Winning Sport-Related Trivia Should be a Breeze With These Lesser-Known Sports Facts

The King of Scotland had major feelings about golf and football (aka soccer to us Americans). As a result, he let his subjects know about it. King James II first banned golf and football in 1457 because he was concerned it was distracting men from practicing their archery. The two kings who took power after King James II of Scotland obviously loved being haters because they continued the bans. 

King James III renewed the ban in 1471, and King James IV kept the bad vibes going all the way into 1491. (Sidenote: They were very creative with royal names back in the day.) The story goes that King James IV lifted the ban on the two sports because he took up golfing himself. Funny how it becomes okay once the person in power is a fan, huh?