Pop-Quiz: The Ten Most Dangerous Sports in the World
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The World Atlas has now put some numbers to our most manly of manly sporting exploits. So you think you know danger? Prove it here. Tweet
Highlights
Ever notice how you never "play" boxing the same way you play soccer?
That's because some sports are just so painful or dangerous nobody plays them. They endure them.
We all know what happens immediately after your buddy says, “Hey, watch this.” Or, “Hey, hold my beer.”
The World Atlas has now put some numbers to our most manly of manly exploits.
So you think you know danger?
Prove it here:
Arrange these sports in order of most- to least-dangerous:
- Auto or motorcycle racing where speeds exceed 200 MPH
- BASE jumping
- Boxing
- Bull-riding
- Cheerleading
- Gymnastics
- Helicopter skiing
- Jallikattu (India’s sport of team bull-wrestling)
- Luge
- Soccer
Answers:
Here’s how World Atlas ranks these sports from most- to least-dangerous:
- BASE jumping
- Jallikattu
- Boxing
- Soccer
- Bull-riding
- Gymnastics
- Auto or motorcycle racing where speeds exceed 200 MPH
- Luge
- Cheerleading
- Helicopter skiing
- Click here to take our pop-quiz on which sports are the most mentally challenging. (Spoiler alert: Russian roulette did not make the list this year.)
- And click here to take our pop-quiz on the 60, toughest sports to play. (Spoiler alert: Badminton is a lot tougher than you think.)
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