Professional Rules
In the NBA, if a player stops dribbling, holds the ball, and then starts dribbling again, the referr will call this violation.
What is a double dribble?
If a bowling player rolls three strikes in a row, it's not called a triple - it is named after this Thanksgiving bird.
What is a turkey?
In track & field, the event where four runners work as a team to carry a hollow stick called a baton around the track is called this kind of race.
What is a relay race?
In baseball, the person standing right behind home plate who catches the pitches and wears a heavy he3lmet and chest protector is called this.
What is the catcher?
In the sport of polo, players ride on the backs of these large animals while hitting a ball with long mallets.
What are horses?
In soccer, a player is flagged for this penalty if they are closer to the opponent's goal line than the ball and the last defender when the ball is passed to them.
What is offside?
In tennis, the scoring system is unique. Instead of zero, the score of a player with no points is called this word, which sounds like an emotion.
What is love?
The Olympic flag features five of these shapes linked together, representing the different continents of the world.
What are rings?
In professional soccer, players wear protective hard plastic guards under their long socks to protect this specific leg bone from getting kicked.
What is the shin or tibia bone?
Swimming relies on four main strokes: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and this one named after a flying insect.
What is the butterfly stroke?
MLB games are divided into 9 main sections called this.
What are innings?
If an NFL team scores a touchdown, kicks the extra point, and then kicks a field goal later in the game, how many total points did they score?
What is 10 points?
The most famous long-distance running race in the world is exactly 26.2 miles long and name after a historic Greek city. it is called this.
What is a marathon?
A standard basketball rim is raised exactly this many feet off the ground.
What is 10 feet?
In swimming, this is the name of the stroke where you stay underwater right after pushing off the wall, kicking your legs together like a sea creature.
What is a dolphin kick?
In American football, if the defense tackles the quarterback inside the quarterback's own end zone, the defense is awarded this many points.
What is two?
In golf, if a hole is a "PAR 4", and a player gets the ball in the hole in just 2 strokes, their score is called this majestic bird.
What is an eagle?
Usain Bolt is widely known as the fastest human ever timed. The shortest, fastest spring race he dominated in the Olympics was this many meters long.
What is the 100-meter dash?
In tennis, the tournament called Wimbledon is famous because the players don't play on hard concrete or clay - they play on this natural surface.
What is grass?
In the famous winter dog sled race called the Iditarod, the human who stands on the back of the sled and drives the team of dogs is called this.
What is a musher?
The NHL's championship trophy is famous because the winning players get to take it home for a day. It is named after this Lord.
What is the Stanley Cup?
In soccer or hockey, if a single player scores three goals in one game, the fans might throw their hats on the ice to celebrate this achievement.
What is a hat trick?
In the Winter Olympics, the sport where athletes slide heavy granite stones across the ice while their teammates vigorously sweep the ice with brooms is called this.
What is curling?
Instead of a ball, players in badminton use a lightweight, feathered object that flies through the air.
What is a birdie?
In the sport of rodeo, a cowboy or cowgirl tries to stay riding on the back of a bucking horse or bull using only one hand for this many seconds to get a score.
What is 8 seconds?