There’s that moment, right after you get one wrong on the Bing Sporting Greats Quiz, when you think: “I should have known that.” If you’re playing regularly for fun or stacking Microsoft Rewards points, this is the resource I wish I had when I started.
I went through dozens of real Bing quiz rounds, pulled the patterns, and built this into something actually useful. You’ll find 70+ authentic trivia questions sorted by sport, difficulty labels, fun facts, and the answers explained so the knowledge actually sticks.
What Is the Bing Sporting Greats Quiz, Really?
The Bing Sporting Greats Quiz is a rotating trivia feature embedded directly inside Bing’s search results and homepage. It quizzes you on legendary athletes across football, cricket, tennis, boxing, athletics, basketball, golf, and swimming.
The quiz refreshes daily. Each round usually runs 5 to 10 questions. Microsoft Rewards members earn points per completed round, which can be redeemed for Amazon gift cards, Xbox credits, or charitable donations.
You don’t need an app. You don’t pay anything. Open bing.com, search “Bing Sporting Greats Quiz,” and the card appears instantly.
Football Questions (Questions 1-15)
These come up every single round. Football dominates the quiz.
Questions 1-10
1. Who is the all-time leading goal scorer in FIFA World Cup history?
- A) Pelé
- B) Miroslav Klose
- C) Ronaldo (Brazil)
- D) Gerd Müller
Answer: B) Miroslav Klose with 16 goals across four tournaments (2002-2014).
Fun Fact: Klose scored in every World Cup he appeared in. He’s one of only three players to score at four different tournaments.
2. At what age did Pelé win his first World Cup? (Easy)
- A) 16
- B) 17
- C) 19
- D) 21
Answer: B) 17 – Brazil’s 1958 tournament in Sweden.
3. Which player has won the most Ballon d’Or awards?
- A) Cristiano Ronaldo
- B) Lionel Messi
- C) Ronaldinho
- D) Michel Platini
Answer: B) Lionel Messi with 8 Ballon d’Or titles as of 2024.
4. Who scored the “Hand of God” goal? (Easy)
- A) Ronaldo
- B) Diego Maradona
- C) Roberto Baggio
- D) Zico
Answer: B) Diego Maradona, 1986 World Cup quarter-final vs England.
5. Which country did Didier Drogba play for internationally?
- A) Ghana
- B) Nigeria
- C) Ivory Coast
- D) Cameroon
Answer: C) Ivory Coast
6. How many Premier League titles did Manchester United win under Sir Alex Ferguson? (Medium)
- A) 11
- B) 13
- C) 15
- D) 17
Answer: B) 13 across his 26-year tenure from 1986 to 2013.
7. Who was the first footballer to win the Ballon d’Or?
- A) Alfredo Di Stéfano
- B) Stanley Matthews
- C) Raymond Kopa
- D) Eusébio
Answer: B) Stanley Matthews, 1956.
8. Which club did Zinedine Zidane join after Juventus? (Medium)
- A) Barcelona
- B) Paris Saint-Germain
- C) Real Madrid
- D) Bayern Munich
Answer: C) Real Madrid, where he won the Champions League three consecutive times as manager (2016-2018).
9. What nationality is Ronaldo (Cristiano Ronaldo)?
- A) Spanish
- B) Brazilian
- C) Portuguese
- D) Italian
Answer: C) Portuguese
10. Who holds the record for most goals in a single World Cup? (Hard)
- A) Eusébio
- B) Gerd Müller
- C) Just Fontaine
- D) Sándor Kocsis
Answer: C) Just Fontaine with 13 goals for France at the 1958 World Cup. A record that has stood for over 65 years.
Fun Fact: Fontaine’s record is considered one of the most unbreakable in all of football. He scored in every single match.
Questions 11-15
11. How many UEFA Champions League titles did Real Madrid win in total? (Hard)
- A) 12
- B) 14
- C) 15
- D) 16
Answer: C) 15, making them the most decorated club in Champions League history.
12. Which African player won the Ballon d’Or in 1995?
- A) Didier Drogba
- B) Samuel Eto’o
- C) George Weah
- D) Jay-Jay Okocha
Answer: C) George Weah of Liberia.
