It’s one of the world’s most popular team sports – basketball sees two groups of five attempt to get a ball into a hoop on the other side of the court without the opposition stopping them from doing so. Sounds fairly simple when you put it like that, doesn’t it? Let’s see how much more you can tell us about the rules of basketball as we take the following quiz! Good luck!
Traveling
Blocking foul
Grabbing
Elbowing
Field goal
Dangerous play
Offsides
Technical foul
Lane violation
Over the limit
Pass interferance
Charging
Tackling
Yellow card
Preventing the ball from going in the basket.
Using hands to stop an opponent.
Getting in the other team's way to give your teammate space.
The use of a defender“s body position to prevent an opponent“s advance.
Running into a player that has possession of the ball.
Running into a defender that has established position.
Using arms to create space.
Stepping into the free-throw lane before the ball hits the rim on a free throw attempt.
The clock runs out and the buzzer goes off.
The referee blows the whistle.
A basket is made.
All of the above.
2-second violation.
3-second violation.
4-second violation.
5-second violation.
A turnover.
A technical foul.
A 3-pointer.
A field goal.
A free throw.
A foul.
Intermittently or continuously using one or both hands on an opposing player.
Both of the above.
A held ball (also called a jump ball).
A turnover.
Holding
Grabbing
Unnecessary Roughness
True
False
A false start.
A lane violation.
Dead.
Live.
Over.
A shot that is worth only 1 point.
A free-throw attempt awarded for certain violations that earns the shooter a 2nd attempt only if the first is successful.
Over the limit.
In the bonus.
Over the limit.
In the bonus.
2
3
5
10
True
False
Traveling.
A false start.
Walking.
Both A and C.
Aggressive fouls.
Intentional fouls.
Flagrant fouls.
Technical fouls.
Pete Maravich
Michael Jordon
Dianna Taurasi
Magic Johnson
Wilt Chamberlin
Who cares, they're all old