The annual track-and-field tour between Games years. This page has 100 important questions and answers.
The Wanda Diamond League is World Athletics’ top annual circuit of one-day meetings (Brussels, Lausanne, London, and others). Athletes score towards a final. It is not the World Championships and not the Olympics — but the same stars often appear.
Meeting records and world leads are the nightly search terms.
100 important questions. Quick 10 is a random set; Full set plays every question.
Your score
100 questions and answers
Each item is a 4-option MCQ. Open a question, tap A–D. Green is correct, red is wrong. Original explainers — not copied match reports.
1. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 21) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
2. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 22) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
3. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 23) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
4. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 24) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
5. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 25) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
6. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 26) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
7. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 27) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
8. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 28) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
9. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 29) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
10. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 30) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
11. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 31) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
12. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 32) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
13. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 33) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
14. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 34) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
15. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 35) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
16. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 36) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
17. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 37) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
18. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 38) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
19. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 39) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
20. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 40) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
21. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 41) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
22. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 42) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
23. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 43) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
24. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 44) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
25. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 45) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
26. The Diamond League is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) an annual series of elite one-day athletics meetings
A final crowns discipline winners.
27. It is overseen with
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) World Athletics structures and meeting licences
Meeting directors invite fields.
28. A “world lead” is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) the best mark in the world so far that year
It may not be a world record.
29. The Diamond League is not
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) the World Athletics Championships
Worlds are a biennial (now often odd-year) global champs.
30. Athletes can
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) skip a meeting without “relegation” like a football club
It is not a 38-game league table of clubs.
31. A meeting record is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the best mark at that event/venue under meeting rules
Wind still matters in sprints/jumps.
32. The London meeting is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) often a Diamond League stop (confirm the calendar)
Calendars shift — check the DL site.
33. Diamond League nights are not
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) Olympic finals by themselves
Peaking for Worlds or Games is a different plan.
34. A world lead is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the best mark in the world so far that year
It may not be a world record.
35. Points toward a final are
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) how the series ranks event winners in many seasons
The format has been tweaked — read that year.
36. Invitation fields mean
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) athletes are asked, not promoted from a Championship
Meeting directors build the card.
37. Brussels, Lausanne, and Zurich are
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) classic one-day meeting cities on many calendars
Confirm the current DL map.
38. A paced 5000 m on the tour is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) often a time-trial for records, not championship tactics
Pacemakers drop out.
39. Wind in a DL 100 m still
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) must be +2.0 or less for a legal record
The same WA rule as anywhere.
40. Discipline winners at the final are
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) series champions for that event, not Olympic champions automatically
Different title, same event name.
41. A no-show does not
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) relegate a country from World Athletics
It is invitational sport.
42. Meeting directors can
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) invite a world leader and a home favourite
The card is a show.
43. A world record at a DL meeting still
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) needs WA ratification
Doping and wind checks apply.
44. The series is annual, so
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) it fills years between (and during) championship summers
The calendar is the product.
45. Lane draws and flights follow
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) meeting and WA technical rules
Sprints still use blocks.
46. A 'world lead' graphic is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) season-best talk, not a ratified world record by itself
The list can fall next week.
47. Combined events are
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) not always on every DL card
Some meetings specialise.
48. Prize money and appearance fees are
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) how the tour pays, not Olympic medals
The meeting is a show with a budget.
49. The Diamond League final is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) a season-ending meeting for the series, not the Worlds
Confirm that year's host city.
50. Athletes peaking for Worlds may
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) skip a DL date on purpose
Periodisation is the tip.
51. The tour is not
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) a national-team World Cup of football
Countries do not lift a DL cup as NOCs.
52. Horizontal jumps at a DL night still
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) use a board, a pit, and a wind gauge
Foul take-offs still count as fouls.
53. A meeting record can be
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) slower than the world record and still historic for that city
Venue lists matter to fans.
54. The Diamond League is branded
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) Wanda Diamond League in recent seasons (names can change)
Check the current title sponsor.
55. One-day meetings mean
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the programme is a single evening or day, not a five-day Test
Heats are rare; many events are straight finals.
56. The DL is not
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) Indoor Worlds
Indoor is a separate championship.
57. Invitation is not
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) an Olympic quota place
NOCs pick Games teams.
58. A false start at a DL 100 m still
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) DQs that athlete under WA sprint rules
Same start law as Worlds.
59. The series points table is not
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) the World Athletics Championships medal table
Do not mix the two.
60. Throwers on the tour still
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) use a sector and a measured mark
Implements are WA spec.
61. A packed stadium in Zurich or Brussels is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) a meeting atmosphere, not an Olympic final by itself
Same stars, different title.
62. Calendars change, so
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) always check the official DL site for that year's stops
Cities rotate in and out.
63. The tour sits under
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) World Athletics' one-day meeting structure
Licence and permit talk is admin.
64. Who invites the field?
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) the meeting, not an IPL auction
Agents and federations still negotiate.
65. DL extra 1: A meeting is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) one evening of events in one city
Brussels, Lausanne, London…
66. DL extra 2: Points lead toward
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) a final or a qualification system that meeting year
World Athletics tweaks the table.
67. DL extra 3: Invitations mean
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) the meeting director builds the field
Skip a night, no “Championship drop” like a club.
68. DL extra 4: The Diamond League is not
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) the World Athletics Championships
Worlds are a global title meet.
69. DL extra 5: A world lead at a DL night is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the best mark on the planet that season so far, not automatically a WR
Check the list the next morning.
70. DL extra 6: Pacemakers in a 1500 m or 5000 m DL
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) are invited to set splits, then usually step off
The bell lap is the race.
71. DL extra 7: A no-height in the pole vault is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) failing to clear any opening mark
Three misses at a height and you are out.
72. DL extra 8: The Wanda title sponsor is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) branding — World Athletics still oversees the sport’s rules
Names on the TV graphic change.
73. DL extra 9: A DL final is not
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) an Olympic final
Same athletes, different vest pressure.
74. DL extra 10: Field-event warm-up marks
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) do not count on the result sheet
Only competition jumps/throws do.
75. DL extra 11: A meeting can drop an event
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) if the field is thin — the programme is not a law of physics
Check the start list.
76. DL extra 12: Diamond League nights are
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) usually one-day, prime-time TV
You blink and the 100 m is over.
77. DL extra 13: The circuit is not
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) relegation for nations
Kenya does not “go down.”
78. DL extra 14: A stadium record is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the best mark at that venue
Nice for the PA, not the world list.
79. DL extra 15: Drug testing at DL meetings
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) follows World Athletics / WADA programmes
Records need a clean file.
80. DL extra 16: A wildcard into the final, when used, is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) a path besides the points table — read that year’s rules
The PDF is the truth.
81. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 1) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
82. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 2) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
83. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 3) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
84. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 4) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
85. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 5) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
86. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 6) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
87. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 7) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
88. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 8) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
89. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 9) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
90. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 10) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
91. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 11) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
92. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 12) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
93. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 13) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
94. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 14) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
95. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 15) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
96. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 16) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
97. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 17) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
98. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 18) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
99. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 19) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
100. The official source for “diamond league” (games desk, item 20) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
