LBW stands for 'leg before wicket' — the rule dates back to 1774.

17. Q17. Europe's oldest rugby championship became the 'Six Nations' in 2000 by adding which country?

    Answer: Italy

18. Q18. Captained by Shane Warne, which franchise won the very first Indian Premier League season in 2008?

    Answer: Rajasthan Royals

19. Q19. The inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007 was won by India, who beat which fierce rival in the final?

    Answer: Pakistan

20. Q20. Who made 400 not out in 2004, the highest individual innings in a Test match?

    Answer: Brian Lara

    💡 His unbeaten 400 against England in 2004 reclaimed the mark he'd lost to Hayden's 380 a year earlier.

21. Q21. Which spinner took a record 800 wickets in Test cricket?

    Answer: Muttiah Muralitharan

    💡 He claimed his 800th with the very last ball of his final Test, in 2010.

22. Q22. Which country won the 1996 Cricket World Cup, beating Australia in the final?

    Answer: Sri Lanka

    💡 They became the first host nation to win the trophy, chasing the target down in Lahore.

23. Q23. Which team won the first two Cricket World Cups, in 1975 and 1979?

    Answer: West Indies

    💡 Captained by Clive Lloyd, they beat Australia in 1975 and England in 1979, both finals at Lord's.

24. Q24. Which all-rounder captained India to their maiden Cricket World Cup title in 1983?

    Answer: Kapil Dev

    💡 At 24 he remains the youngest captain to lift the men's World Cup, upsetting West Indies at Lord's.

25. Q25. Don Bradman ended his Test career with what batting average, sport's greatest statistical outlier?

    Answer: 99.94

    💡 He needed just 4 more runs in his final innings to reach a perfect 100 — and was bowled for a duck.

26. Q26. In what year did 22 northern English clubs break away over pay, creating rugby league?

    Answer: 1895

27. Q27. The British & Irish Lions rugby side first toured in which year?

    Answer: 1888

28. Q28. The Lions team got their nickname on an 1924 tour after a lion was spotted on the squad's what?

    Answer: Ties

29. Q29. Who was the first batsman to hit six sixes in a first-class over, in 1968?

    Answer: Garfield Sobers

    💡 He struck all six off Glamorgan's Malcolm Nash at Swansea, hunting quick runs for a declaration.

30. Q30. Which nation joined the Tri Nations in 2012 to create the Rugby Championship?

    Answer: Argentina

    💡 The Pumas joined New Zealand, Australia and South Africa in the southern-hemisphere event.

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