Quiz Category: Latest Sports Trivia. 10 Glorious Questions

Novak Djokovic has won nine Australian Open titles. He had hoped to secure his 21st Grand Slam singles trophy in 2022, breaking the record he shares with rivals Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal for the most in the history of men’s tennis.

Why was Djokovic out of the 2022 Australian Open?

The Australian government prevented the No. 1-ranked tennis player, Djokovic, from defending his Australian Open title after authorities revoked his visa for not being vaccinated against Covid-19, saying that ousting him was necessary to keep Australians safe. On Jan. 16, 2022, Djokovic was deported one day before the Melbourne tournament.

The Feb. 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics were the first to use almost 100% artificial snow, deploying more than 100 snow generators and 300 snow cannons to cover the ski slopes.

Super Bowl 56 was the first time the event was happening simultaneously with the Winter Olympics. It’s also the second Super Bowl (and second-consecutive) to feature a team playing in its home stadium. The Los Angeles Rams won against Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 on Feb. 13, 2022, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California - the home stadium of the Rams.

Tom Brady retired from the NFL on Feb. 1, 2022, after winning seven Super Bowls and setting numerous passing records in a phenomenal 22-year career. On Mar. 13, just 40 days later, Brady announced he would return to the Buccaneers for the 2022 season.

Spanish tennis star 35-year-old Rafael Nadal became on Jan. 30, 2022, the only tennis player with 21 career Grand Slam men’s singles titles, one more than his rivals Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. Nadal won the Australian Open final against World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev.

WNBA player and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner was arrested and detained in Russia in late Feb. 2022, upon arriving from New York. Russian Customs Service found vape cartridges with hashish oil in her luggage.

What was Griner doing in Russia?

Griner plays overseas in the offseason like many other WNBA players, where salaries can be much higher. She has been playing offseason with Russian club UMMC Ekaterinburg since 2015.

LeBron James became the first NBA player to record 10,000 career assists, rebounds, and points, on March 13, 2022. He is the seventh player in NBA history to reach 10,000 assists, one of seven players who have earned 30,000 points, one of 42 players to reach 10,000 career rebounds, and the only one in NBA history to pass the career 10K in all three.

Camp Nou is being rebranded as Spotify Camp Nou as part of a sponsorship agreement with Spanish soccer club FC Barcelona that gives the music streaming giant naming rights to the stadium. Spotify’s name will also appear on the jerseys of the Barça men’s and women’s teams for the next four seasons, starting in the 2022/23 season. The deal will reportedly be worth $310 million over a four-year period, which breaks down to $75 million annually.

Less than two months after winning the Australian Open for her third Grand Slam singles title, Ash Barty retired from tennis at age 25 while ranked No. 1. It’s her second retirement from tennis, having walked away from the game as a teenager in late-2014 for nearly two years because of burnout, saying she was overwhelmed by the pressure and travel required. In a six-minute video posted on her Instagram account on March 23, 2022, Barty said she no longer feels compelled to do what she knows is required to be the best she can be at tennis. Barty walks away with 15 titles to her name.

Screenshot: Sandro Bovo - World Speed inline downhill Record (via YouTube)

Sandro Bovo of Italy holds the Guinness world record for fastest speed on inline skates (downhill) - 124.67 km/h (77.47 mph) achieved in Teutonia, Brazil, on Feb. 21, 2016. On Mar. 18, 2022, three-times Winter Olympic champion speed skater, the Dutch Kjeld Nuis, became the first person to break the 100 kph barrier on ice, clocking 103 km/h in Tynset, Norway - 10 km/h faster than his previous record set four years ago in Sweden. Watch him do it.