13. Who scored the winning goal in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Final? (Medium)
- A) Kylian Mbappé
- B) Gonzalo Montiel (penalty)
- C) Lionel Messi
- D) Ángel Di María
Answer: B) Gonzalo Montiel scored the decisive penalty as Argentina beat France.
14. What shirt number did Pelé famously wear for Brazil?
- A) 9
- B) 10
- C) 11
- D) 7
Answer: B) 10 – arguably the most iconic number in football history because of him.
15. Which manager led Brazil to the 1970 World Cup? (Hard)
- A) Mário Zagallo
- B) João Saldanha
- C) Aymoré Moreira
- D) Vicente Feola
Answer: A) Mário Zagallo
Tennis Questions (Questions 16-28)
Questions 16-25
16. Who holds the all-time record for Grand Slam singles titles in men’s tennis?
- A) Roger Federer
- B) Rafael Nadal
- C) Novak Djokovic
- D) Pete Sampras
Answer: C) Novak Djokovic with 24 Grand Slam titles.
17. How many Wimbledon titles did Roger Federer win? (Easy)
- A) 6
- B) 7
- C) 8
- D) 9
Answer: C) 8
18. Who is known as the “King of Clay”?
- A) Novak Djokovic
- B) Rafael Nadal
- C) Andy Murray
- D) Stan Wawrinka
Answer: B) Rafael Nadal, with 14 French Open titles.
19. Which player won the 2008 Wimbledon final in what is widely called the greatest tennis match ever played?
- A) Roger Federer
- B) Rafael Nadal
- C) Andy Roddick
- D) Lleyton Hewitt
Answer: B) Rafael Nadal defeated Federer in five sets including a rain delay.
20. How many Grand Slam singles titles did Serena Williams win?
- A) 20
- B) 21
- C) 23
- D) 25
Answer: C) 23 – the most by any player in the Open Era at the time of her retirement.
Fun Fact: Serena won the 2017 Australian Open while eight weeks pregnant, only revealing the pregnancy afterward.
21. Who won Wimbledon in 2013 to become the first British male champion in 77 years? (Medium)
- A) Tim Henman
- B) Andy Roddick
- C) Andy Murray
- D) Greg Rusedski
Answer: C) Andy Murray
22. At what age did Martina Navratilova win her last Grand Slam doubles title? (Hard)
- A) 40
- B) 44
- C) 46
- D) 49
Answer: D) 49, at the 2006 US Open mixed doubles.
23. Which country is tennis legend Steffi Graf from?
- A) Austria
- B) Switzerland
- C) Germany
- D) Czech Republic
Answer: C) Germany
24. Who is the only player to win the Golden Slam (all four majors + Olympic gold) in one year? (Hard)
- A) Serena Williams
- B) Rafael Nadal
- C) Steffi Graf
- D) Novak Djokovic
Answer: C) Steffi Graf, 1988.
25. What is Novak Djokovic’s home country?
- A) Croatia
- B) Slovenia
- C) Serbia
- D) Bulgaria
Answer: C) Serbia
Questions 26-28
26. Who holds the record for most weeks at World No. 1 in men’s tennis? (Hard)
- A) Pete Sampras
- B) Roger Federer
- C) Novak Djokovic
- D) Rafael Nadal
Answer: C) Novak Djokovic with over 400 weeks.
27. Which player defeated John McEnroe in the 1980 Wimbledon final?
- A) Jimmy Connors
- B) Björn Borg
- C) Ivan Lendl
- D) Stefan Edberg
Answer: B) Björn Borg
28. Who was the first woman to win the US Open in the Open Era (1968)?
- A) Billie Jean King
- B) Virginia Wade
- C) Margaret Court
- D) Chris Evert
Answer: A) Billie Jean King
Athletics and Track & Field (Questions 29-40)
29. What is Usain Bolt’s 100m world record? (Easy)
- A) 9.69 seconds
- B) 9.58 seconds
- C) 9.72 seconds
- D) 9.84 seconds
Answer: B) 9.58 seconds, set at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin.
