1. In which year were the first Olympic Games held in Athens?

2. The first written mention of the game of cricket can be dated to which century?

3. About which decade did formal cricket clubs begin to form in London?

4. When was the first Oxford-Cambridge rowing race, which was held on the River Thames in London?

5. The first recorded game of baseball was played at Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey, in what year?

6. When was the National Baseball League established in the United States?

7. When was the Grand National horse race first run?

8. When was the Melbourne Cup horse race first run?

9. When was the Kentucky Derby held for the first time?

10. When was the first Wimbledon tennis championship held?

11. In tennis, which was the first year of the men’s U.S. National Championship?

12. When was the Australian Open tennis championship first held?

13. When was a women’s tennis event held at the Australian Open for the first time?

14. In what year was the first-ever British Open golf tournament for men held?

15. When was the PGA Championship first held?

16. When was the Masters Tournament first held?

17. In what year was the first Boston Marathon run?

18. In what year was the first match of Australian rules football played?

19. When was the first game in the National Football League played?

20. In what year was the first Super Bowl held?

21. When was the Football Association founded in London?

22. When was the first gridiron football game between McGill University and Harvard University played?

23. When was the Tour de France established?

24. When did Alexander Joy Cartwright write the first set of comprehensive rules for baseball?

25. When were the Cambridge Rules, the first codification of the rules of football (soccer), first adopted?

26. In which year did James Naismith invent the sport of basketball, in Springfield, Massachusetts?