HIST 222

John L. Sullivan offered how much money to any man who could stay in the ring with him for four rounds?

$1,000

In 2001, ABC paid how much for the rights to televise the BCS bowl games?

$550 million

Which of the following Olympic games were NOT affected in some way by a boycott?

(NOT 1968)

Which of the following was NOT added to college football during the 1930s?

(NOT AP poll)

Which of the following players was MOST responsible for bringing about the "Open Era" in tennis?

(NOT Bill Tilden)

In what city was the Public Schools Athletic League formed?

(NOT Chicago)

One of the biggest proponents of "Muscular Christianity" in the late 19th Century was

(NOT John L. Sullivan)

Which team joined the NFL post-merger?

(NOT New York Jets)

Which of the following was NOT a finding of the Carnegie Report?

(NOT all of these)

Which of the following were considered "Rational Recreation" by Victorians and acceptable for both sexes?

(NOT baking clubs)

When the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs was formed in 1876, they hoped to attract a middle-class Victorian audience by doing all of the following EXCEPT

(NOT banning alcohol sales)

With which Ivy League school was Walter Camp associated?

(NOT harvard)

Which of the following would NOT be considered a factor that led to the end of the NFL's golden age?

(NOT owners moving teams to different cities)

Which of the following was NOT a forerunner of baseball mentioned in the text?

(NOT rounders)

Which of the following groups were NOT made fun of during the Pageant of Misrule?

(NOT the Monarch)

The Victorian Counterculture was made up primarily of which two groups?

(NOT upper and middle class)

Ty Cobb still holds the record for highest lifetime batting average in history. What is it?

.367

How many seasons during his 24-year career did Ty Cobb win the batting championship?

12

Which Olympic Games were NOT cancelled due to war?

1920

In what year did the NCAA start to be a cartel?

1950s

What year saw the Soviet Union first compete in the Olympic Games?

1952

By 1940, approximately how many baseball players were affiliated with the St. Louis Cardinals through their various farm clubs?

700

How many total teams were added to Major League Baseball during its first expansion by the end of the 1960s?

8

What was the reason for King James issuing the "Book of Sports" in 1618?

A worry that without exercise his male subjects would not be ready for war, an attempt to control his subjects, his belief that his subjects ought to be able to recreate on the Sabbath ---- All of the above were reasons for the declaration

Who was the founder of the Knickerbockers Baseball club?

Alexander Joy Cartwright

Which of the following was NOT a way in which the Sporting Fraternity hoped to make money hosting a sporting spectacle? (selling refreshments - mainly alcohol, gambling, charging a fee)

All of these were ways they hoped to make money

Which of the following golfers was NOT born in 1912?

Arnold Palmer

Which of the following cities hosted the first modern Olympic games?

Athens

Which Conference did Nebraska FIRST belong to?

BIG 8

Babe Ruth was born in which city?

Baltimore

Which team won the 1958 NFL Championship?

Baltimore Colts

Which of the following stakes horse races was run first?

Belmont Stakes

Which of the following was a banned sport, according to the "Book of Sports"?

Bowling

John Cox Stevens was associated with all of the following sports EXCEPT:

Boxing

Which of the following activities would NOT be considered a "lawful sport" in Puritan New England?

Cards

Which of the following was not a trait of 19th Century Victorians?

Catholicism

In which city did the playground movement begin?

Chicago

The game of Toli was primarily associated with which native tribe?

Choctaw

Which of the following players was NOT mentioned in the text as having ties to steroids?

Darin Erstad

Which of the following was NOT a reason John Montgomery Ward and the Players' Union decided to form their own league in 1890?

Dislike of the current rules of the game

Benjamin Franklin is most associated with which cultural movement?

Enlightenment

"Rough and Tumble" fighting was often banned in many areas of the Backcountry. t/f

False

A player was considered out if he hit a ball that was either caught on the fly or after one bounce. t/f

False

AFL teams won the first two Super Bowls. t/f

False

According to Knickerbocker Rules, the bases were 45 paces apart. t/f

False

According to the "Book of Sports" May Day festivities would not be allowed to continue. t/f

False

American Revolution no one participated in sports because it was illegal. t/f

False

Arnold Palmer remained an amateur his entire career. t/f

False

Babe Ruth never played for any team other than the Yankees. t/f

False

Babe Ruth was a prime example of the "inside game" of the 1920s. t/f

False

Bill Tilden was a British tennis player. t/f

False

Blue laws in the Middle Colonies were the governments way to ban all sports and games in the colonies. t/f

False

Caledonian clubs were first seen in Germany and eventually brought to America by German immigrants. t/f

False

Christmas was one of the most beloved and celebrated holidays in Puritan New England. t/f

False

FDR cancelled baseball during WWII. t/f

False

Franklin Roosevelt decided to cancel the 1942-45 baseball seasons because of WWII. t/f

False

Gambling on the game of toli was forbidden. t/f

False

In 1984, two schools (Nebraska and Alabama) filed an unsuccessful lawsuit against the NCAA and their package television contracts. t/f

