Sports Movies Quiz

1. Which boxing film series follows the underdog fighter Rocky Balboa?

1. Creed only
2. Raging Bull
3. Rocky
4. The Fighter

2. Which actor played and co-wrote the character Rocky Balboa?

1. Mark Wahlberg
2. Michael B. Jordan
3. Robert De Niro
4. Sylvester Stallone

3. The 2009 film 'Invictus' depicts Nelson Mandela and which sporting event?

1. The 1995 Rugby World Cup
2. The 2010 Football World Cup
3. The Cricket World Cup
4. The Olympics

4. Which baseball film features the line 'If you build it, he will come'?

1. 42
2. Field of Dreams
3. Moneyball
4. The Sandlot

5. The film 'Moneyball' is about the analytics revolution in which sport?

1. American football
2. Baseball
3. Basketball
4. Ice hockey

6. Which 1981 film about British Olympic runners won the Best Picture Oscar?

1. Chariots of Fire
2. Gallipoli
3. Running Free
4. The Games

7. The film 'Cool Runnings' is based on which country's unlikely bobsled team?

1. Brazil
2. Jamaica
3. Kenya
4. Nigeria

8. The 2011 film 'Warrior' is centred on which combat sport?

1. Boxing
2. Judo
3. Mixed martial arts (MMA)
4. Wrestling

9. Which 2004 film starring Clint Eastwood centres on a female boxer?

1. Girlfight
2. Million Dollar Baby
3. Southpaw
4. The Fighter

10. The film '42' tells the story of which baseball pioneer?

1. Babe Ruth
2. Hank Aaron
3. Jackie Robinson
4. Willie Mays

11. The 2013 film 'Rush' portrays a rivalry in which sport?

1. Cycling
2. Formula 1
3. MotoGP
4. NASCAR

12. Which Disney film dramatises the 1980 US ice hockey 'Miracle on Ice'?

1. Goon
2. Miracle
3. Slap Shot
4. The Mighty Ducks

13. The film 'Ali' starred which actor as Muhammad Ali?

1. Denzel Washington
2. Jamie Foxx
3. Michael B. Jordan
4. Will Smith

14. The 2016 film 'Eddie the Eagle' is about a British athlete in which Winter Olympic sport?

1. Bobsleigh
2. Figure skating
3. Ski jumping
4. Speed skating

15. Which basketball film sees Michael Jordan team up with Looney Tunes characters?

1. Coach Carter
2. He Got Game
3. Space Jam
4. White Men Can't Jump

16. The 2000 film 'Remember the Titans' is set in which sport?

1. American football
2. Baseball
3. Basketball
4. Soccer

17. Which film follows a boxer named Adonis Creed, a spin-off of the Rocky saga?

1. Bleed for This
2. Creed
3. Southpaw
4. The Fighter

18. The film 'Raging Bull' depicts the life of which boxer?

1. Jake LaMotta
2. Joe Louis
3. Rocky Marciano
4. Sugar Ray Robinson

19. 'The Blind Side' tells the story of an NFL player in which position?

1. Offensive tackle
2. Quarterback
3. Running back
4. Wide receiver

20. Which 1992 film celebrates women's professional baseball with the line 'There's no crying in baseball'?

1. A League of Their Own
2. Bull Durham
3. Major League
4. The Natural