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SPORTS, HOBBIES and PETS
This quiz has 20 questions on Sports, hobbies and pets. This quiz is really for kids below 10 because the questions are very elementary.
Breed of dog, which originated in County Kerry, Ireland, before
the beginning of the 10th century
Various leisure time activities, usually involving collecting
objects such as stamps or butterflies, or creating objects such
as wood carvings or embroidery
Public exhibition in which trained riders and horses compete with
one another in executing difficult jumps or various maneuvers.
Fast-paced game played on a rectangular court, generally indoors
by two teams of five players each.
Art of attack and defense with a sword or similar weapon.
Outdoor games played by two opposing teams with a ball of various
types , usually an inflated bladder or rubber bag in a leather or
rubber cover, spherical or ellipsoidal in shape.
American baseball player who in 1988 became the first player to
hit 40 or more home runs and steal 40 or more bases in the same
season.
Pursuit of fox for the sake of sport by men and women on
horseback following hounds.
Competitive game, in which a ball is hit with the hand against a
wall alternately by opposing players.
Wagering of money or other item of value on an uncertain event
that is dependent either wholly on chance as in roulette, or
partly on chance and partly on skill, as in certain card games
and in sporting contests.
Act of plunging into water headfirst or feetfirst, often used as
a method for entering the water for swimming or other water
sports.
Movement across a tract of ice by means of instruments, called
skates, each of which is composed of a steel blade fastened to
the sole of a boot.
Athletic contest between two persons, each of whom uses the fist
to try to knock the other unconscious or to inflict enough
punishment to cause the opponent either to quit or to be judged
beaten.
Anyone of several breeds of sporting dogs, highly obedient and
trained to discover and fetch killed or wounded game,principally
aquatic birds such as the duck, and land birds such as the
pheasant.
American professional baseball player, also known as the Iron
Horse because he established a record for the number of
consecutive games played by a professional baseball player,
appearing in 2130 games in succession from 1925 to 1939.
American professional basketball player, six-time NBA champion
and winner of the MVP award.
Annual program of rowing races at Henley-on-Thames , near Oxford,
England and usually occurring in July.
Family of games played by two people on a checkered board.
Sport of climbing mountains, originally combining purposes of
exploration and research but increasingly pursued purely for
recreation.
Acquistion of books by an individual or library
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