30. How many Olympic sprint golds did Usain Bolt win across his career? (Medium)
- A) 6
- B) 7
- C) 8
- D) 9
Answer: C) 8 – three each in 2008 and 2012, and two in 2016 (the 4×100 relay from 2008 was stripped).
Fun Fact: Bolt started as a 200m specialist. His 100m dominance only began when his coach pushed him to switch at age 21.
31. Which country does Eliud Kipchoge represent?
- A) Ethiopia
- B) Tanzania
- C) Kenya
- D) Uganda
Answer: C) Kenya
32. Jesse Owens famously competed at which Olympic Games? (Easy)
- A) 1932 Los Angeles
- B) 1936 Berlin
- C) 1948 London
- D) 1928 Amsterdam
Answer: B) 1936 Berlin
33. Who ran the first sub-4-minute mile?
- A) Sebastian Coe
- B) Steve Ovett
- C) Roger Bannister
- D) Herb Elliott
Answer: C) Roger Bannister, May 6, 1954.
34. What is Carl Lewis best known for at the 1984 Olympics? (Medium)
- A) Winning one gold
- B) Breaking the 100m world record
- C) Winning four gold medals
- D) Setting a high jump world record
Answer: C) Winning four gold medals in 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay, and long jump.
35. Which Jamaican female sprinter dominated the 2008 Beijing Olympics?
- A) Elaine Thompson-Herah
- B) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
- C) Merlene Ottey
- D) Veronica Campbell
Answer: B) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
36. How many times did Haile Gebrselassie break the marathon world record? (Hard)
- A) 1
- B) 2
- C) 3
- D) 4
Answer: B) 2 – in 2007 and 2008.
37. Who won the women’s 100m at the 2016 Rio Olympics?
- A) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
- B) Dafne Schippers
- C) Elaine Thompson
- D) Blessing Okagbare
Answer: C) Elaine Thompson
38. In what city did Florence Griffith-Joyner set the women’s 100m world record in 1988? (Hard)
- A) Seoul
- B) Indianapolis
- C) Tokyo
- D) Atlanta
Answer: B) Indianapolis at the US Olympic Trials, not the Games themselves.
39. What event is pole vaulter Sergey Bubka most associated with? (Easy)
- A) High jump
- B) Pole vault
- C) Decathlon
- D) Triple jump
Answer: B) Pole vault
40. How many individual Olympic golds did Mo Farah win? (Medium)
- A) 2
- B) 3
- C) 4
- D) 5
Answer: C) 4 – 5000m and 10000m in both 2012 and 2016.
Cricket Questions (Questions 41-50)
41. How many international centuries did Sachin Tendulkar score? (Easy)
- A) 85
- B) 90
- C) 100
- D) 108
Answer: C) 100 – the only player in history to reach the landmark.
42. Who holds the record for the highest individual score in Test cricket? (Hard)
- A) Brian Lara
- B) Len Hutton
- C) Don Bradman
- D) Matthew Hayden
Answer: A) Brian Lara with 400 not out for West Indies vs England in 2004.
43. What was Don Bradman’s Test batting average? (Medium)
- A) 89.78
- B) 95.14
- C) 99.94
- D) 101.32
Answer: C) 99.94 – the greatest statistical achievement in all of cricket.
Fun Fact: Bradman needed just 4 runs in his final innings to finish with an average of exactly 100. He was bowled second ball for a duck.
44. Which team won the inaugural ICC Cricket World Cup in 1975?
- A) India
- B) Australia
- C) West Indies
- D) England
Answer: C) West Indies
45. Who is the all-time leading wicket-taker in Test cricket? (Medium)
- A) Shane Warne
- B) Muttiah Muralitharan
- C) Anil Kumble
- D) James Anderson
Answer: B) Muttiah Muralitharan with 800 wickets.
46. Which country does Wasim Akram represent?
- A) India
- B) Bangladesh
- C) Pakistan
- D) Sri Lanka
Answer: C) Pakistan
47. Who captained India to their 2011 World Cup victory? (Easy)
- A) Sourav Ganguly
- B) Virat Kohli
- C) MS Dhoni
- D) Rahul Dravid
Answer: C) MS Dhoni
48. How many runs did Brian Lara score in his famous 501 innings in first-class cricket?* (Hard)
- A) 400
- B) 453
- C) 501
- D) 512
Answer: C) 501 not out for Warwickshire vs Durham in 1994.
