HISTORY OF SPORTS FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024

HISTORY OF SPORTS FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024 Which of the following has been given credit as an aid to women's liberation at the turn of the 20th century ? - ANSWER Bicycle Who does Zirin credit for establishing the first uniform set of rules for the game of baseball ? - ANSWER Alexander Cartwright In what year did William Hulbert form the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs ? - ANSWER 1876 Isaac Murphy was highly successful in what sport ? - ANSWER Horse Racing In 1878, American Christian Review diagrammed a 12-step process that would lead to downfall for any woman who engaged in _________. - ANSWER Croquet After baseball attendance took a major hit following the 1994 strike, owners were convinced that _________ would get fans back to the ballpark. - ANSWER More Home Runs The Dietary Supplements Health and Education Act (DSHEA) shifted the burden of proof away from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to the health supplement industry - ANSWER False Prior to the 1999 World Cup victory, the U.S. Women's Soccer Team went on strike leading up to the 1996 Summer Olympics - ANSWER True The Women's National Basketball Association was founded after the USWNT 1999 World Cup victory helped raise the platform for women in sports - ANSWER False Despite his global popularity and lucrative business enterprise, Michael Jordan never engaged in political activism - ANSWER True Upon enlisting in the Army, Pat Tillman agreed to appear in recruitment videos to promote the story of "NFL play Pat Tillman in the Army Rangers." - ANSWER False Following Hurricane Katrina, repairs and renovations of the Superdome cost the city of New Orleans ________________________. - ANSWER $185 Million The "Jena 6" were 6 black high school students accused of attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder after assaulting a white student in _________. - ANSWER 2006 C. Vivian Stringer is the only coach in NCAA history to have led three different schools to the Final Four - ANSWER True This radio personality helped raise the public consciousness about discrimination in sport when he called the Rutgers women's basketball team "nappy-headed hoes." - ANSWER Don Imus In 1903, Teddy Roosevelt encouraged the launching of what program ? - ANSWER Public Schools Athletic League Who was the first African American to attend Rutgers University ? - ANSWER Paul Robeson Boxer ______________ defeated the "great white hope" Jim Jeffries in 1910. - ANSWER Jack Johnson W.E.B. Du Bois was an advocate for African American's participation in sport and urged for greater engagement in the nation's expanding sporting life - ANSWER True The outcome to what sport event prompted "the most widespread racial uprising that the United States had ever seen" at the time ? - ANSWER A Boxing Match Who is known as the "father of black baseball?" - ANSWER Rube Foster In 1913, AAU president James Sullivan declared that the AAU must sanction women's athletics - ANSWER False