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Open Notebook QUIZ #2

  1. Ivy League campuses started the football trend.T / F
  1. Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania were T / F
    the first 2 schools to have college football on campus.
  1. College Football rulesincluded 2 halves, no substitutions, andT / F
    11 players on a side.
  1. Teams have always had to achieve 10 yards in 4 downs in T / F
    order to get an additional 4 downs.
  1. Touchdowns counted for 4 points, instead of 6, the kick afterT / F
    equaled 2 points, and field goals were worth 5 points.
  1. Enclosing of playing fields, permanent seating, and sellingT / F
    entrancetickets all contributed to college football’s national explosion.
  1. College football filled the sports pages between horse racingT / F
    and baseball seasons.
  2. A Professional Football League would not be establisheduntil 1948. T / F
  3. Football traditions which were established included: T / F
    homecoming, parades, pep bands, fight songs, and mascots.
  4. The ‘flying wedge’ was eventually abolished from thecollege game.T / F
  5. Even though the game was extremely violent, serious injuriesT / F
    were rare for both players and spectators alike.
  1. A ‘tramp’ athlete often appeared on varying rosters at differentT / F
    universities during a given college football season.
  1. Due to its violence, football programs were abolished atT / F
    certain universitiesthroughout the country.
  1. US President Theodore Roosevelt defended the gamebecauseheT / F
    believed it built character reflecting the new American lifestyles.
  1. Stanford vs.California marked the arrival of college footballT / F
    in the far west.
  1. Regional styles of play did not exist as a result of the spreadingT / F
    of the game of college football to various universities.
  1. The south’s version of the game included a quick-pass orientedT / F

brand of attack.

  1. 1896 marked the establishment of the Western Conference.T / F
  1. Walter Camp first created the ‘All-American’ collegeT / F
    football team.
  2. William Henry Lewis was elected as an All-American in backT / F
    to back years.
  3. The post Civil War, post Industrial Revolution era marked theT / F
    beginning of organized sports in America.
  4. This country was becoming a nation of country dwellers.T / F
  5. Better and cheaper transportation contributed to the growthof theseT / F
    leisure games into sport.
  6. The 1st collegiate football game was played between RutgersandT / F
    Princeton, ending in a tie.
  7. Basketball and Volleyball were invented in the 1890’s.T / F
  8. The 1920’s is known as the ‘Spectator Age’ of sports.T / F
  9. Sports helped depression era Americans escape from theirdaily grind T / F
    of, or lack of work.
  10. The 1950’s directly contradicted the 1920’s interest in sports.T / F
  11. The 1960’s showed a greater impact by African Americanswithin theT / F
    sporting arena’s.
  12. Hockey and gender equity dominated the 1970’s.T / F
  13. 1980’s sports in America can be summed up by the rise anddominanceT / F
    of ESPN and other cable outlets helping to spread sports into the family rooms of millions, nationally and even globally.
  14. From 1990 to today, the sporting landscape in America can be T / F
    defined by the technology boom, terrorist attacks (foreign and domestic), and natural disasters.