37+ Swimming Trivia Questions with Answers

Do you know the difference between freestyle and backstroke? What about butterfly from breaststroke? If not, don’t worry. This post is going to be all about swimming trivia questions with answers. So if you’re looking for some fun facts about swimming, keep reading!

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swimming trivia quiz questions with answers

Able to swim for miles on end, what animal has the scientific name “Ursus maratimus?”

POLAR BEAR

As what is a swimming pool also known

Natatorium

Buckroe Beach Virginia illegal put what in someone’s swimsuit

A Dead Fish

By royal decree in Jidda 1979 women banned from using what

Hotel swimming pools

FINA is the governing body of what amateur sport

Swimming

Gertrude Ederlie (USA) was the first woman to do what

Swim English Channel

Gorillas do not know how to __________

Swim

How Many Lanes Does An Olympic Standard Swimming Pool Have

Eight

If You Follow The FINA Rules Which Spoert Do You Practice

Swimming

In Florida public singing is illegal if you are wearing what

Swimsuit

In which sport would yoU.S.ee a dolphin bent knee, a walk over front and a catalina

Synchronized swimming

Name the only bird that can swim but can’t fly

Penguin

Name the only bird that can swim but can’t fly

Penguin

Name the swimmer who became a Hollywood star in the 1940’s and 50s in films such as Bathing beauty and Neptune’s Daughter

Esther williams

The first person to swim the English Channel did so in what year

1875

The flounder swims __________

Sideways

The sea lion can swim 6,000 miles, stopping only to __________

Sleep

The three_toed __________ of tropical America can swim easily, but it can only drag itself across bare ground.

Sloth

Though she would later don countless outfits, the first Barbie doll, sold in 1959, was wearing what?

ZEBRA STRIPED SWIMSUIT

Tunas will suffocate if they ever stop __________. They need a continual flow of water across their gills to breathe, even while they rest.

Swimming

What basic skill is lacking in most Royal Navy entrants

They cannot swim

What did captain matthew webb swim first

English channel

What did Captain Matthew Webb swim first?

English Channel

What in 1926, did Gertrude Ederle become the first woman to do?

Swim Across The English Channel

What in 1926, did Gertrude Ederle become the first woman to do?

Swim Across The English Channel

What is the gift on the seventh day of christmas in the “twelve days of christmas”

Seven swans a swimming

What sport exercises all the muscles at once

Swimming

Where do bathers traditionally go for a swim in Hyde Park on Christmas Day

The Serpentine

Where was the ‘Australian’ swimmer John Konrads born

Latvia

Which ‘tarzan’ swimmer was the first man to swim a hundred yards in less than a minute

Johnny weismuller

Which Sport Event Combines Riding, Revolver, Shooting, Fencing, Swimming & Running?

The Pentathlon

Which swimming stroke is named after an insect?

Butterfly

While dangerous to swimmers, the fact remains that __________ are much less dangerous than sharks.

Barracudas

Who was the first person to swim the English Channel?

Captain Matthew Webb

Who was the first person to swim the English Channel?

Captain Matthew Webb

Who was the first woman to swim from port angeles to victoria

Marilyn bell

Who Won 7 gold Medals In Swimming At The 1972 Olympics

Mark Spitz

Able to swim for miles on end, what animal has the scientific name “Ursus maratimus?”

As what is a swimming pool also known

Buckroe Beach Virginia illegal put what in someone’s swimsuit

By royal decree in Jidda 1979 women banned from using what

FINA is the governing body of what amateur sport

Gertrude Ederlie (USA) was the first woman to do what

Gorillas do not know how to __________

How Many Lanes Does An Olympic Standard Swimming Pool Have

If You Follow The FINA Rules Which Spoert Do You Practice

In Florida public singing is illegal if you are wearing what

In which sport would yoU.S.ee a dolphin bent knee, a walk over front and a catalina

Name the only bird that can swim but can’t fly

Name the only bird that can swim but can’t fly

Name the swimmer who became a Hollywood star in the 1940’s and 50s in films such as Bathing beauty and Neptune’s Daughter

The first person to swim the English Channel did so in what year

The flounder swims __________

The sea lion can swim 6,000 miles, stopping only to __________

The three_toed __________ of tropical America can swim easily, but it can only drag itself across bare ground.

Though she would later don countless outfits, the first Barbie doll, sold in 1959, was wearing what?

Tunas will suffocate if they ever stop __________. They need a continual flow of water across their gills to breathe, even while they rest.

What basic skill is lacking in most Royal Navy entrants

What did captain matthew webb swim first

What did Captain Matthew Webb swim first?

What in 1926, did Gertrude Ederle become the first woman to do?

What in 1926, did Gertrude Ederle become the first woman to do?

What is the gift on the seventh day of christmas in the “twelve days of christmas”

What sport exercises all the muscles at once

Where do bathers traditionally go for a swim in Hyde Park on Christmas Day

Where was the ‘Australian’ swimmer John Konrads born

Which ‘tarzan’ swimmer was the first man to swim a hundred yards in less than a minute

Which Sport Event Combines Riding, Revolver, Shooting, Fencing, Swimming & Running?

Which swimming stroke is named after an insect?

While dangerous to swimmers, the fact remains that __________ are much less dangerous than sharks.

Who was the first person to swim the English Channel?

Who was the first person to swim the English Channel?

Who was the first woman to swim from port angeles to victoria

Who Won 7 gold Medals In Swimming At The 1972 Olympics

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