Softball

Question 0

Defensive team

Answer 0

Team on the field

Question 1

Base on balls/walk

Answer 1

When four balls are thrown to the batter

Question 2

Double

Answer 2

Two base hit

Question 3

Fair ball

Answer 3

Any legally batted ball that is touched or which stops in fair territory between homeand first and third or which lands and does not cross the foul line until it crosses first or third

Question 4

Fielder

Answer 4

Any defensive person

Question 5

Fielder’s choice

Answer 5

A defensive play in which the fielder chooses to put out the baserunner instead of the batter

Question 6

Force out

Answer 6

Putting a base runner out by touching the base

Question 7

Foul ball

Answer 7

Ball that hits outside of fair territory

Question 8

Foul tip

Answer 8

A ball that goes directly back from the bat

Question 9

Hit

Answer 9

Reaching base safely other than by walk or error

Question 10

Intentional walk

Answer 10

Putting the batter on without pitching to him

Question 11

Inning

Answer 11

Division of the game in which both teams have a turn batting

Question 12

Offensive team

Answer 12

Team that is batting

Question 13

Strike zone

Answer 13

Area over home plate between the batter’s shoulders and knees

Question 14

Catcher , pitcher, 1st 2nd & 3rd basemen, shortstop, and left right & center fielders

Answer 14

Name the positions.

Question 15

Order

Answer 15

All bases must be touched in ______.

Question 16

Reversed order

Answer 16

If the runner must go back to touch a missed base, he must retouch the bases in ______.

Question 17

Last man (trail runner)

Answer 17

If two runners are on the same base, which one can be tagged?

Question 18

Leaves the base before the ball crosses the plate, runs outside of the base path unless he is avoiding a fielder, passes up another runner, or is struck by a fair ball before it passes a fielder excluding the pitcher

Answer 18

When is the batter out?

Question 19

7

Answer 19

A regulation game consists of ___ innings.

Question 20

Before the third out

Answer 20

A run shall be scored when a player successfully touches first, second, third, and home _________.

Question 21

Stealing

Answer 21

_______ is not allowed.

Question 22

George Hancock

Boxing glove and broom stick

Answer 22

_______ was one of the pioneer men in the development of softball. During his time a ________ were used as a bat and ball.

Question 23

No

Answer 23

Did George Hancock invent softball?

Question 24

Lewis Rober

Answer 24

_____ is given the credit to have made the first softball by hand.

Question 25

Walter Hakanson

Answer 25

The game was officially called softball by ________ in 1926, and that name was officially adopted in 1933.

Question 26

Leo H. Fisher

M. J. Pauley

Answer 26

Through the efforts of _______ and ______ the first national tournament was held at the world fair in Chicago.

Question 27

Amateur Softball Association (ASA)

Answer 27

In 1933 the ________ was established.

Question 28

Bat

Answer 28

This piece of equipment should be round and made of wood or aluminum, no larger than 34 inches and 2 1/8 inches in diameter at its largest part.

Question 29

Ball

Answer 29

This piece of equipment is smooth seamed, leather covered, containing yarn and kapok and weighing from 6-6 3/4 ounces; its circumference should measure from 11 7/8 - 12 1/8 inches.

Question 30

Home plate

Answer 30

This piece of equipment is made of solid rubber or some suitable material. The distance from this to the pitchers rubber is 46 feet.

Question 31

Gloves

Answer 31

_____ may be worn by any player.

Question 32

Catcher

First baseman

Answer 32

Mitts can only be used by the ______ and ______.

Question 33

Diamond

Answer 33

The field is in the form of a _______.

Question 34

65

Answer 34

The distance from home to first is _____ feet.

Question 35

46

Answer 35

The distance from home to the pitchers rubber is ____ feet.