False

In baseball, expansion preceded relocation. t/f

False

In most cases immigrants stayed away from the Victorian Counterculture. t/f

False

In the summer of 2012, the NCAA approved an 8-team playoff. t/f

False

Jack Dempsey served in France during World War I. t/f

False

Jack Kramer wanted to keep the major tennis tournaments closed. t/f

False

John McEnroe refused to play on U.S. Davis Cup teams during his career. t/f

False

Players could bat in any order they wanted and could change that order in the middle of the game. t/f

False

Players could throw at runners to get them out as long as they hit them below the neck. t/f

False

Tennis was primarily played by the lower classes of Great Britain. t/f

False

The "positive sports ideology" could only be found in rural America. t/f

False

The "reserve clause" in baseball gave more power to the players. t/f

False

The 1922 Supreme Court decision regarding anti-trust in baseball was initiated by the defunct Beer and Whiskey League. t/f

False

The All-Star game began the same year the World Series was born. t/f

False

The Cold War had no real effect on the Olympics. t/f

False

The Continental Congress outlawed all sports and games except for cockfighting. t/f

False

The Golden Age of the NFL essentially ended after the NFL-AFL merger in the late 1960s. t/f

False

The Great Awakening was a good time for sports in America. t/f

False

The Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America (IC4A) was devised as an organization to govern all of intercollegiate athletics. t/f

False

The Second Great Awakening was shorter in length and not as widespread as the first Great Awakening. t/f

False

The Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 affected ONLY the NFL. t/f

False

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Curt Flood in his case challenging the Reserve Clause and the Reserve Clause was immediately lifted by Major League Baseball. t/f

False

The Walking City was an urban center in which settled areas were no more than 5 miles from the center of town. t/f

False

The baseball strike of 1994 caused the first cancellation of the World Series ever. t/f

False

The forward pass in college football was not legalized until the 1920s. t/f

False

The tactic known as the "rope-a-dope" was used by George Foreman to defeat Muhammad Ali in the fight known as the "Rumble in the Jungle". t/f

False

The word "pugilism" can be traced to the Vikings. t/f

False

Theodore Roosevelt wanted to outlaw college football but he was overruled by Congress. t/f

False

Walter Camp never actually played football. t/f

False

Walter Hagen remained an amateur his entire career. t/f

False

When the National League formed in 1876 it allowed alcohol sales at games and Sunday baseball. t/f

False

Women were not allowed to compete in the Olympics until after World War II. t/f

False

Which of the following did NOT happen in the world of golf in the 1920s?:

First US Open was staged

What was the most popular game of Britain's "Festive Culture"?

Football

All of the following would be considered tavern pastimes EXCEPT:

Fox hunting

Which major tennis championship was the first to open up to professional as well as amateurs?

French

Which small NFL franchise survived the Great Depression?

Green Bay Packers

Which college football team first implemented the "flying wedge"?

Harvard

Why was Bill Tilden suspended by the USLTA in 1928?

He accepted money for writing about tennis

Why did Harry Wills not get a shot at the heavyweight championship?

He was Black

The Elysian Fields, where the first-ever organized baseball games took place were located in

Hoboken, NJ

Which of the following was NOT a change to the rules of baseball implemented by the 1880s"?

Homerun outlawed

Which of the following was NOT something "Old Q" bet on?

How many wives the king would have

After the pitcher-dominated decade of the 1960s which of the following was NOT a change made by Major League Baseball to bring back the offense in the game?

Introduced "juiced" baseballs to the game

Which of the following was NOT part of Theodore Roosevelt's "Strenuous Life"?

It applied to both male and female youths

Which golfer has won the most major championships in the history of the game?

Jack Nicklaus

Who finally knocked out Jack Johnson to take away the heavyweight championship in 1915?

Jess Willard

The most popular holiday (of the many) representing Britain's Festive Culture was:

May Day

Which of the following venue would you most likely NOT find members of the Victorian Counterculture?

Middle Class

The 4 Folkways discussed in the text in regards to colonization were the Chesapeake, New England, Backcountry, and ?

Middle Colonies

Which AFL team drafted Joe Namath?

New York Jets

Which of the following was a requirement for a team to join the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs?

New teams must be approved by existing teams

From which country did Knute Rockne emigrate?

Norway

Which team is NOT in the top 4 schools that have finished in the AP Top 10 the most times between 1950 and 2000?

Notre Dame

Which state would MOST be considered the birthplace of professional football?

Ohio

Which of the following rules of baseball similar to today's game was NOT employed by the NY Knickerbockers baseball club in the 1840s?

Overhand pitching

Who was commissioner of the NFL for 30 years during what was considered its "golden age"?

Pete Rozelle

Which of the following was NOT a way amateur golfers were distinguished from professionals?

Professionals were not allowed in the clubhouse

Which of the following was NOT introduced during the 1930s to increase interest in baseball during the depression?

Racial integration

Why did Republicanism tend to inhibit sports?

Republicans believed a succesful republic could not be founded on the idle amusements of the decadent monarchies of Europe

Which of the following college football bowl games did NOT originate during the Great Depression?

