A collection of quiz questions related to sports

batting champion

We often hear the term “Triple Crown,” but isn’t it rare for people to remember all three components correctly? By the way, for pitchers the Triple Crown consists of most wins, best ERA, and most strikeouts, but this is the definition used in Major League Baseball; it is not defined in Japanese professional baseball.

Own goal

An own goal refers to accidentally putting the ball into one’s own team’s net in soccer. Because it adds to the opposing team’s score, it used to be called a “suicide goal” in the past. However, in 1994, after the Japan Football Association designated the term “own goal,” the name was changed and has remained in use to this day. “Own” is spelled O-W-N and means “one’s own” or “done by oneself.”

Smash

Table tennis is fast-paced, and many matches are so intense that you find yourself on the edge of your seat. And when a smash lands, it looks incredibly cool! You could even say it’s one of the true highlights of watching table tennis. It’s a shot that demands not only power but also technique.

VAR

Soccer is played in a wide area with fast movements, making some things hard to confirm with just the referee’s eyes. VAR was introduced for close and hard-to-judge plays that are difficult to determine by human judgment alone. VAR stands for Video Assistant Referee.

forbidden move

You sometimes hear lines like “That’s a forbidden move” in manga and TV dramas, right? In the middle of a bout, fouls—such as punching or deliberately grabbing and pulling hair—are called kinjite (forbidden techniques). The term is used not only in sumo but also in Go and shogi.