KIN 2501 FINAL LSU JACOBSEN EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
Babe Ruth - ANSWERS"Media Darling
What about Babe Ruth made fans love him? - ANSWERSStrategy, Excitement, Fan
base
What team was Babe Ruth on? - ANSWERSRed Sox
What team was Babe Ruth traded to? - ANSWERSYankees
How many home runs did Babe Ruth get and in what year? - ANSWERS60; 1972
How many consecutive games and hits did Joe DiMaggio get? - ANSWERS56;56
Who was the complete opposite of Babe Ruth, to himself, not social? - ANSWERSJoe
Dimaggio
Who was DiMaggio involved with - ANSWERSMarilyn Monroe
Who organized the National Association of Colored Baseball Cubs? -
ANSWERSAndrew "Rube" Foster
Who was Babe Didrickson? - ANSWERSprofessional female athlete
golf and many other sports
Qualified for the men's PGA
Who was president of the Professional Football League? - ANSWERSJim Thorpe
Who buys the Decator team and where does he move them? - ANSWERSGeorge
Halas, Chicago
What was Red Grange's nickname - ANSWERSGalloping Ghost
Where was Red Grange a star? - ANSWERSIllinois State
Who does Grange sign with? - ANSWERSBears
What did Grange bring to football? - ANSWERSstability
Who coaches the first game at Kentucky in 1930? - ANSWERSAdolph Rupp
, What was special about Rupp's team? - ANSWERStempo and fast break style
Who formed the Savory Big 5? - ANSWERSAbe Saperstein
How did he get games? - ANSWERSRenames the team "New York"
What does Abe rename them to and why? - ANSWERSHarlem Globe Trotters; To let
people know they're a black team (draw a crowd)
T/F They aren't considered the best barnstorming team. - ANSWERSFalse
How many exhibition games did the Globe Trotters play and who did they play against?
- ANSWERSGeorge Mikan's Minneapolis Lakers (NBA Champs); two exhibition games
What was Joe Louis' nickname and what was he? - ANSWERSThe Brown Bomber;
Heavy weight champ
Reformers had a three year procedure that blened the working class & sport. What were
some concerns? - ANSWERS1st step: humanitarian concerns - child labor laws (met
with resistance from parents)
2nd step: passes mandatory education laws because unemployed children roamed the
streets (joining gangs, crime)
3rd step: physical education in the schools; supervised games and sport taught
deference to authority.
What was the scandal where 8 White Sox received money to throw a game? -
ANSWERSBlack Sox Scandal
How did the black sox scandal affect baseball? - ANSWERSBaseball was getting
tarnished bc of the gambling going on
Baseball needed a commissioner to bring back the good name of baseball so who did
they hire? - ANSWERSKennesaw Mountain Landis
What was wrong with Landis and what did he do? - ANSWERSHe was racist and
banned the 8 White Sox
The commissioner had a lot of power from the beginning
Beginning of the modern Olympics - ANSWERS1896
Where was the first modern Olympics held? - ANSWERSHeld in Athens, Greece
Who was responsible for getting 1986 games going - ANSWERSPierre duCoubertin
Pierre organized sports festival in ____ and after he was successful, he went to
American and Europe to get people interested in games - ANSWERSFrance
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
Babe Ruth - ANSWERS"Media Darling
What about Babe Ruth made fans love him? - ANSWERSStrategy, Excitement, Fan
base
What team was Babe Ruth on? - ANSWERSRed Sox
What team was Babe Ruth traded to? - ANSWERSYankees
How many home runs did Babe Ruth get and in what year? - ANSWERS60; 1972
How many consecutive games and hits did Joe DiMaggio get? - ANSWERS56;56
Who was the complete opposite of Babe Ruth, to himself, not social? - ANSWERSJoe
Dimaggio
Who was DiMaggio involved with - ANSWERSMarilyn Monroe
Who organized the National Association of Colored Baseball Cubs? -
ANSWERSAndrew "Rube" Foster
Who was Babe Didrickson? - ANSWERSprofessional female athlete
golf and many other sports
Qualified for the men's PGA
Who was president of the Professional Football League? - ANSWERSJim Thorpe
Who buys the Decator team and where does he move them? - ANSWERSGeorge
Halas, Chicago
What was Red Grange's nickname - ANSWERSGalloping Ghost
Where was Red Grange a star? - ANSWERSIllinois State
Who does Grange sign with? - ANSWERSBears
What did Grange bring to football? - ANSWERSstability
Who coaches the first game at Kentucky in 1930? - ANSWERSAdolph Rupp
, What was special about Rupp's team? - ANSWERStempo and fast break style
Who formed the Savory Big 5? - ANSWERSAbe Saperstein
How did he get games? - ANSWERSRenames the team "New York"
What does Abe rename them to and why? - ANSWERSHarlem Globe Trotters; To let
people know they're a black team (draw a crowd)
T/F They aren't considered the best barnstorming team. - ANSWERSFalse
How many exhibition games did the Globe Trotters play and who did they play against?
- ANSWERSGeorge Mikan's Minneapolis Lakers (NBA Champs); two exhibition games
What was Joe Louis' nickname and what was he? - ANSWERSThe Brown Bomber;
Heavy weight champ
Reformers had a three year procedure that blened the working class & sport. What were
some concerns? - ANSWERS1st step: humanitarian concerns - child labor laws (met
with resistance from parents)
2nd step: passes mandatory education laws because unemployed children roamed the
streets (joining gangs, crime)
3rd step: physical education in the schools; supervised games and sport taught
deference to authority.
What was the scandal where 8 White Sox received money to throw a game? -
ANSWERSBlack Sox Scandal
How did the black sox scandal affect baseball? - ANSWERSBaseball was getting
tarnished bc of the gambling going on
Baseball needed a commissioner to bring back the good name of baseball so who did
they hire? - ANSWERSKennesaw Mountain Landis
What was wrong with Landis and what did he do? - ANSWERSHe was racist and
banned the 8 White Sox
The commissioner had a lot of power from the beginning
Beginning of the modern Olympics - ANSWERS1896
Where was the first modern Olympics held? - ANSWERSHeld in Athens, Greece
Who was responsible for getting 1986 games going - ANSWERSPierre duCoubertin
Pierre organized sports festival in ____ and after he was successful, he went to
American and Europe to get people interested in games - ANSWERSFrance
