Whether you want to test your sports knowledge or simply increase it — or both! — we have just the thing: another installment of The Washington Post’s weekly sports quiz. Click on the answer you think is correct, then check at the bottom to see how you fared.
The questions are ordered in ascending level of difficulty, meaning we’ll start with a few layups to get you going, but by the end you’ll need to be able to hit from deep. (Oh, and we’ll be publishing a new quiz every Thursday here and in the Sports Moment newsletter.) Got feedback? Let us know in the comments.
The Larry O'Brien championship trophy, shown during a 2021 White House celebration, went this year to an NBA team that is hardly resting on its laurels. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)
Which reigning NBA champion upped its record this season to 24-1, putting it in a tie for the best start in league history?
Colts quarterback Daniel Jones suffered a torn Achilles tendon, cutting short his first season with the team. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) (Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP)
Daniel Jones, whose promising season for the Colts ended with a major injury, started his career with which NFL team?
The College Football Playoff field includes a team from Texas that can take the first round off. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File) (Tony Gutierrez/AP)
The schools that got first-round byes in the final College Football Playoff rankings include which Lone Star State program that counts Patrick Mahomes as a former standout?
San Francisco's Oracle Park, shown in June, began to host Giants games in 2000 when it was known as Pac Bell Park. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
Which former slugging second baseman for the San Francisco Giants, the 2000 National League MVP, will be a member of the 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame class?
Lando Norris is one happy Englishman. (Clive Mason/Getty Images) (Clive Mason/Getty Images)
Lando Norris became the first British driver to win a Formula One season title since which multi-time champion?
FIFA President Gianni Infantino oversaw a 2026 World Cup draw that gave the United States some company in its group. (Jeenah Moon/Reuters) (Jeenah Moon/Reuters)
The 2026 World Cup draw placed into the United States’ group which country that can’t be spelled without a U, S and A and nicknames its team the “socceroos”?
Men's college basketball has a new team at the top in the latest Associated Press poll. (iStock) (iStock/iStock)
Which college basketball program, the nation’s new No. 1-ranked men’s team, plays its home games on Lute and Bobbi Olson Court?
The pucks were flying into the nets during a certain 1985 game involving the Chicago Blackhawks. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) (Nam Y. Huh/AP)
On this date (Dec. 11) in NHL history in 1985, the Chicago Blackhawks combined with which high-scoring powerhouse squad to score a record 21 goals in one game?
Better luck next time!
Well, the important thing is that you gave this the ol’ college try, and now you have some cool trivia to stump your friends with.