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Sports Rules: True or False

You watch the sport every week, but do you actually know the rulebook? Twenty true-or-false calls, and nobody is reviewing this one.

⚽ Sports easy 20 questions ~7 min

What this quiz asks

In basketball, a shot made from behind the arc is worth three points.
In football, a player cannot be offside directly from a throw-in.
In tennis, a serve that clips the net and lands in is an automatic fault.
In volleyball, is a team limited to three touches before returning the ball?
In golf, a bogey means finishing a hole one stroke under par.
In American football, a successful field goal is worth six points.
In cricket, clearing the boundary without bouncing scores six runs.
In table tennis, must a serve bounce on the server's side first?
In football, a goalkeeper may pick up a ball deliberately kicked to them by a teammate.
In basketball, a successful free throw is worth one point.
In tennis, a game score of 40-40 is called deuce.
In baseball, a batter is struck out after two strikes.
In rugby union, must the ball always be passed backwards?
In ice hockey, icing is called when a player sends the puck from behind the centre line across the opponents' goal line untouched.
In snooker, the pink ball is worth more points than the black.
In a stroke-play round of golf, the player with the highest score wins.
In volleyball, a player may hit the ball twice in a row during normal play.
In badminton, does the rally end as soon as the shuttle touches the floor?
In American football, a team has four downs to advance the ball ten yards.
In cricket, an over is made up of eight balls.