49. In which country was the 2023 Cricket World Cup held?
- A) Australia
- B) England
- C) India
- D) South Africa
Answer: C) India
50. What is the nickname given to Shane Warne’s famous delivery to Mike Gatting in 1993? (Hard)
- A) The Golden Ball
- B) The Ball of the Century
- C) The Magic Delivery
- D) The Unplayable Ball
Answer: B) The Ball of the Century
Boxing Questions (Questions 51-58)
51. Who was Muhammad Ali before he changed his name? (Easy)
- A) Sonny Liston
- B) Cassius Clay
- C) Joe Frazier
- D) Floyd Patterson
Answer: B) Cassius Clay
52. Where did the famous “Rumble in the Jungle” fight take place? (Medium)
- A) Lagos
- B) Accra
- C) Kinshasa
- D) Nairobi
Answer: C) Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo), October 1974.
53. Who did Mike Tyson defeat to win his first world title? (Hard)
- A) Trevor Berbick
- B) Larry Holmes
- C) Michael Spinks
- D) Tony Tucker
Answer: A) Trevor Berbick, November 1986. Tyson was 20 years old.
54. How many times did Muhammad Ali win the heavyweight title? (Medium)
- A) 1
- B) 2
- C) 3
- D) 4
Answer: C) 3 – 1964, 1974, and 1978.
55. Which boxer is known as “Money”?
- A) Oscar De La Hoya
- B) Manny Pacquiao
- C) Floyd Mayweather Jr.
- D) Sugar Ray Leonard
Answer: C) Floyd Mayweather Jr.
56. What is Floyd Mayweather’s professional record? (Hard)
- A) 48-0
- B) 50-0
- C) 49-1
- D) 52-0
Answer: B) 50-0
57. Who defeated Muhammad Ali in the “Thrilla in Manila”? (Hard)
- A) George Foreman
- B) Joe Frazier
- C) Neither – Ali won
- D) Ken Norton
Answer: C) Neither – Ali won after Frazier’s corner stopped the fight before round 15.
58. Which country is boxing legend Roberto Durán from?
- A) Cuba
- B) Mexico
- C) Panama
- D) Puerto Rico
Answer: C) Panama
Basketball, Golf & Swimming (Questions 59-70)
59. How many NBA championships did Michael Jordan win? (Easy)
- A) 4
- B) 5
- C) 6
- D) 7
Answer: C) 6, all with the Chicago Bulls.
60. Who holds the record for most Olympic gold medals overall? (Medium)
- A) Carl Lewis
- B) Mark Spitz
- C) Michael Phelps
- D) Usain Bolt
Answer: C) Michael Phelps with 23 gold medals.
61. How many major championships did Tiger Woods win? (Medium)
- A) 12
- B) 15
- C) 14
- D) 18
Answer: B) 15
62. At what age did Tiger Woods win his first Masters? (Medium)
- A) 20
- B) 21
- C) 22
- D) 23
Answer: B) 21 in 1997.
Fun Fact: Woods won by 12 strokes at Augusta in 1997. It remains one of the most dominant major performances in golf history.
63. How many Masters titles did Jack Nicklaus win? (Hard)
- A) 4
- B) 5
- C) 6
- D) 7
Answer: C) 6
64. What is LeBron James’s all-time NBA scoring record? (Hard)
- A) 36,928 points
- B) 38,250 points
- C) 40,100 points
- D) 38,652 points
Answer: B) 38,250 points (as of his active career – he surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 2023).
65. How many Olympic gold medals did Mark Spitz win at the 1972 Munich Games? (Hard)
- A) 5
- B) 6
- C) 7
- D) 8
Answer: C) 7, each with a world record. The record stood for 36 years until Phelps broke it in 2008.