Rose

Caledonian Clubs were sporting communities set up by immigrants from what country?

Scotland

Which of the following players was NOT a member of the original Dream Team (1992)?

Shauquille O'Neal

When Rutgers met Princeton for the first ever intercollegiate "football" game it more closely resembled which sport?

Soccer

Why was the Cincinnati club removed from the National League?

Sold beer and games and played on Sundays

Which of the following was NOT a change brought about by the Marquess of Queensbury rules?

Standing 8 count

According to the Puritans, when did the Sabbath begin?

Sundown Saturday

In which are of the colonies would you NOT find taverns?

Taverns were found in all colonies

The 1922 Supreme Court Decision concerning Major League Baseball was the culmination of a lawsuit initiated by whom?

The Federal League

Which of the following did NOT contribute to the popularity of college football in the 1960s?

The national champion being determined on the field

Which of the following aspect of baseball was NOT affected negatively after 1950?

The success of large population franchises

According to Darin Erstad in his guest speaking lecture, one of the biggest changes during his 14 seasons in the Major League was umpires making the strike zone the same for everyone--veterans as well as rookies. t/f

True

Al Davis was the first to try and move his team (the Oakland Raiders) against the wishes of the league. t/f

True

Ban Johnson was the founder and first president of the American League. t/f

True

Bobby Jones won the "Grand Slam" (four major tournaments) in 1930 and retired at the age of 28. t/f

True

During the Revolution, George Washington allowed his men to play games (as long as they did not gamble on them). t/f

True

Early American sporting fraternities were based on their British counterparts. t/f

True

Fighter Tom Molineaux was a former American slave. t/f

True

George Whitefield was a charismatic preacher during the Great Awakening. t/f

True

Henry Chadwick devised the batting average, box score and scorekeeping methods for baseball. t/f

True

In 1970, a study found that college football had an average of 40 more plays in a game than the NFL. t/f

True

In order to be Lawful Sport in New England, the activity had to be disassociated with British Festive Culture and refresh the participants to perform their worldly callings. t/f

True

Joe Louis holds the record for holding the title of heavyweight champion for the longest. t/f

True

John McEnroe was considered the "bad boy" of tennis during the 1980s and 90s. t/f

True

King James in his "Book of Sports" commanded that no one could be arrested for participating in a lawful sport on the Sabbath as long as they first went to church. t/f

True

Most of the rules NFL rules changes of 1933 were a result of the previous year's championship game. t/f

True

Non-members of the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club were allowed to play if there were not enough members present. t/f

True

Oliver Cromwell led the parliamentary forces during the English Civil War. t/f

True

Over the past 20 years American interest in the Olympics has declined. t/f

True

Pete Rozelle testified in favor of the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961. t/f

True

Pierre de Coubertin was known as the father of the modern Olympic games. t/f

True

Primogeniture was the custom of first-born son inheriting the family fortune. t/f

True

Prior to the 1930s the four major golf championships were the British Open and Amateur and the US Open and Amateur. t/f

True

Red Grange was a star football player for the University of Illinois. t/f

True

Rod Laver turned pro in the 1960s and encouraged others to follow his lead. t/f

True

Separate Spheres referred to the different worlds of males and females during the Victorian Era. t/f

True

The "collegiate way" was first evident in Britain and it was a way for students to grow intellectually, spiritually and eventually physically. t/f

True

The 1922 Supreme Court decision exempting Major League Baseball from anti-trust laws applied ONLY to baseball. t/f

True

The Enlightenment movement tended to be more popular in the cities than the Great Awakening. t/f

True

The Merkle "Boner" eventually allowed the Chicago Cubs to win the NL pennant and the World Series. t/f

True

The NFL that began in the 1920s was NOT the first time that organized professional football had been attempted. t/f

True

The best team to come over from the AAFC to the NFL after World War II was the Cleveland Browns. t/f

True

The best team to join the NFL after the AAFC dissolved in 1949 was the Cleveland Browns. t/f

True

The idea of the "Strenuous Life" is most associated with Theodore Roosevelt. t/f

True

The oldest bowl game still being played is the Rose Bowl. t/f

True

Two of the greatest pitchers of the 1960s, Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax, both played for the Dodgers. t/f

True

Volunteer fire departments were a good place to find the Victorian counterculture because of the competition between different companies to get to the fire first. t/f

True

Which belief was most associated with Arminianism?

Universal salvation

College administrators used all of the following reasons to promote football on their campuses in the late 19th Century EXCEPT

Violent nature of the game

Which current team was NOT part of the NFL when it was founded in the 1920s?

Washington Redskins

Which of the following teams was NOT considered a dynasty during the first half of the 20th Century?

Washington Senators

Which minor league eventually became the American League?

Western League

Which of the following did NOT contribute to the Yankees dynasty in the years following WWII?

Willie Mays

Which of the following tennis tournaments was the FIRST to host a major championship?

Wimbledon

From which school did Nebraska hire Bob Devaney in 1962?

Wyoming

Which of the following was 19th Century technological breakthrough NOT mentioned in Chapter 2?

trains? (not telegraph)