The Many Different Types of Sports

Every trivia game out there includes some sports trivia, and many a night has been passed in a sports bar by playing these types of games. Sports trivia in the United States typically includes trivia about the major televised sports in the country, such as football, baseball, basketball and hockey. Especially in the US, there is also a strong interest in college level sports. In other countries, soccer is usually the most popular sport, as well as individual competitive sports such as most of the Olympic contests.

A lot of the facts that show up on a sports quiz have to do with the records set by a sports team or by individual players of a sport, to begin with, the NFL. Much has been made lately of the return of Brett Favre to the game, so some good trivia could be all the records he holds. Favre has the records for most career pass attempts, completions, most passing yards, most seasons of 3000 yards or more, led the league in passing touchdowns a record 4 years, most passing touchdowns career, and, also the most career interceptions thrown. For a team record, take the Pittsburgh Steelers, the team that has won the most Super Bowls, including the most recent one.

Of course a sports quiz isn't going to be all about football, as other sports are also very popular in the US. Baseball is one of the most popular after the football, and is a great sport for highlighting the individual achievements of players, which makes for good trivia questions. The best records in baseball tend to be about home runs, or about pitching. The career leader in home runs is Barry Bonds, with 762. The two behind him are Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth with 755 and 713 respectively. Bonds also has the most home runs in a season, ahead of Mark Maguire and Sammy Sosa.

So what about some good statistics to know in case any trivia comes up about basketball? When you're talking about basketball records, that usually means that you're going to be talking about Michael Jordan. He had the highest career scoring average, at 30.1. He also had the highest points per game in the post season career average (33.4) and more scoring titles than any other player, with 10. Jordan was known most for his scoring, and one of his most impressive records is the record number of points he scored in a playoff game. In that single game in 1986 he scored 63 points.