The history of basketball began with its invention in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts by Canadian physical education instructor
Basketball History

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Physical Ed
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4th Grade
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Hard
Regidor Carale
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Tex Gibbons
Francis Johnson
James Naismith
Carl Knowles
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The game became established fairly quickly and grew very popular as the ______ century progressed.
19th Century
20th Century
21st Century
18th Century
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The American National Basketball Association (NBA), was established in
1956
1944
1946
1964
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The objective of the game was to throw the basketball into the ___________nailed to the lower railing of the gym balcony.
Basin
Fruit basket
Pail
Drum
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Every time a point was scored, the game was halted so the janitor could bring out a ladder and _________ the ball.
Shoot
Retrieve
Pass
Dribble
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
6. The first public basketball game was played in ___________________.
New York City
Berlin
Iowa City
Springfield, Massachusetts
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
7. The first public basketball game was played on ___________.
March 21, 1892
March 11, 1892
March 11, 1982
March 21, 1982
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