Obscure Sports Rules
In Major League Baseball, this happens when a fair ball bounces over the outfield fence, awarding the batter two bases.
What is a ground rule double?
This Dr. Seuss character causes chaos for Sally and her brother on a rainy day while wearing a tall, striped accessory.
Known for its lush farmlands in the south and suburbs in the north, this is the official state nickname of New Jersey.
What is The Garden State?
This British rock band recorded hits such as "Hey Jude," "Let It Be," and "Yesterday."
Who are the Beatles?
On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted this document, formally severing ties with Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
In this sport, a player who is tackled must release the ball immediately, or a penalty is awarded for holding on, and play continues through continuous phases called “rucks.”
What is rugby?
In this E.B. White classic, a clever spider saves a pig named Wilbur by weaving words like "Some Pig" into her web.
This New Jersey invention, first created in the late 1800s along the Jersey Shore, is a popular amusement ride often associated with seaside boardwalks and features riders spinning around on painted wooden animals.
What is a carousel or merry-go-round?
This singer was known as the "King of Rock and Roll" and recorded songs like "Hound Dog" and "Jailhouse Rock."
Who is Elvis Presley?
Ratified in 1865, this amendment to the Constitution officially abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
In Golf, if a player accidentally hits their own ball with their club during a practice swing while the ball is "in play," they are typically assessed this many penalty strokes.
What is one?
In Roald Dahl's Matilda, this terrifying headmistress enjoys throwing children by their pigtails.
Who is Miss Trunchbull?
In 1937, this massive German airship famously caught fire and crashed while attempting to land at Lakehurst Naval Air Station.
What is the Hindenberg?
This 1969 music festival, held on a dairy farm in New York, became a symbol of the counterculture movement and featured artists like Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin.
What is Woodstock?
During the 1930s, President Franklin D. Roosevelt enacted this series of programs and reforms to lift the U.S. out of the Great Depression.
What is The New Deal?
In Basketball, if a player remains in the "paint" for more than this many seconds while their team has the ball, a turnover is called.
What is three seconds?
Max travels to an island of monsters after being sent to bed without supper in this Maurice Sendak book.
What is Where the Wild Things Are?
According to folklore, this winged, hooved creature has haunted the Pine Barrens of South Jersey since the 18th century.
What is the Jersey Devil?
This Motown group featured Diana Ross as its lead singer before she launched a successful solo career.
Who are the Supremes?
This 1954 Supreme Court case ruled that "separate but equal" public schools were unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Ed?
In this sport, a bowler delivers the ball to a batsman, and if the batsman steps in front of the wicket and blocks the ball with their body instead of the bat, they can be given out under the “leg before wicket” rule.
What cricket?
This Lewis Carroll poem, found in Through the Looking-Glass, introduced nonsense words like "frumious" and "galumphing."
What is Jabberwocky?
This famous inventor, known as the "Wizard of Menlo Park," established his industrial research lab in NJ in 1876.
Who is Thomas Edison?
This genre of music, characterized by a steady four-on-the-floor beat, became wildly popular in the 1970s and dominated dance clubs across America.
What is disco?
These 85 essays, written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay, were published to urge New Yorkers to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?