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  • A type of hard hat that protects the head of the players in some sports is:
    A HELMET
  • What’s the generic name we use which includes sports like judo, karate, Tai Chi, etc.?:
    MARTIAL ARTS
  • The piece of wood used for hitting the ball in baseball or cricket:
    BAT
  • What’s the name of the object, shaped like a bottle, which players try to knock down in bowling:
    BOWLING PIN
  • The leader of a sports team is the:
    CAPTAIN
  • The official who controls the game in some sports, e.g. football is called:
    REFEREE
  • What’s the adjective that means “healthy and strong, especially because you do regular physical exercise?:
    FIT
  • Idiom: show sby the ______(teach sby how sth should be done):
    ROPES
  • How long is a marathon?:
    42,193 km
  • When and where were the first Olympic Games celebrated?:
    776 BC in Olympia, Greece
  • How long is one lap of an athletics track?:
    400 meters.
  • The object that players hit backwards and forwards in the game of badminton:
    SHUTTLE-COCK
  • A place where games such as tennis are played:
    COURT
  • A small metal or plastic tube that you blow to make a sound to attract the players’ attention:
    WHISTLE
  • When a game is finished without either team winning, e.g. 1-1, the game ends in a:
    DRAW
  • An area of land covered by snow where you can practice skiing:
    A SLOPE
  • The people who behave in an extremely violent way, especially at football matches:
    HOOLIGANS
  • Idiom: get the ball ________. (make sth start happening):
    ROLLING
  • The number 0, especially as the score in some games is called:
    NIL
  • A game played on ice, in which players slide heavy flat stones towards a mark:
    CURLING
  • Who trains a person or team in sport is the:
    COACH
  • How many holes are there on a golf course?:
    18
  • The long metal stick used for hitting the ball in golf:
    GOLF CLUB
  • The sticks used to push yourself forward while skiing:
    SKI POLES
  • The pair of glasses that fit closely to the face to protect your eyes from water in swimming:
    GOGGLES
  • What’s the name of the game for 2 people played with 16 balls on a table?:
    POOL
  • What’s the verb which means “risking money on a sports event by trying to predict the result”?:
    BET