Can We Guess What Your Favorite Sport Is?

By: Daniel Yetman
Estimated Completion Time
4 min
Can We Guess What Your Favorite Sport Is?
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About This Quiz

For most of us, when we think about sports, what immediately comes to mind is soccer, football, basketball, hockey, baseball or basically any other popular sport shown on television. However, there more than 30 sports in the Olympics. You'll probably never be able to try every sport, but you can make a guess about what you'd be good at by looking at the body types of the athletes who play at the highest level. 

For example, if you're close to seven feet tall and skinny as a toothpick, bobsled and Olympic weightlifting probably aren't the sports for you—but you may have a future as a high jumper, basketball player or volleyball player. On the flip side, if you're five feet tall, you may not have a future as a high jumper, but you might make a great horse jockey, Olympic weightlifter or wrestler. 

Just because you're not built like an Olympic gold medalist doesn't mean you can't love that sport. Even if you can barely swim a lap without drowning, you might be a swimming fanatic. Many people can't throw a tight spiral but live for Monday-night football. We bet we can easily guess you're favorite sport just by your answers to these 30 questions. Don't believe us? Then we'll prove it to you!

2 Athlete
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Which of these athletes do you look up to the most?
Usain Bolt
Kobe Bryant
Sidney Crosby
Michael Phelps

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3 Working with others
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Do you like working with others or are you more of a lone wolf?
I usually like to work alone, but not always.
I like being part of a small team.
I love being part of a big team.
I'm a lone wolf.

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4 High Pressure
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Are you able to come up big in high-pressure situations?
Of course!
Usually
Rarely
Occasionally

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5 Swim
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How well can you swim?
I'm great at the doggy paddle.
It's not my strength.
I might drown in my bathtub.
I swim like a fish.

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6 Olympics
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If somebody offered you tickets to either the Olympics or Super Bowl, which one would you take?
Definitely the Olympics
Definitely the Super Bowl
The Olympics (if it's the winter Olympics)
The Olympics (if it's the summer Olympics)

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7 Street hockey
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Which of these games and activities was your favorite when you were a kid?
Racing
Bump or horse
Street hockey
Going swimming

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1 Seasons
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If you lived somewhere that only had one season, what season would you want it to be?
Definitely winter!
Definitely summer!
I don't think I can choose.
Either fall or spring

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8 Leader
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Are you a born leader?
I don't do well managing people.
Yes. I am.
I'm fairly good at managing people.
I go out of my way to avoid people.

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9 Gazelle
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If you were in a race with a group of animals, what's the fastest animal you would beat?
A gazelle
A dog
A mouse
A koala

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10 Body build
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How would a stranger describe you?
Lean and muscular
One of the tallest people they've ever seen
Strong and stocky
Short and thin

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11 Sport
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Which of these is most important to you when choosing which sport to play?
How much I love the sport
How much money is in the sport
How many people watch the sport
How safe the sport is

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12 Day off
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If you had a day off, which of these activities would you be most likely to do?
Go for a run
Spend the day napping
Go to the gym
Go to the beach

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13 Armspan
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If you measured yourself from fingertip to fingertip of your outstretched arms, do you think your armspan would be longer than your height?
I doubt it.
I think so.
No. I have short arms.
Yes. I have very long arms.

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14 Cheetah
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On a scale from elephant to cheetah, how agile are you?
Definitely a cheetah
Closer to an elephant
Definitely an elephant
Closer to a cheetah

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15 Focus
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Do people tell you that they're jealous of your focus?
Yes, all the time!
Occasionally
I don't think so.
It might have happened once or twice.

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16 Marathon runner
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Are you more of a 100m runner or a marathon runner?
100m runner
Somewhere between
Is running to my couch an option?
Marathon runner

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17 local sport
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Would you rather play a sport that involves a lot of travel or a sport that you can do mostly from home?
I'd prefer not to travel often.
Doesn't matter to me.
I love traveling.
I hate traveling.

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18 box of cookies
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If you had an unopened box of cookies in your kitchen cupboard, how long would it take for you to eat them all?
I wouldn't touch them.
I'd probably forget about them.
Maybe within a week
Give me a day ...

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19 laid back and calm
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When people meet you, what's their first impression of you?
That you're motivated and smart
That you're fun and outgoing
That you're tough and firey
That you're laidback and calm

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20 quiet or chatty
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Would your friends describe you as quiet or chatty?
I'm somewhere between.
I'm more chatty than quiet.
I never stop talking.
I'm very quiet.

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21 pain threshold
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How's you pain threshold?
It's so-so.
I have a fairly high pain threshold.
I'm tougher than nails.
I cry when I stub my toe.

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22 monitoring diet
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How closely do you monitor your diet?
I count basically every calorie.
I'm fairly strict with my diet.
I don't watch my diet closely.
I burn so many calories I don't worry about it.

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23 play to win
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Are you more of a 'win at all costs' or 'for the love of the game' kind of person?
Having fun always comes first.
Both are important.
I love winning.
I usually just want to have fun.

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24 urban area
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Do you live in an urban area or a small town?
Village or smaller
Large city
Small town
Small city

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25 playing in the rain
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Does playing in the rain bother you?
A little bit
Yes!
Well, I wouldn't want the ice to melt ...
Not even a little

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26 movie night
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It's Friday night and you're ready to throw on a movie. Which one are you putting on?
"Chariots of Fire"
"White Men Can't Jump"
"Miracle"
"Swimming with Men"

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27 non-contact sport
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Would you rather play a physical sport or a non-contact sport?
Definitely a non-contact sport
Probably a physical sport
Definitely a physical sport
Probably a non-contact sport

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28 nickname
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Which nickname is most suiting to you?
Lightning
Toothpick
Moose
Mermaid/Merman

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29 weight room
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How do you feel when you're in a weight room?
I'm comfortable.
Fairly neutral
Like a kid in a candy store!
Lost and awkward

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30 fitness freak
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Would you describe yourself as more of a 'fitness freak' or 'couch potato'?
Fitness freak
Somewhere between
Couch potato
Neither

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