American Sports Origins: 10 Basketball and Baseball Questions

Test the real history behind peach baskets, nine innings, the first basketball game, and the rules of baseball.

Choose one answer per question. There’s no timer. You can skip a question; unanswered questions count as incorrect.

QUESTION 01Who is credited with inventing basketball in 1891?

Abner DoubledayJames NaismithBabe RuthWalter Camp

QUESTION 02In which state was basketball invented?

MassachusettsOhioCaliforniaIllinois

QUESTION 03What did the earliest basketball game use for scoring targets?

Laundry barrelsPeach basketsMetal bucketsWooden hoops with nets

QUESTION 04How many original rules did James Naismith write for basketball?

FiveNineThirteenTwenty-four

QUESTION 05How high were the original peach baskets mounted?

Six feetEight feetTen feetTwelve feet

QUESTION 06In what year did basketball become an Olympic sport?

1896191219361960

QUESTION 07How many innings are normally scheduled in a regulation MLB baseball game?

SixSevenNineTwelve

QUESTION 08How many outs end one team's half-inning in baseball?

OneTwoThreeFour

QUESTION 09How many balls ordinarily award a batter a walk?

TwoThreeFourFive

QUESTION 10What did New York-area baseball clubs seek to standardize in an 1857 convention?

Uniform game rulesTV broadcast rightsArtificial turfInstant replay

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