KIN 2501 JACOBSEN EXAM 2
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027
Baggataway - ANSWERSlacrosse
Shinny - ANSWERSField Hockey
Native Americans had _____ as source of motivation and pride and prepared them for
battles - ANSWERSfootraces
Kicked ball along 25 mile course - ANSWERSSacred Ball Race
No play on Sunday, devoted to religion, high moral character - ANSWERSPuritan Work
Ethic
- Puritan Work Ethic
- Prohibited sledding, football, dancing, swimming, ninepins, and shuffle boarding
- Thought sports were sinful
- Primary Motivation for physical activity
- Strong desire to set up schools
- Games for children had moral teachings - ANSWERSMassachusetts (Pilgrims)
First public school for children in the US - ANSWERSBoston Latin School
First university in the US - ANSWERSHarvard
- Led by Dutch and Germans
- Good food, drink, and gambling
- Bowling (ninepins), tennis, cricket, horse racing, ice skating
- Center of sport - ANSWERSNew York (New Amsterdam)
Who organized the first formal horse race? - ANSWERSGovernor of New York
Rope between two buildings in center of town and tie goose on a string and were on
horseback and tried to pull the goose from the rope - ANSWERSPulling the Goose
Ball thrown down an alley - ANSWERSSkittles
Why was nine pins banned in some places? - ANSWERSGambling
How did they get around the ban on ninepins? - ANSWERSAdded another pin and
created bowling
, - Came in search of religious freedom
- Quakers: Society of Friends (William Penn)
- Banned Sunday amusements
- Peace-loving: ice skate, swim, hunt, and fish
- Welcomed settlers from several European countries (Sweden, Germany, France,
Scotland, Ireland) - ANSWERSPennsylvania
- Considered leading colony
- Economic opportunity rather than religious freedom
- Sought anything that benefitted aristocratic status
- Tobacco main crop
-Fox hunting, horse racing, golf, lawn bowling, and dancing - ANSWERSSouthern
Colonies (Virginia)
- Social center of town
- Animal baiting, cockfighting, billiards, darts, dice
- Betting - ANSWERSTaverns
What was Ben Franklin a proponent of? - ANSWERSSwimming
- Popular in established cities
- Gambling made it controversial
- Banned in northern cities because of gambling - ANSWERSHorse racing
What city built the National Race Course? - ANSWERSWashington D.C.
What was Tom Molineaux accused of hiding in his hands? - ANSWERSWeights
What sport had nicknames of goal ball, rounders, and town ball? - ANSWERSBaseball
Who played the first official game of baseball? - ANSWERSAlexander Cartwright
What was the name of the first field where baseball was played? - ANSWERSElysian
Fields
Who was the first person to throw an overhand pitch? - ANSWERSCandy Cummings
Who played in the first collegiate baseball game - ANSWERSAmherst and Williams
What was baseball known as? - ANSWERSThe National Pastime
Who created basketball? - ANSWERSJames Naismith
What did they use as hoops at first? - ANSWERSPeach baskets
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027
Baggataway - ANSWERSlacrosse
Shinny - ANSWERSField Hockey
Native Americans had _____ as source of motivation and pride and prepared them for
battles - ANSWERSfootraces
Kicked ball along 25 mile course - ANSWERSSacred Ball Race
No play on Sunday, devoted to religion, high moral character - ANSWERSPuritan Work
Ethic
- Puritan Work Ethic
- Prohibited sledding, football, dancing, swimming, ninepins, and shuffle boarding
- Thought sports were sinful
- Primary Motivation for physical activity
- Strong desire to set up schools
- Games for children had moral teachings - ANSWERSMassachusetts (Pilgrims)
First public school for children in the US - ANSWERSBoston Latin School
First university in the US - ANSWERSHarvard
- Led by Dutch and Germans
- Good food, drink, and gambling
- Bowling (ninepins), tennis, cricket, horse racing, ice skating
- Center of sport - ANSWERSNew York (New Amsterdam)
Who organized the first formal horse race? - ANSWERSGovernor of New York
Rope between two buildings in center of town and tie goose on a string and were on
horseback and tried to pull the goose from the rope - ANSWERSPulling the Goose
Ball thrown down an alley - ANSWERSSkittles
Why was nine pins banned in some places? - ANSWERSGambling
How did they get around the ban on ninepins? - ANSWERSAdded another pin and
created bowling
, - Came in search of religious freedom
- Quakers: Society of Friends (William Penn)
- Banned Sunday amusements
- Peace-loving: ice skate, swim, hunt, and fish
- Welcomed settlers from several European countries (Sweden, Germany, France,
Scotland, Ireland) - ANSWERSPennsylvania
- Considered leading colony
- Economic opportunity rather than religious freedom
- Sought anything that benefitted aristocratic status
- Tobacco main crop
-Fox hunting, horse racing, golf, lawn bowling, and dancing - ANSWERSSouthern
Colonies (Virginia)
- Social center of town
- Animal baiting, cockfighting, billiards, darts, dice
- Betting - ANSWERSTaverns
What was Ben Franklin a proponent of? - ANSWERSSwimming
- Popular in established cities
- Gambling made it controversial
- Banned in northern cities because of gambling - ANSWERSHorse racing
What city built the National Race Course? - ANSWERSWashington D.C.
What was Tom Molineaux accused of hiding in his hands? - ANSWERSWeights
What sport had nicknames of goal ball, rounders, and town ball? - ANSWERSBaseball
Who played the first official game of baseball? - ANSWERSAlexander Cartwright
What was the name of the first field where baseball was played? - ANSWERSElysian
Fields
Who was the first person to throw an overhand pitch? - ANSWERSCandy Cummings
Who played in the first collegiate baseball game - ANSWERSAmherst and Williams
What was baseball known as? - ANSWERSThe National Pastime
Who created basketball? - ANSWERSJames Naismith
What did they use as hoops at first? - ANSWERSPeach baskets
