Foosballs and Pinballs
Prior to 1947, when these were first invented, pinball players had to bump and tilt the machine to get the ball to change direction.
What are flippers
These balls are added to clothes storage areas, to stop insect larvae from eating the fabrics
What are mothballs
This is the world's most common eye colour
What is brown
At the first Netball World Championships Australia beat New Zealand 37-36 in the title decider, with this host country coming in third.
What is England
There are two of these balls on the Moon, both hit by Alan Shepard on February 6, 1971.
What are golf balls
The best-selling pinball machine of all time is based on this spooky television show and movie series
What is The Addams Family
This game that simulates a military conflict uses many of these colourful balls
What is a paintball
It is virtually impossible to keep your eyes open while doing this
What is 'sneeze'
Not all netball positions can go into the center third of the court. Only this number of positions are allowed there.
What is 5 (Centre, Wing Attack, Wing Defence, Goal Attack, and Goal Defense)
In 2020, New York-based golden retriever Finley Molloy set a new world record when he crammed six of these in his mouth.
What are tennis balls
This foosball technique of randomly turning the knobs at a high speed in hopes of propelling the ball forward is banned because it takes away the element of skill
What is 'spinning'
In the movies, it's always easy to outrun one of these balls
What is a fireball
Iris scans are used for security, since they contain 256 unique characteristics, as opposed to the 40 characteristics in this other area that is used for security scanning
What is the finger / fingerprint
In 2008, the Australian National Netball team adopted this gem name
What is the Diamonds
In the Middle Ages, soccer balls were made from this inflated pig organ.
What is the bladder
Popular across the world, foosball is most popular in these four European countries: Germany, France, Austria, and this one.
What is Switzerland
This computer pointing device is sometimes used as an alternative to a mouse
What is a trackball
The retina is made up of 2 types of nerves: rods, which are responsible for night vision and seeing shapes; and these, which provide sharp vision and decipher colors.
What are 'cones'
Despite multiple polls and surveys of fans and players that opposed this, Super Netball added this feature starting with the 2020 season.
What is the Two-point Shot.
Modern day bowling balls are made of plastic or resin, but prior to 1905, they were made of this substance
What is wood
Pinball and this Japanese game are both descended from a French game called Bagatelle.
What is pachinko
One of these balls is sometimes spoken about as being in hell, when it is used to describe very low odds of something happening
What is a snowball
The cornea is the only living tissue in the human body that does not contain this
What is 'blood' or 'blood vessels'
This defenders netball manoeuvre, where one defender lifts another during a jump to gain elevation, was named after NZ defender Anna Harrison
What is the Harrison Hoist
This world record ball, weighing 4,097 kilograms, was created in Florida in 2008 by combining many of these small items.
What are rubber bands