Q 01/05

In what year was pickleball invented?

A) 1965

B) 1971

C) 1978

D) 1984

Answer · why

A) 1965

It began as a way to entertain bored kids one summer Saturday after a round of golf. The adults could not find the badminton shuttlecock, so they impr...

Q 02/05

Pickleball was invented at a summer home on which Puget Sound island?

A) Whidbey

B) Bainbridge

C) Vashon

D) Mercer

Answer · why

B) Bainbridge

The island sits across Puget Sound from Seattle, and the original Pritchard family court still exists.

Q 03/05

Which state named pickleball its official state sport in 2022?

A) Florida

B) Arizona

C) Washington

D) Oregon

Answer · why

C) Washington

Governor Jay Inslee signed the bill on the original family court where the game was first played.

Q 04/05

Which pickleball co-inventor later served in Congress and as his state's lieutenant governor?

A) Barney McCallum

B) Bill Bell

C) Bob O'Brian

D) Joel Pritchard

Answer · why

D) Joel Pritchard

He was inducted into the Pickleball Hall of Fame in 2017, twenty years after his death, and is often called the Father of Pickleball.

Q 05/05

According to one inventor's wife, the game's name came from the 'pickle boat' in which sport?

A) Sailing

B) Fishing

C) Rowing

D) Water polo

Answer · why

C) Rowing

A pickle boat is a crew made up of leftover oarsmen, and the game was likewise assembled from leftover equipment from other sports.