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T/F: For every single softball game in 1996, all tickets were completely sold out.
False
True
2
When softball was reinvented to be an outdoor sport in 1889, what was it called?
Spongeball
Kitten Ball
Outdoor Softball
Softball
3
Which college team has won the most Women's College World Series titles?
UCLA (Bruins)
LSU (Tigers)
The University of Florida (Gators)
The University of Oregon (Ducks)
4
What year did softball debut in the Olympics?
1980
2004
1996
2010
5
What city was softball created in?
Oakland
Chicago
San Francisco
Orlando
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"Mushball," is a variant of softball that is played with a bigger, softer ball. No gloves are worn by the fielders.
True
False
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T/F: The US has two national softball teams, one for men and one for women.
True
False
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T/F: The first "softball" was actually a rolled up boxing glove.
True
False
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T/F: Softball was the first sport to be dropped from the Olympics in 69 Years.
False
True
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T/F: Softball was supposed to be in the 2020 Summer Olympics.
False
True
11
On May 11, 1991, the longest softball game in history was played. How many innings was it?
18 innings
27 innings
31 innings
23 innings
12
Who invented softball?
Jesse Owens
Jennie Finch
Lisa Fernandez
George Hancock
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T/F: Softball was originally an indoor sport.
False
True
14
How many countries can softball be found in?
78
140
35
175
15
Monica Abbott threw the fastest softball pitch in history on 6/16/2012. How fast was it?
77 MPH
68 MPH
64 MPH
72 MPH
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Today more than ___________ people play softball each summer, which makes it the number one team sport in the US.
736,000
40 million
456,000
70 million
17
Who won the Women's College World Series in 2019?
Alabama Crimson Tide
UCLA Bruins
Florida Gators
Oklahoma Sooners