What is the smartest sport?

In descending order, the smartest sports fans in the US are:
  • Wrestling (WWE) - 112.60 IQ.
  • Ice Hockey (NHL) - 112.30 IQ.
  • Basketball (NBA) - 110.70 IQ.
  • Football (NFL) - 105.90 IQ.
  • Baseball (MLB) - 101.30.
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What sport has the highest IQ?

The results of the test indicated that fans of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) had the highest IQs of all sports fans, with an average score of 112.6.
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Which athletes are most intelligent?

The Oakland Athletics pitcher was recently named the smartest athlete in all sports by Sporting News. The Yale-educated Breslow got a 1420 on his SAT's, and a 34 on his MCAT's (the average score is a 28), and was accepted into NYU's Medical School.
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What sport requires the most brain power?

Swimming

It may be surprising to most people that swimming is number 1 in the list of the most mentally challenging sports in the world. Many professional swimmers fall into a 7-day self-sabotage cycle.
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What is intelligence sport?

Intelligence is displayed in sport as the ability to assimilate the technology of comprehensive coordination, multidirectional exercises; learning the laws of growth of sports skills, achieving a high level of stability and reliability of competitive activity, objective, critical analysis and synthesis of personal ...
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What is the average IQ of a baseball player?

The researcher, William Daley, says bowlers averaged 129 on a series of standard I.Q. tests. Some other average scores included 109 for tennis players, 105 for basketball players, 103 for football players, 101 for baseball players and 97 for golfers.
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Does being athletic improve your intelligence?

We tend to assume that brains don't go with brawn – but that assumption is turning out to be seriously flawed. As the latest video from the Head Squeeze team shows, exercising the body is one of the best ways to boost your intelligence and preserve it through old age.
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What sport is the hardest?

Boxing. The Sweet Science. That's the sport that demands the most from the athletes who compete in it. It's harder than football, harder than baseball, harder than basketball, harder than hockey or soccer or cycling or skiing or fishing or billiards or any other of the 60 sports we rated.
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What sport is the easiest?

Here's a list of easy sports that can be picked up easily without material time or money investment:
  • Badminton. Hands down, one of the easiest and most rewarding sport to learn is Badminton. ...
  • Swimming. Swimming is a sport that can be learned at any age. ...
  • Cycling. ...
  • Table Tennis. ...
  • Volleyball.
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What is the least stressful sport?

The least stressful were skiing/snowboarding, track and field, skateboarding and soccer. When asked to rate what sources their child feels pressure from in sports, parents pointed the most to coaches (3.37 average). For what it's worth, parents say they apply less pressure than their child's peers.
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Who has the highest IQ?

William James Sidis has the World's Highest IQ. Anywhere from 250 to 300 is his IQ score, almost twice the score of Albert Einstein. At the age of eleven, William famously entered Harvard University, becoming the youngest person to enter, also, claimed to be conversant in 25 languages.
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Who is the smartest football player?

Used to predict player performance, the Wonderlic Test is a cognitive abilities test which features 50 fairly generic questions that must be answered within a twelve-minute timeframe. Only one NFL player is known to have earned a perfect score, Pat McInally, former punter and wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bangles.
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Who is the smartest tennis player?

Marion Bartoli claims to have an IQ of 175, higher than the scores of Plato, Beethoven, Einstein, Bill Gates and Stephen Hawking. “I did the test when I was younger, but I'm not really someone who is telling everyone, 'Oh, I'm so smart'. I've kind of being hiding it,” the Frenchwoman has said. “But that's how I am.
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What is the safest sport?

OVERALL FINAL SCORES. Analysis: Boys and girls tennis emerged as the safest sports, with very few overall injuries, concussions, time loss due to injuries, surgeries, and catastrophic injuries. Not surprisingly, several contact sports (football, boys and girls lacrosse, wrestling) scored near the bottom.
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What is the hardest skill in sports?

The experts ranked 60 sports on 10 different skills, including endurance, speed, agility, and hand-eye coordination. Their verdict: boxing is the most difficult sport while hockey is a close second.
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What sport has the most injuries?

Basketball. According to 2019 statistics, basketball causes the most injuries compared to any other team sport. Young people and adults who play basketball are exposed to various injuries including fractures, facial injuries, deep thigh bruises, ankle sprains and knee injuries.
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What is the hardest girl sport?

The 5 most dangerous sports for girls
  • Basketball. Is your little girl shooting to be the next Lisa Leslie or Candace Parker? ...
  • Cheerleading. Here's something not to cheer about: Cheerleading accidents account for 65 percent of all catastrophic injuries in girls' high school athletics. ...
  • Horseback riding. ...
  • Soccer. ...
  • Field hockey.
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Are sporty people smarter?

According to the article, “A new study in the journal Scientific Reports shows that the brains of elite athletes have greater visual perceptual and cognitive abilities than those of non-athlete college students — that is, they're better at learning to track objects moving at a fast speed.”
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How could I increase my IQ?

Read on to learn what science has to say about the different ways you may be able to boost both your crystallized and fluid intelligence.
  1. Exercise regularly. ...
  2. Get enough sleep. ...
  3. Meditate. ...
  4. Drink coffee. ...
  5. Drink green tea. ...
  6. Eat nutrient-rich foods. ...
  7. Play an instrument. ...
  8. Read.
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Do push ups make you smarter?

Push-ups. To flex your intellectual muscles, however, or boost your children's academic performance, the answer is less clear. An exercise to stretch memory, tighten attention and increase intelligence could improve children's chances of coasting comfortably through life—and give adults a leg up as well.
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What is the average NFL IQ?

Each year, about 2.5 million job applicants, in every line of work, take the Wonderlic. The average NFL combiner scores about the same as the average applicant for any other job, a 21. A 20 indicates the test-taker has an IQ of 100, which is average.
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Which NFL quarterback has the highest IQ?

#1- Ryan Fitzaptrick, QB, Washington Football Team

NFL veteran journeyman Ryan Fitzpatrick attended Harvard University for his collegiate career. Fitzpatrick earned a 1580 on the SAT's and when he entered the NFL he scored a 48/50 on the mandatory Wonderlic intelligence test that incoming rookies take.
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