ice hockey
This disc of vulcanized rubber is the single most important object in the quest to score goals.
What is a puck?
Apart from quick feet, this is the single most important tool players use to catch, carry, and throw the ball.
What is a lacrosse stick?
It is the Danish word for the heavy granite objects that the players slide across the ice.
What is a curling stone?
This is the official height in feet at which an NBA basket hangs above the floor—equivalent to 3.05 meters.
What is 10 feet?
This extremely rare and impressive play occurs when a batter hits the ball completely out of the field, thereby automatically allowing them to run all four bases.
what is a home run?
It is the duration in minutes of a standard minor penalty for infractions such as tripping or checking to the head.
What is 2 minutes?
Lacrosse originated with the indigenous peoples of this continent, where it often held spiritual significance and was known as the "Creator's Game."
What is North America?
This tool is used by the players to sweep the ice in front of the stone to adjust its speed and direction.
What is a diet?
This semicircular line on the court determines whether a scoring shot counts for 2 or 3 points.
What is the three-point line?
That is the title of the player who stands on the mound and throws the ball toward the opposing batter.
what is a pitcher?
This legendary Canadian wearing number 99 is simply known as "The Great One" and has scored the most points in NHL history.
Who is Wayne Gretzky ?
This is the name of the circular area around the goal that no attacking players are allowed to step into.
What is "the crease"?
The area at the end of the field, which consists of three concentric circles, is called the target area.
What is "the house"?
It is called the rectangular area directly beneath the basket where attacking players may remain for a maximum of 3 seconds at a time.
What is the field?
A match is not divided into halves or periods, but rather into nine of these rounds, during which both teams take turns fielding and batting.
What are innings?
This rule is violated if an attacking player crosses the opponent's blue line before the puck itself is played into the zone.
What is offside?
While men's lacrosse is an intense contact sport involving full body protection, this variant of the sport is played—with the exception of the goalkeeper—with virtually no body contact; consequently, players wear only eye protection and a mouthguard.
What is women's lacrosse?
To reduce friction, the court is sprayed with fine water droplets before the match, creating this special surface.
What is a pebblet?
This is the English word for the sheet of Plexiglas or wood on which the basket is mounted.
what is a backboard?
There is a special term for when a team manages to hit a home run while all three bases are already occupied by teammates, resulting in a maximum of four runs from a single hit.
What is a Grand Slam?
Term for the six original teams that made up the NHL from 1942 to 1967: Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, and Toronto Maple Leafs.
What is the Original Six?
This indoor version of the sport is played in an enclosed arena—often on a converted ice hockey rink with a carpeted surface—and is known for its extremely high pace and physical style of play.
What is box lacrosse?
It is the exact weight of an official curling stone in kilograms – rounded to the nearest whole number (between 17 and 20 kg).
What is 20 kg?
An official men's basketball is known as a size 7 – this is the ball size used by professional women.
what is a size 6?
Even though baseball has struggled to gain a foothold in Denmark, Olaf Henriksen made history. He was the very first Dane to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States—way back in 1911—for that legendary Boston team.
Who are the Boston Red Sox?