Rulebook & Origins🧠 Trivia · Sports
Rulebook & Origins
Peach baskets, traffic-light cards and 70-68 fifth sets: the strange rules and origin stories behind the games.
Family friendly
Medium
80 questions
Sneak peek
- In 1891, what did James Naismith nail up as the first basketball goals? Peach baskets · Apple crates · Barrel hoops · Milk pails Easy
- Naismith invented basketball at a YMCA school in which city? Hartford, Connecticut · Albany, New York · Boston, Massachusetts · Springfield, Massachusetts Medium
- What was volleyball's original name when it was invented in 1895? Netball · Pallone · Mintonette · Bounceball Hard
- The Rugby World Cup trophy is named after which schoolboy of legend? Thomas Arnold · Rupert Brooke · Tom Brown · William Webb Ellis Hard
Answers stay hidden — no spoilers for your crew.
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How to play
- Listen to the host read the question.
- Tap (or type) your answer before time runs out — no take-backs!
- Right answers score points; faster answers score bonus points when speed bonus is on.
- Team vote: huddle on your phones, majority rules, captain breaks ties.