Early Life
Awards and Honors
Family
Career
Effect on Today
100
His parents died of this disease in 1870.
What is typhoid?
100
Award in College basketball named after Dr. James Naismith.
What is Naismith Sportsmanship Award?
100
He married a woman in Almonte, Canada.
Who is Maude Sherman?
100
Director of athletics at a college.
What is Kansas State?
100
Basketball has even made it to other countries, that compete each other.
What is the Olympics?
200
After his parents' death he went to live with this person, who also died of typhoid (when he was an adult).
Who is his grandma?
200
The Naismith Hall of Fame is located in this town.
Where is Mississippi Falls Ontario?
200
James Naismith had several boys and girls.
Who are 3 boys and 2 girls?
200
Graduated from a college in Canada.
What is McGrill University?
200
He gave kids an activity to do during a certain season.
What is winter?
300
The town in southern Canada called Almonte, Ontario.
Where is his birthplace?
300
This Hall of Fame resembles him.
What is The Naismith Hall of Fame?
300
He had 3 family members die of typhoid when he was young.
Who are his mom, dad, and grandma?
300
He coached division 1 NCAA basketball.
What is Kansas University?
300
Dr. James Naismith also invented something used in football.
What is the first helmet?
400
These people named, Robert and Annie Naismith, were a huge role in his life.
Who are his brother and sister?
400
Dr. James Naismith was inducted into 9 of these, in 2 countries.
What is a Hall of Fame?
400
After the death of his first wife, he got married to a nother woman.
Who is Florence Mae Kincaid?
400
Set a record for college basketball.
What is the most winningest coach?
400
He created a foundation for children.
What is the YMCA?
500
Dr. James Naismith struggled with this in school.
What is academics?
500
The Naismith Outstanding Player Award was won by Jimmer Fredette last year for a certain league.
What is NCAA men's basketball?
500
He encouraged his wife to play on a team.
What is the first woman's basketball team?
500
Brought a team to a event in Berlin, Germany, 1936.
What are the 1936 Olympics?
500
He created the 9th most popular sport in the world.
What is basketball?
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