Q 01/05

What tells a netball umpire each player's position?

A) Skirt colour

B) Shirt number

C) Bib letters

D) Armband colour

Answer · why

C) Bib letters

Bib letters such as GS or WD name one of the seven positions, and each position is confined to set areas of the court.

Q 02/05

Which basketball skill is banned outright in netball?

A) Dribbling

B) Overhead passing

C) One-handed shooting

D) Bounce passing

Answer · why

A) Dribbling

Dribbling is out: after a catch a player cannot run with the ball or bounce it back to herself, so it moves only by passes, each released within three...

Q 03/05

What settles a netball final still level after extra time?

A) The next goal

B) A shooting contest

C) A full replay

D) A two-goal lead

Answer · why

D) A two-goal lead

A two-goal lead ends it, however long that takes: in the 2010 Commonwealth Games final, extra time ended level and play ran on until New Zealand led A...

Q 04/05

Which part of a basketball hoop is missing from a netball goal?

A) The netting

B) The backboard

C) The metal ring

D) The support pole

Answer · why

B) The backboard

The backboard is absent, so every shot has to drop cleanly through a ring set 3.05 m (10 ft) above the court.

Q 05/05

It is illegal to pass a netball untouched over what?

A) Centre circle

B) Whole third

C) Goal circle

D) Transverse line

Answer · why

B) Whole third

A whole third is off limits: the ball must be touched in each third of the 30.5 m court, so nobody can hurl it from one end to the other.