Q 01/05

How many players from each team are allowed on the court at one time?

A) Five

B) Four

C) Six

D) Seven

Answer · why

A) Five

Substitutions are unlimited, but they can only be made while play is stopped.

Q 02/05

How high above the floor is the rim of a regulation basket?

A) 9 feet

B) 10 feet

C) 11 feet

D) 12 feet

Answer · why

B) 10 feet

The rim is 10 feet above the floor, the height of the running-track balcony railing where James Naismith hung his first goals in 1891; the game has ne...

Q 03/05

How many seconds does an NBA team have to attempt a shot after gaining possession?

A) 35

B) 30

C) 24

D) 45

Answer · why

C) 24

The NBA shot clock gives a team 24 seconds to get a shot off; it was introduced for the 1954-55 season to end the deliberate stalling that had made ga...

Q 04/05

Which team owner is credited with inventing the NBA shot clock?

A) Walter Brown

B) Red Auerbach

C) Ned Irish

D) Danny Biasone

Answer · why

D) Danny Biasone

Danny Biasone, owner of the Syracuse Nationals, pushed the league to adopt the shot clock for the 1954-55 season after stalling tactics had made games...

Q 05/05

Under NBA and FIBA rules, to what does the shot clock reset after an offensive rebound?

A) 14

B) 20

C) 24

D) 10

Answer · why

A) 14

The shot clock resets to 14 seconds after an offensive rebound; FIBA adopted the rule in 2014 and the NBA followed in 2018-19, so a putback no longer ...