About the Sports pack
The Sports pack is rare-answer trivia about teams, events and venues. Prompts ask for an NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL or MLS team, a city that has hosted the Olympics, a Formula 1 circuit, a martial art, a track and field event or a chess opening. Every right answer counts, but the teams and places everyone names first score the least.
This pack is still growing. It has fewer prompts than Geography or Words, so its prompts come round again sooner, and this page is not yet listed for search engines. We add prompts to it over time.
How a Sports dive works
Each dive is 7 prompts from this pack. A prompt shows for 3 seconds, then you have 25 seconds to type an answer. A wrong answer is simply refused, so you can try again until the time runs out. A right answer scores 10 to 100 points depending on how rare it is, so a full dive is worth up to 700. The pack has 14 prompts, enough for 2 dives before any prompt repeats. Dives are numbered: use the list on the start screen to pick dive #1, jump ahead or replay one you have done.
Example prompts from this pack
- Name an NFL team. Seattle Seahawks is one of the first answers people give (10 points); Green Bay Packers is much rarer (60 points).
- Name an NBA team. New York Knicks is one of the first answers people give (10 points); Brooklyn Nets is much rarer (60 points).
- Name a sport at the Summer Olympics. Football is one of the first answers people give (10 points); Boxing is much rarer (60 points).
How to find rare answers in sports trivia
- Think of small markets. Teams from smaller cities and newer expansion teams are named far less than the famous big-city clubs.
- Go back in time for host cities: early Olympic hosts are much rarer than recent ones.
- Team nicknames on their own are accepted, so "Seahawks" is enough for the Seattle Seahawks.
- For lists of events or sports, think of the ones you only see once every four years.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Sports pack free?
Yes. Every Sports dive is free, with no sign-up and no limit on how many you play. Signing in is optional and only keeps your scores on every device.
How many dives are in the Sports pack?
The pack has 14 prompts, which make 2 dives of 7 with no prompt repeated. After that the numbers keep going and the prompts come back in a new order. Dive numbers are fixed, so dive #2 is the same for everyone.
How is the Sports pack different from the Daily 7?
The Daily 7 mixes topics; every prompt in this pack is about sport. The Daily 7 is one fixed set a day, the same for everyone and counted toward your streak. Pack dives can be played at any time, as many as you like, and do not change your daily streak.
Can I replay a dive?
Yes. Pick any dive number in the list on the start screen to play it again or to skip ahead. Your best score for each dive is kept in your browser.
How do you decide which answers are rare?
Within each prompt, the accepted answers are ranked from most to least common, mostly by how often each answer's English Wikipedia article was read over the past twelve months (word prompts use how often the word appears in written English). The rarer an answer, the deeper you dive: 10, 30, 60 or 85 points, and 100 for one or two hand-picked answers per prompt.
More questions? See the Daily Game Arcade FAQ.
Other themed packs
- Words — Spellings, rhymes, idioms and the odd corners of English.
- Geography — Countries, capitals, rivers, islands and more.
- Movies & cartoons — Films, studios, directors and famous characters.
- Music — Songs, albums, composers, instruments and styles.
Or play today's Daily 7, unlimited mixed dives or multiplayer.