Quiz Monkey
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Quiz Monkey |
The purpose of this page is really to enable comparison between different sports – particularly in terms of playing times, the number of points required to win a game, and the size of playing areas.
Where a sport has one or more pages dedicated to itself, rules other than those indicated in the previous paragraph will normally be found in those pages.
See also Teams (for the number of players in a team).
| Australian rules football: points for a goal (a behind scores 1) |
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6 |
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| Baseball: number of umpires |
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4 | |
| Baseball: distances between (the centres, or 'points', of) the bases |
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30 yards | |
| Basketball: height of the hoop |
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10 feet | |
| Basketball: diameter of the hoop |
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18 inches | |
| Cycling: length of the track (Olympics and World Championships; de facto standard since 1990) |
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250 metres | |
| Diving (Olympic) | Springboard |
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3 metres |
| High diving board |
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10 metres | |
| Hurling: points for a goal (over the crossbar is 1 point) |
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3 | |
| Rugby League: number of tackles before the ball passes to the opposition |
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6 | |
| Swimming: length of an Olympic pool |
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50 metres | |
Rugby: points scored
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| Try |
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4 |
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5 |
| Conversion |
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2 |
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2 |
| Penalty goal |
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2 |
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3 |
| Drop goal |
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1 |
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3 |
| Rugby Union: sides guilty of "further misconduct" after an infringement (e.g. arguing with the ref) must retreat |
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10 metres |
| Table tennis: number of points between change of serve (since 2001) |
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2 |
| Tennis: score in a set when the tie–break comes into operation |
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6 games all |
| Tug of war: distance that the rope must travel (English rules) |
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4 metres |
| Volleyball: a team can hit the ball (without it going over the net) |
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3 times |
| American football (without over time) |
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1 hour |
| Australian rules football |
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100 minutes (4 x 25) |
| Basketball (international competition) |
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40 (4 x 10) |
| Basketball (US NBA) |
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48 (4 x 12) |
| (Field) hockey |
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70 minutes (2 x 35) |
| Ice hockey |
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60 minutes (3 x 20) |
Polo: each chukka
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7 minutes |
| Polo: number of chukkas (most commonly)
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6 |
| Rugby (both codes)
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80 minutes (2 x 40) |
| Water polo (international competition, including Olympics) |
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32 minutes (4 x 8) |
| Badminton (since 2006) |
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21 |
| Badminton (before 2006) |
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15 | |
| Croquet |
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14 | |
| Squash |
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9 | |
| Table tennis (since 2001) |
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11 | |
| Table tennis (prior to 2001) |
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21 | |
In all of the above sports, you need a two–point margin (as well as the above minimum points scores) to win a game.
This section used to note that I didn't ever remember being asked about the size of a football pitch – possibly because it's ridiculously complicated. This observation was made obsolete in February 2018, when contestants in Macclesfield Quiz League were asked what the maximum width was. (The figure given was the one under 'Other' below.)
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| Minimum width |
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70 yds (64 m) |
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50 yds (45 m) |
| Maximum width |
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80 yds (75 m) |
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100 yds (90 m) |
| Minimum length |
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110 yds (100 m) |
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100 yds (90 m) |
| Maximum length |
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120 yds (110 m) |
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130 yds (120 m) |
| Minimum area |
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7,700 yds2 (6,400 m2) |
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5,000 yds2 (4,050 m2) |
| Maximum area |
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9,600 yds2 (8,250 m2) |
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13,000 yds2 (10,800 m2) |
In 2008, a standard pitch size was provisionally agreed by the International Football Association Board (IFAB):
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105 m (344 ft) |
Width |
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68 m (223 ft) |
Area |
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7,140 m2 (76,712 ft2) |
This standard pitch was never implemented.
| 360ft x 160ft |
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American football |
| 44ft x 20ft |
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Badminton |
| 28 metres x 15 metres |
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Basketball |
| 28 yards by 35 yards (84 feet by 105 feet) (reference) |
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Croquet |
| 14 metres long, and between 1.5 and 2 metres wide |
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Fencing |
| 100yds x 60yds; goal 12ft x 7ft |
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(Field) hockey |
| 100 feet x 50 feet (30.5 x 15.25 metres); minimum headroom 7.50 metres, or 8.30 metres for internationals |
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Netball |
| 300 yds (270 m) by 160 yds (150 m)
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Polo |
| 12ft x 6ft – when full–sized – playing surface (i.e. excluding the cushions)
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Snooker or Billiards |
| 2' 10" to the top of the cushions (with ½" tolerance) | ||
| 32ft x 21ft |
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Squash |
| 9ft (2.74 m) x 5ft (1.525 m) |
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Table tennis |
| 2ft 6in from the ground | ||
| 60 ft x 42 inches |
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Tenpin bowling |
© Haydn Thompson 2017–24