Baseball
Football
Swimming & Tennis
Boxing
Misc.
100
What was the baseball league that African Americans played in?
What is the Negro National League
100
What did the NFL stand for?
What is the National Football League
100
Johnny Weissmuller only lost five times in his career. True of false?
What is False. Johnny never lost a professional match in his career.
100
Who was referred to as the "Manassa Mauler?"
Who is Jack Dempsey
100
When was the first Olympic games held and where?
What is 1924 in France
200
Who was the first African American to play baseball with whites in a professional league?
Who is Jackie Robinson
200
Who was the star college football player who's games led to the major popularity of college football?
Who is Red Grange
200
Who was the first woman to swim across the English Channel?
Who is Gertrude Ederle
200
Boxing was not a popular sport. True or false?
What is False. After it was banned in 1900 the Walker Law made boxing legal and boxing grew in popularity across the US.
200
What age was the 1920s considered?
What is the "Golden Age of Sports"
300
What two teams did Babe Ruth play for?
What is the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees
300
What year was the NFL formed in?
What is 1920
300
Who was the female tennis player who was introduced to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1959?
Who is Helen Wills
300
What is the name of the very controversial boxing match in which Jack Dempsey loses to Gene Tunney?
What is the "long count fight"
300
What year was woman's athletics first held in the Olympics?
What is 1928
400
What was a baseball league that children could participate in?
What is none
400
What rose with the construction of stadiums, uniforms, and equipment?
What is job opportunities
400
Who was tennis restricted to?
What is the wealthy
400
Dempsey's matches brought in record breaking amounts of money. True or false?
What is True. His rematch against Tunney made around 2 million dollars.
400
Who was the English jockey that was champion from 1914-1923?
Who is Steve Donoghue
500
How many home runs did Babe Ruth hit to set a record that lasted for over 30 years?
What is 60
500
List 3 teams that the NFL started with.
What is the Akron Pros, Buffalo All-Americans, Canton Bulldogs, Chicago Tigers, Cleveland Indians, Columbus Panhandles, Dayton Triangles, Chicago Bears, Detroit Heralds, Hammond Pros, Muncie Flyers, Arizona Cardinals, Rochester Jeffersons and Rock Island Independents.
500
What did women wear while playing tennis?
What is a dress that is knee length and stockings
500
Was there segregation in boxing during the 1920s? What happened because of it?
What is Yes. African Americans could not box with whites and if they did fight, the African Americans would be required to lose.
500
Besides competitive swimming, what else did Johnny Weissmuller do?
What is acting.
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