Q 01/05

How many players from each team are on the court at the same time in basketball?

A) Four

B) Six

C) Seven

D) Five

Answer · why

D) Five

Each of the five has a position, from point guard to center.

Q 02/05

How many points is a normal shot from inside the arc worth?

A) One

B) Two

C) Four

D) Three

Answer · why

B) Two

Shots from behind the three-point line are worth three, and each free throw is worth one.

Q 03/05

How many points is one free throw worth?

A) Two

B) Three

C) Five

D) One

Answer · why

D) One

Free throws are shot from the foul line, sometimes called the 'charity stripe', with nobody allowed to block them.

Q 04/05

Who invented basketball?

A) Abner Doubleday

B) James Naismith

C) William Morgan

D) Walter Camp

Answer · why

B) James Naismith

He was a gym teacher from Canada working in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891.

Q 05/05

What did the very first basketball hoops actually look like?

A) Metal buckets

B) Peach baskets

C) Wooden boxes

D) Fishing nets

Answer · why

B) Peach baskets

They still had their bottoms in, so someone had to climb up and get the ball out after every basket.

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