66. What sport is Babe Ruth associated with? (Easy)
- A) American Football
- B) Basketball
- C) Baseball
- D) Ice Hockey
Answer: C) Baseball
67. Which golfer famously said “I’m the best” and was widely celebrated in the 1960s alongside Arnold Palmer?
- A) Gary Player
- B) Jack Nicklaus
- C) Lee Trevino
- D) Sam Snead
Answer: B) Jack Nicklaus
68. How many World Cups has Brazil won? (Easy)
- A) 4
- B) 5
- C) 6
- D) 3
Answer: B) 5
69. Simone Biles is associated with which sport? (Easy)
- A) Diving
- B) Figure skating
- C) Gymnastics
- D) Synchronized swimming
Answer: C) Gymnastics
70. Which country hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896? (Easy)
- A) France
- B) USA
- C) England
- D) Greece
Answer: D) Greece, in Athens.
Difficulty Guide and Score Breakdown
| Score | What It Means |
|---|---|
| 60-70 correct | Elite level sports knowledge |
| 45-59 correct | Strong sporting fan, very solid |
| 30-44 correct | Good general knowledge, room to grow |
| Under 30 | The quiz is doing its job, keep going |
Sports Covered: Quick Reference Table
| Sport | Key Athletes to Know | Hardest Question Area |
|---|---|---|
| Football | Pelé, Messi, Klose, Maradona | Records and years |
| Tennis | Djokovic, Serena, Federer, Graf | Exact title counts |
| Athletics | Bolt, Phelps, Fraser-Pryce | Heat and world records |
| Cricket | Tendulkar, Lara, Bradman | Batting averages and records |
| Boxing | Ali, Tyson, Mayweather | Fight locations and opponents |
| Basketball | Jordan, LeBron, Shaquille O’Neal | Rings and stats |
| Golf | Woods, Nicklaus, Palmer | Major counts by tournament |
| Swimming | Phelps, Spitz | Olympic medal tallies |
How to Use This for Microsoft Rewards
If you’re playing through Bing for Rewards points, here’s a practical approach:
- Complete the daily quiz first thing in the morning before the refresh resets
- Log in to your Microsoft account so points are tracked automatically
- Combine the quiz with Bing searches and Edge daily tasks to stack more points faster
- The Microsoft Rewards dashboard shows your balance and available redemptions in real time
Conclusion
I’ve covered every major sport the Bing Sporting Greats Quiz pulls from. Seventy questions, real answers, the context that makes them stick, and a scoring guide to benchmark where you are.
If there’s one thing I’d say makes the biggest difference: stop memorising names and start memorising moments. Bolt in Berlin. Tendulkar’s hundredth century. Ali in Kinshasa. The quiz is built around these stories. Once you know the stories, the answers come naturally.
Share this with whoever you know is grinding Rewards points or just loves sport. It’s the kind of resource that earns its keep in a quick bookmark.
FAQs
Does the Bing Sporting Greats Quiz give Microsoft Rewards points for every round I complete?
Yes, but only when you’re signed into your Microsoft account. Without a login, you can still play but points won’t be credited. The exact point amount varies by day and can sometimes include bonus multipliers for streak plays.
I keep seeing the same questions repeated. Is there a way to get the advanced or harder difficulty version?
Bing doesn’t officially advertise difficulty tiers in the main search result quiz. However, some themed rounds (like “Olympic Legends” or “Cricket Greats”) tend to skew harder. Searching those specific terms sometimes pulls up a different question set than the default.
Are there any quiz questions that cover female athletes specifically?
Yes, and they come up more often than most people expect. Serena Williams, Simone Biles, Steffi Graf, Florence Griffith-Joyner, and Martina Navratilova appear regularly. The quiz has been expanding its coverage of women’s sport, particularly in tennis and athletics rounds.
Can I use the Bing Sporting Greats Quiz to practice before pub quizzes or trivia nights?
Genuinely, yes. The questions follow the same logic as most pub quiz sports rounds. Focus on the “Hard” difficulty questions in this article since those are closest to what a quizmaster would use to separate the field.
Is the Bing quiz available in countries outside the US and UK?
The quiz runs in most English-language Bing markets including Australia, Canada, and India. Some regional variants emphasise local sports (cricket gets heavier coverage in India, rugby shows up more in Australia). The core Sporting Greats question pool is largely consistent globally.
