Most answered questions under tag history

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What piece of cricket history was created at the end of the match between Smokers and Non-Smokers at Melbourne in 1877?

posted Aug 22, 2016 by Shubham Rajput

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Who was the bearded doctor from Bristol who became the best batsman in England in the late 19th century?

posted Aug 22, 2016 by Rupali Thakur

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Which famous trophy was stolen in 1966 and was later found by a dog?

posted Aug 22, 2016 by Rupali Thakur

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Who was the first ever women's Marathon champion at the Olympic Games?

posted Aug 19, 2016 by Rupali Thakur

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Who won the gold medal for Cricket, when it was last played at the 1900 Paris Olympic Games?

posted Aug 18, 2016 by anonymous

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Who built the first miniature golf course?

posted Aug 13, 2016 by Deepak Jangid

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Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall was the first Olympic athlete to suspended for drug use, Which banned substance had he consumed?

posted Aug 13, 2016 by anonymous

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Have two generations of one family ever won a medal at the same Olympics?

posted Aug 12, 2016 by Babita Thawani

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In which discipline did the father of the modern Olympics, Pierre de Coubertin, win an olympic gold medal?

posted Aug 9, 2016 by Ritika Sharma

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Which Biennial sporting event was postponed in 2001 following the September 11th terrorist attack on New York?

posted Aug 9, 2016 by anonymous

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In which event did Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the Modern Olympic movement, won a gold medal in 1912 game?

posted Aug 6, 2016 by Ati Kumar

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In which city were the first Modern Olympics held and when?

posted Aug 5, 2016 by Kuldeep Apte

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Which was the only country to host the summer Olympics and not win a single gold medal?

posted Aug 2, 2016 by Ritika Sharma

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Which country came first , second and third in the golf teams event at the 1904 Olympic Games at St Louis?

posted Aug 2, 2016 by Swati Arora

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Who won a (then) record seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympic Games at Munich?

posted Jul 20, 2016 by Upma

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What was the first Olympics to be boycotted by nations that had previously competed?.

posted Jul 11, 2016 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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At the 1968 Olympic Games held at Mexico City, what was the now-universal style introduced to the high jump?

posted Apr 27, 2016 by Karan Joglekar

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What was unusual about the 1960 Olympic marathon win by Abebe Bikila?

posted Apr 18, 2016 by Prithvi

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When and where were association football games first played under floodlights?

posted Feb 18, 2016 by Vishal

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Modern football is said to have evolved from which country ?

posted Dec 17, 2015 by Simranjeet Singh

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Which team won the inaugural tournament for the FIFA World Cup (Soccer) in 1930?

posted Dec 10, 2015 by Ankur Athari

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Who was the first recipient of the Pierre de Coubertin Medal, established 1964 to honour athletes in Olympic events?

posted Dec 2, 2015 by Deepak Chitragar

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In 1892, who became the first heavyweight boxing champion to fight under the Marquess of Queensberry rules?

posted Oct 27, 2015 by Maninder Bath

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Who won the gold medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, and yelled "Oh my God!" at least 11 times?

posted Apr 8, 2020 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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In the 1988 Winter Olympics, freestyle skiing, disabled alpine and Nordic skiing, and freestyle short track.............

posted Apr 2, 2020 by Rahul Chandel

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In 1992 the Toronto Blue Jays became the first baseball team to do what?

posted Mar 27, 2020 by Divya Bharti

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New Zealand first won medals in shot put in the Olympic Games in 2008; this was in women's shot put...

posted Mar 26, 2020 by Aman

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A number of firsts marked the 1980 Summer Olympic Games. Apart from the Games' being boycotted by the USA?

posted Mar 18, 2020 by Pardeep Kohli

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The tour, and the test series, by the India cricket team in Pakistan in 1984 was halted abruptly, What was the reason?

posted Mar 18, 2020 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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What is the " HISTORY OF BADMINTON " ?

posted Apr 3, 2019 by anonymous

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Archery was included in the Olympic Games in 1900, 1904, 1908, and 1920, and every time since 1972. Which country.......

posted Mar 26, 2019 by Riteshwar

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What was the " History of Billiards "?

posted Feb 23, 2019 by anonymous

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What was the history behind the "players strike" in Baseball?

posted Feb 23, 2019 by anonymous

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Which popular fitness method was invented by Germany?

posted Jan 3, 2019 by Swathi Shivram

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In which sport did Andre Agassi's father Mike Agassi compete in the 1948 and 1952 Olympics, representing Iran? [MCQ]

posted Dec 3, 2018 by Manish Tiwari

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At the 1976 Olympic Games at Montreal, who repeated his double gold in the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres?

posted Sep 20, 2018 by Deepak Chitragar

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The first Olympic flag, presented to the IOC at the 1920 Olympics by the city of Antwerp, Belgium, was lost.............

posted Aug 31, 2018 by Nimish

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The first of what games was played in 1967, when the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League defeated......... [MCQ]

posted Aug 18, 2018 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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The convention of moving the Olympic flame via a relay system from Olympia to the Olympic venue began................... [MCQ]

posted Aug 17, 2018 by Mridul

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What was notable about the embrace on the podium after the medal ceremony for the 10 metre air pistol competition....... [MCQ]

posted Aug 16, 2018 by Atif

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Which Olympic Games were the first to be telecast worldwide? [MCQ]

posted Aug 9, 2018 by Sandeep Otari

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Which referee allowed the "Hand of God" goal scored in the quarter final of the 1986 FIFA World Cup? [MCQ]

posted Jul 28, 2018 by Balwinder

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In the men's ice hockey tournament at the 2010 Olympics, Sidney Crosby scored the winning goal for Canada to............ [MCQ]

posted Jul 5, 2018 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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Figure skating was first contested as an Olympic sport at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. There were................ [MCQ]

posted Jan 11, 2018 by Ankur Athari

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In 1990, who became the first son and father to play on the same Major League Baseball team at the same time?

posted Jan 4, 2018 by Aastha Joshi

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Elizabeth Ashton, Fritz Ligges, Josef Neckermann, Bridget Parker, Mark Phillips and Harvey Smith competed in what sport?

posted Dec 7, 2017 by Rahul Vaidya

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American pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock won an Olympic gold medal in what type of event? [MCQ]

posted Nov 29, 2017 by anonymous

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Who recorded the first block in NBA history to count as an official statistic?

posted Nov 29, 2017 by anonymous

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Who, at the end of her Olympic career in 1964, held the record for winning the most Olympic medals at 18................

posted Nov 8, 2017 by Aastha Joshi

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What happened for the 1992 Olympics skeet shooting?

posted Oct 16, 2017 by Ritika