Football and Friends: Sports Vocabulary Jeopardy
Teens start from football and learn the names of 40 other sports. They describe how each sport is played, compare it with football, and share their own opinions and experiences in English.
A free Jeopardy Quiz for Teens at CEFR B1 level. Topic: Football.
Categories
- Ball Games Like Football
- Indoor Sports: Games, Fights and Fitness
- Getting Fit Off the Football Pitch
- You and Outdoor Sports
Questions
- Ball Games Like Football (100): In football, you kick the ball into a goal. In one sport, you throw a ball through a high ring called a hoop. In another sport, you hit a ball over a net with a racket. Name both sports.
- Ball Games Like Football (200): Cricket and rugby both started in England, like modern football. Describe one thing players do with the ball in cricket and one thing they do with the ball in rugby.
- Ball Games Like Football (300): Hockey players use a stick, and American football players wear helmets. Explain what equipment each sport needs and why players need it.
- Ball Games Like Football (400): Water polo is played in a swimming pool. In volleyball, players hit the ball over a net. Which sport is more like football, and why?
- Ball Games Like Football (500): Padel is played with short rackets on a small court with walls. Handball is a team game where you throw the ball into a goal. Which one is easier for a football player to learn, and why?
- Indoor Sports: Games, Fights and Fitness (100): One game has a king, a queen and a board with 64 squares. Another game is like tennis, but players use small bats and play on a table. Name both games.
- Indoor Sports: Games, Fights and Fitness (200): In badminton, players hit a shuttlecock over a net. In karate, people learn to punch and kick. Explain what a shuttlecock is and what karate students usually wear.
- Indoor Sports: Games, Fights and Fitness (300): Judo comes from Japan and taekwondo comes from Korea. Explain the main difference in how people fight in these two sports.
- Indoor Sports: Games, Fights and Fitness (400): Martial arts is a general name for many fighting sports, like karate and judo. Explain how boxing is different from most martial arts and describe what boxers wear to stay safe.
- Indoor Sports: Games, Fights and Fitness (500): MMA means mixed martial arts. Aerobics is exercise to music, often in a group class. What kind of person might enjoy each one, and why?
- Getting Fit Off the Football Pitch (100): Running, jumping and throwing events at the Olympics have one group name. Slow exercises on a mat that make your body strong and help you stand straight have another name. Name both.
- Getting Fit Off the Football Pitch (200): Zumba is a dance workout with Latin music. Yoga uses breathing and stretching. Explain one way these two activities are different.
- Getting Fit Off the Football Pitch (300): Cycling and BMXing both use a bike. Explain how a BMX bike is different from a normal road bike and what riders do with each one.
- Getting Fit Off the Football Pitch (400): Some people say fishing is not a real sport, but climbing is now in the Olympics. Give your opinion about whether both are sports and explain why.
- Getting Fit Off the Football Pitch (500): Swimming and skiing are both sports people often do on holiday. Which one do you think is more dangerous, and why?
- You and Outdoor Sports (100): Running in the park is free and easy. Horse riding in the countryside is special but more expensive. If you could choose one this weekend, which would you pick?
- You and Outdoor Sports (200): Driving can be a sport, for example in Formula 1 car racing. Surfing means riding waves on a board. Which one would you like to try first, and why?
- You and Outdoor Sports (300): Padel surfing means standing on a big board and moving on the water with a paddle. Skateboarding means riding a small board with wheels. How are these two sports different from football?
- You and Outdoor Sports (400): Imagine planning a weekend with your friends. Compare a day of rollerblading in the city with a day of trekking in the mountains. Which plan is better for your group, and why?
- You and Outdoor Sports (500): Trail running means running on paths in nature. Skating can be on ice or with roller skates. If your school replaced one football lesson with one of these, which would you choose, and why?