Deck 14: Sport in the Twentieth Centur

Question 1

Which of the following is true?

A) the model for sport as we know it was firmly in place by the late 1800s.
B) the demographic, technological, and philosophical changes that occurred in 19^th century America . were reflected in the way Americans behaved and thought about sport and play.
C) Sport and recreational activities helped to accommodate urban lifestyles and mitigate against the unhealthy effects of living in the city.
D) technological advances and innovations were used in the world of sports as much as in any other cultural arena.
E) All of the above.

Answer 1

E

Question 2

Which of the following is true?

A) the attitudes and behaviors of Americans toward sport and play are as varied as ever.
B) sport and play exist in pre-modern as well as modern form.
C) by the twentieth century, sport and play became increasingly free of religious restrictions.
D) All of the above.
E) A and C only.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

By the turn of the century

A) football was the most popular sport on college campuses.
B) professional football was a reality.
C) basketball and volleyball were being played.
D) basketball was popular among women's colleges.
E) All of the above.

Answer 3

E

Question 4

Which of the following is False?

A) The first reported football game between two black colleges involved Tuskegee Institute and Hillman College.
B) College football teams did not become integrated until after World War I.
C) The growth of intercollegiate football was very smooth and trouble free.
D )Very few football players were hurt or killed in the early years of the 20^th century because football had not developed into a violent, physical sport.
E) All of the above.

Question 5

President Theodore Roosevelt

A) called a meeting of leading football coaches to reform the game. He supported intercollegiate football competition because it was "manly".
B) However, he was very concerned about the incidence of injury and death in football; his son was injured playing the game.
C) was so opposed to intercollegiate football that he tried to eliminate it from being played.
D) A and B only.
E) B and C only.

Question 6

Basketball

A) was invented by Dr. James
B) was designed to be played outdoors in the summer.
C) was an instant success.
D) A and C only.
E) A and B only.

Question 7

Sandra Berenson

A) was a physical education teacher at Smith College.
B) modified the game of basketball for women.
C) used the same rules as the men.
D) A and B only.
E) None of the above.

Question 8

Volleyball

A) was invented by Amos Alonzo Stagg.
B) was invented by William Morgan.
C) was originally called "Minonette".
D) lasted nine innings when first introduced in 1895.
E) B, C, and D only.

Question 9

Which of the following is true?

A) William H. Burdick, president of the American Physical Education Association, established the National Committee on Women's Sports in 1917.
B) During the 1920 meeting of the Conference of College Directors of Physical Education, members voiced their opposition to intercollegiate athletics for women.
C) Although the AAU eventually became the most influential organization for girls' and women's sports, women physical educators resisted the AAU's effort to control and coordinate women's athletics.
D) All of the above.
E) B and C only.

Question 10

The Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW)

A) was established in 1971 and had its initial "roots" in an organization known as The National Section on Girl's and Women's Sports (NSGWS). The AIAW broke away from the NAGWS and the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) in 1979.
B) the AIAW was administered by women for women athletes and was adamant in their goal to avoid the "evils" that were associated with men's athletics.
C) the AIAW filed an antitrust suite against the NCAA over the control of women's intercollegiate
Athletics.
D) along with the establishment of the AIAW, the passage of Title IX in 1972 is historically the single most important event that advanced the cause of serious women's athletic competition
E) All of the above.

Question 11

Which of the following is true?

A) Wayland Baptist College in Texas achieved national attention and unparalleled athletic success because of the women's basketball team.
B) Wayland's women's team flew on private planes to their games, had personal hair stylists, and were awarded full athletic scholarships.
C) The men's basketball from Wayland Baptist traveled on a bus to their games
D) A and B only
E) All of the above.

Question 12

Which of the following is true?

A) Pat Summitt, started her coaching career at the University of Tennessee when she was 22 years old.
B) Coach Summitt won more NCAA Division I basketball games than anyone in the history of the sport.
C) President Obama awarded Coach Summitt the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012.
D) Coach Summitt won eight NCAA basketball championships; in 2000 she was named Naismith Coach of the Century.
E) All of the above are true.

Question 13

After the end of World War I, Americans and other nations developed an interest in competing in physical endurance competitions.

Question 14

The endurance sports of the early 20^th Century would, over time, morph into the extreme sports competitions of the late 20^th Century and early 21^st Century.

Question 15

Early 20^th Century endurance competitions included dance marathons, marathon footraces. One of the most famous footraces was the Bunion Derby which started in Los Angeles and finished 3,421 miles later in Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Question 16

According to Scott Tinley, one of America's premier tri-athletes of the late 20^th Century and sport historian, evidence for the first Triathlon ever staged indicates it was probably held in France in 1920.

Question 17

the first American triathlon was held in San Diego in 1974.

Question 18

the famous Hawaiian Ironman was first held on Tavarua and featured big wave surfing as an exhibition sport.

Question 19

Navy Commander Jose Cuervo was the catalyst for the first Ironman Competition. He announced that a Mexican cyclist had the highest oxygen level of any athlete ever measured which implied that Mexican cyclists were more physically fit than any other athlete in the world.

Question 20

John Collins, a United States Navy Commander, was the major catalyst for the inaugural Hawaiian Ironman competition held on February 18, 1978.

Question 21

the first Ironman featured three endurance completions: Swim 2.4 miles, Bike 112 miles, Run 26.2 miles.

Question 22

the first Ironman champion was Gordon Haller who finished the 1978 Ironman in 11 hours, 46 minutes and 58 seconds.

Question 23

the Olympic Games have not included triathlon competition in the program because it is too grueling an event and thus to dangerous.

Question 24

Connie Mack refused to manage the Philadelphia Athletics football team in order to concentrate on baseball.

Question 25

The first President of the American Professional Football Association (APFA) was Jim Thorpe.

Question 26

The APFA later became the National Football League (NFL).

Question 27

Professional baseball and college football remained more popular than professional football through the end of World War II.

Question 28

Coeducational colleges were among the first to provide athletic opportunities for women.

Question 29

The high schools of the early 20^th century responded rapidly with regard to providing athletic and PE programs for their female students.

Question 30

Unlike today, there was never a shortage of PE teachers for women during the early 20 ^th century.

Question 31

Women physical educators during this era actively promoted serious athletic competition for women.

Question 32

Blanche M. Trilling (1876-1964) led the fight to champion intercollegiate athletics for women as opposed to intramural sports.

Question 33

In 1917, Blanche M. Trilling held a meeting which was the genesis for the founding of the Athletic Conference of American Women. This organization denounced intercollegiate athletic competition for women and instead supported intramural sports programs in the nation's colleges and high schools.

Question 34

Women physical educators supported the Amateurs Athletic Union's (AAU) decision to send an American team to the 1922 Women's Olympic Games in Paris.

Question 35

Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias is recognized as the greatest woman athlete in the first half of the 20^th century.

Question 36

Jackie Robinson made history by breaking the color line in Major League Baseball in 1947.

Question 37

Jackie Robinson was a superb baseball player and basketball star at the University of Southern California (USC).

Question 38

Jackie Robinson played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and in 1949 was named the "most valuable player".

Question 39

Jack Johnson was perhaps the greatest boxer in American history.

Question 40

Jack Johnson was the first African American to become the American heavy weight champion, holding the title from 1908 to 1914.

Question 41

Jack Johnson was accused of violating the Mann Act because White America could not accept the fact that Johnson's three wives were white.

Question 42

After the jury found Johnson guilty, he was immediately sent to Alcatraz Prison where he served 5 years.