Peters Township Girls Softball Association: Just for Fun
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Try Some Softball Trivia
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1. In what year was softball first played?
a. 1921
b. 1887
c. 1909
d. 1898
2. By what name was the game first known?
a. soft baseball
b. stick ball
c. indoor baseball
d. handball
3. George Hancock gets credit for the game we now know as softball. Where was the game first played?
a. at the YMCA
b. at a school field
c. in the gym of a boat club
d. on a baseball field
4. In what year did the game officially become "softball"?
a. 1936
b. 1921
c. 1909
d. 1924
5. Softball was first played in what U.S. city?
a. Chicago
b. New York
c. Kansas City
d. Cleveland
6. In what year did co-ed softball get its official start?
a. 1947
b. 1959
c. 1963
d. 1940
7. Softball was recognized as an Olympic medal sport in what year?
a. 1986
b. 1992
c. 1996
d. 1988
8. Which state claims to be the birthplace of organized softball as an outdoor sport?
a. Illinios
b. Minnesota
c. Chicago
d. Ohio
9. What is the distance between the pitcher's mound and home plate in a slow pitch game?
a. 40 feet
b. 46 feet
c. 50 feet
d. 44 feet
10. In women's fast pitch, how far is the pitcher's mound from home plate?
a. 40 feet
b. 46 feet
c. 50 feet
d. 44 feet
11. The seams on a softball are sewn by which of the following processes?
a. by hand
b. by machine
c. by a combination of hand and machine
d. none of the above
12. In the early years, companies would sponsor teams for what reason?
a. to allow interaction between management and employees
b. tax benefits
c. so games could be played over lunch hour
d. advertising purposes
running bases ...a whole new concept!
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Softball Word Search
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Ready to Check Your Trivia ?
Okay, Here are the answers to the trivia questions:
1)b 2)c 3)c 4)a 5)a 6)b 7)c 8)b 9)c 10)a 11)a 12)c
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