Sports History

Sports Equipment
Balls and Bats
Shoes
Math
100

The first World Cup was held in Uruguay. What sport did they play during it?

Soccer

100

What popular beverage do athletes drink to re-hydrate themselves?

Gatorade
100

Which is more expensive, past baseball bats or current bats?

Current

100

What is the name of the system we used to keep track of our money when we designed and built the basketball shoes?

Budget

100

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1

200

Which sport gives teams 4 chances (called "downs") to advance the ball past a certain line?

Football

200

Name two places where football players wear pads.

Head, chest, legs, shoulders, face

200

Were the first baseball bats made of wood or aluminum? 

Wood

200

Which famous basketball player made "Air Jordans" popular?

Michael Jordan

200

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-22

300

What sport was invented during a P.E. class?

Basketball

300

Where do volleyball players wear protective pads?

Knees

300

True or False: The first versions of a soccer ball has lacing like a football does.

True

300

What type of material were the first basketball shoes made out of: canvas or leather?

Canvas

300

Simplify: 8 (2k+1+3k)

40k + 8

400

One of the first rules in the sport of ____________ was that you can't throw the balls at runners to tag them out.

Baseball

400

Since 1960, have injuries in the NFL increased or decreased?

Decreased 

400

What material was the first basketball made of?

Leather

400

BONUS!

You get 400 points!
400

2^3-6 x 2+3 

-1

500

What sport traces back 2,000 years to China?

Soccer

500

Name the piece of practice equipment that coaches lay flat on the ground, requiring athletes to run through it quickly to increase agility. 

Training Ladder

500

What improvement was made to the basketball in 1983 that increased players' grip on the ball?

Round Dimples (the little dots on the ball) 

500

The most current basketball show we learned about and compared in our experiment was one from a current NBA player. Whose shoe was it?

LeBron James

500

Simplify: 4 (2b + 2) - 3

8b + 5

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