History of Pickleball
Pickleball Basics
Pickleball Serving
Pickleball Court
Pickles misc.
100

This is the year Pickleball was created.

What is 1965?

Bonus 100: This is the season that it was first played.

100

This is the equipment used to play pickleball.

What is a paddle and whiffle ball?

100

This is the way you must serve

What is underhand

100

Another name for the "non-volley zone".

What is the "kitchen"?

100

Pickles typically come from this "fruit".

What are cucumbers?

Bonus 100 points: This is the name of our favorite talking cucumber...

200

Pickleball was created in this state.

What is Washington?

Bonus 200 points: Locate Washington state on a globe.

200

This is what the typical game of Pickleball goes to.

What is 11?

Bonus 200 points: This how many points you need to win if it's a close game.

200

There are 3 numbers you must call out before each serve. They represent first your score, opponent score, and this.

What is server?

Bonus 200: These are ALWAYS the numbers called out at the very start of a doubles game.

200

This is the height of the net.

What is 36 inches?

200

This queen believed that eating pickles made her beautiful.

Who is Cleopatra?

300

True or false, this game is for the young and old.

What is true?

Bonus 300 points: Pickleball originated after this complaint came from one of the founders' sons.

300

Pickleball was made up from at least three other sports. Name at least two.

What is badminton, tennis and ping-pong?

300

This is the person that serves after there is a fault for server 1's team in a doubles game.

Who is server 2?


300

This is the side of the court that you must serve from at the beginning of a rally.

What is the right side?

300

Christopher Columbus gave his sailors pickles so they wouldn't get this disease.

What is scurvy?

Bonus 300 points: This is what scurvy is...

400

How did Pickleball get its name?

The family dog, Pickle

Bonus 400 points: True or False, How the sport got its name is debated and also believed to be named after "pickle boats".

400

This means to keep the ball in the air without it hitting the floor.

What is volley?

400

This is the direction you must serve

What is diagonal

400

When serving the ball, this is the line you must stand behind.

What is the baseline?

400

This is how many pounds the "average" American eats in pickles every year.

What is 8.5 pounds?

500

The founders of Pickleball

Who are 3 dads?

500

This is the rule that the ball MUST bounce once on each side of the court before anyone may volley a ball

What is the double bounce rule

500

This is the only time in a doubles game that the teammate doesn't get to serve after a fault.

What is the beginning of the game?

500

This is the only line the ball cannot hit on a serve.

What is the non-volley line.

Bonus 500 points: These are the areas of the court that the ball cannot bounce on a serve.

500

To officially be called a pickle in Connecticut, this is what it must do.

What is bounce?