Tennis & Football

Question 1

who developed modern tennis

Answer 1

Major Walter C. Wingfield

Question 2

what’s sphairistike

Answer 2

hourglass shapes tennis court

Question 3

Name men tennis players

Answer 3

Rod Laver
Pete Sampras
Bjorn Borg
Andre Agassi
John McEnroe
Arthur Ashe (first african american)

Question 4

Name women tennis players

Answer 4

Steffi Graf
Billy Jean King
Martina Navratilova
Chris Evert
Margaret Smith Court

Question 5

Sweetness?

Answer 5

Walter Peyton, played for Bears

Question 6

Emitt Smith

Answer 6

all time rushing yards

Question 7

First game??

Answer 7

Rutgers vs Prinston

Question 8

Father of football??

Answer 8

Walter Camp

Question 9

First professional player & payed $500

Answer 9

Pudge

Question 10

Banned football in colleges till rules were established

Answer 10

Theodore Rosevelt

Question 11

Running back associates with Texas A&M & SMU

Answer 11

Erik Dickenson

Question 12

Deaths in what year due to what in football

Answer 12

18 deaths in 1905 because of the flying wedge

Question 13

Norte Dame player??

Answer 13

Knute Rockne

Question 14

Notre Dame four boys?

Answer 14

4 horsemen

Question 15

Jim Thor

Answer 15

??

Question 16

Red Grange

Answer 16

Galloping Ghost

Question 17

George Hallace

Answer 17

Bears coach

Question 18

Vince Lambardy

Answer 18

Green Bay Packers coach

Question 19

Dick Buketts

Answer 19

??

Question 20

Why did organized team games become commonplace in 1850s?

Answer 20

technological & economic changes towards urbanization.

written rules and structured play

Question 21

why did Puritans discourage games & sports?

Answer 21

thought people would shrink their essential obligations for work & worship

was deemed inappropriate

Question 22

recreational activities in early NYC

Answer 22

croquet
cricket
tennis
lawn bowling
badminton

Question 23

What do Quakers ban & why

Answer 23

forms of leisure activities like dancing, cards, & animal baiting

because they viewed the activity didn’t promote general community welfare & economic growth

Question 24

“Little Brother or War”

Answer 24

hundreds of players engaged in advancing the ball over several mikes of rugged terrain

Question 25

what is La Crosse derived from

Answer 25

Bishops crozier

Question 26

Tavern activities

Answer 26

card games, pitched quoits, display of talents of lawn bowling

Question 27

What did John Cox Stevens offer $1000 for & who won it

Answer 27

run 10 mikes under an hour Henry Stanhard

Question 28

Who were Whitehallers

Answer 28

Americans in rowing club

Question 29

Ship America

Answer 29

vessel Stevens dispatched to Great Britain to challenge the best English muster. America won & that’s where America’s Cup oriented from

Question 30

5 characteristics of bare-knuckle prizefighting

Answer 30

``` battle in public spaces money challenged hands as bets settled conducted set of rules downed opponent could not be kicked round ended when a contestant was knocked down ```

Question 31

How did Tom Hayer stimulate a demand for boxing matches

Answer 31

Telegraph

Question 32

6 games considered to be predecessors of baseball

Answer 32

``` base-ball old cat tut ball barn ball trap ball tip-cat ```

Question 33

Knickerbockers??

Answer 33

adopted rules for sportsmanship made fines for intoxication, criticizing umps, & using profanity creation of formal baseball club $5 annual membership fee & written set of rules