The term 'Chukker' is associated with which sport?

The correct answer is A, football. An offside trap is a defensive tactic in which the defenders move up the field together at the right moment so that an attacking player is left beyond the last defender when the ball is played forward, and the referee then gives offside. The tactic exists only because football has an offside law. Option B is wrong because badminton has no offside rule; its terms are smash, drop shot, lob and deuce. Option C is wrong because tennis is played across a net with the players in separate courts, so there is no line to be caught behind; its terms are love, deuce, ace and let. Option D is wrong because table tennis is also a net game with its own terms such as chop, loop and let. Hockey has an offside rule in its older form, but the trap as a named tactic is asked for football.

The correct answer is A, golf. In golf an albatross, also called a double eagle, means holing out in three strokes fewer than the par of that hole, which is among the rarest feats in the game. The same bird family gives birdie for one stroke under par and eagle for two under, while a score over par is a bogey. Option B is wrong because polo is played on horseback and its period of play is a chukker, its stick a mallet. Option C is wrong because fencing uses foil, epee and sabre, with terms such as riposte, lunge and parry. Option D is wrong because rugby speaks of a try, a conversion, a scrum and a line-out. When a question offers a bird name among the options, golf is almost always the intended sport.

The correct answer is D, basketball. Pivoting is the legal turn in which a player holding the ball keeps one foot fixed on the floor, the pivot foot, and steps around with the other foot; it lets a player face the basket or protect the ball without being called for travelling. Option A is wrong because hockey uses bully, short corner, penalty stroke, scoop and dribble. Option B is wrong because volleyball uses service, spike, block, dig and libero. Option C is wrong because badminton uses smash, drop shot, net shot, lob and deuce. Basketball also contributes dunk, rebound, free throw and hold ball to exam papers, and the game's other favourite fact is the ring height of 3.05 metres, so revise the two together. The pivot foot may be lifted to shoot or pass, but it must not return to the floor before the ball leaves the hand.

The correct answer is B, 22 yards. The Laws of Cricket fix the pitch at 22 yards between the two bowling creases, that is between the two sets of stumps, which works out to about 20.12 metres; the pitch is 10 feet wide. Option A is wrong because 20 yards is a shorter distance used in some junior formats, not in the standard game. Option C is wrong because 24 yards is simply a nearby figure offered as a distractor. Option D is wrong for the unit rather than the number: 22 metres is longer than the pitch, and the metric value of the pitch is 20.12 metres. This unit swap is the usual trap in such questions, so read yards against metres before answering. Each set of stumps stands 28 inches high and the three stumps together are 9 inches wide.

The correct answer is B, 3.05 metres. The ring, or basket, is fixed with its upper edge 3.05 metres above the floor, that is exactly 10 feet, and the measurement has not changed since the game was invented by James Naismith in 1891. Option A is wrong because 2.44 metres is the height of a football goal, and also the height of the crossbar in the question papers that mix the two games. Option C is wrong because 3.5 metres is a round figure with no place in the rules, offered only because it is close. Option D is wrong because 2.43 metres is the height of a volleyball net for men, the companion figure to 2.24 metres for women. The safest way to keep them apart is to remember the game with each number rather than the number alone.