Wayne Wheelwright - The NBA Rules Quiz Book

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THE NBA RULES QUIZ BOOK

By

Wayne Wheelwright

Publisher Information

The NBA Rules Quiz Book

Published in 2013 by Andrews UK Limited

www.andrewsuk.com

This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publishers prior written consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published, and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

Copyright 2013 Wayne Wheelwright

The right of Wayne Wheelwright to be identified as author of this book has been asserted in accordance with section 77 and 78 of the Copyrights Designs and Patents Act 1988.

Questions

1. How many players are allowed on court from each team at any given time?
2. How long is each game?
3. How many sections is the game time split into?
4. What happens if a game is tied at the end of four quarters?
5. How long is the basketball court?
6. How wide is the basketball court?
7. How wide is the free throw line?
8. How wide is the centre circle?
9. How wide is the inner centre circle?
10. What are the dimensions for the backboard?
11. What is the three-point field goal distance?
12. How far off the floor must the top of the basket ring be?
13. How far from the face of the backboard is the free throw line?
14. Who is the only member of the team that can question an official over a rule interpretation?
15. Which team gets to choose ends at the start of the game?
16. What is blocking?
17. What is a technical foul?
18. What is a personal foul?
19. What is a double foul?
20. What is an offensive foul?
21. What is an elbow foul?
22. What is a flagrant foul?
23. What is an away-from-the-ball foul?
24. What is a free throw?
25. When is the ball considered to be in the front court?
26. How long does the team on offence have to get the ball past the halfway line?
27. What is the term for if a team takes the ball into the backcourt after being in the frontcourt?
28. What is a held ball?
29. What is a pivot?
30. What is travelling?
31. What is a screen?
32. What is a field goal?
33. When does the field goal attempt start?
34. What is a throw in?
35. What qualifies as disconcertion of the free throw shooter?
36. How many points does a field goal score from within the three point line?
37. What happens if a field goal is accidentally scored in an opponents basket?
38. How many points does a successful free throw score?
39. How long is there between the first and second half?
40. How long between the first and second quarters and the third and fourth quarters?
41. How long does a team have to replace a disqualified player?
42. When can a player call a timeout?
43. How is the game and overtime started?
44. Where does the opposing team get the ball when the ball enters the basket from below?
45. Where does the opposing team get the ball when there is an instance of double dribble?
46. Where does the opposing team get the ball when there is an illegal assist in scoring?
47. Where does the opposing team get the ball when there is offensive basket interference?
48. Where does the opposing team get the ball when there is a flagrant foul?
49. Where does the opposing team get the ball when there is an instance of travelling?
50. Where does the opposing team get the ball when there is a 24 second violation?
51. What happens if the ball is kicked or punched during a throw in?
52. What happens when the ball goes out of bounds on the sideline?
53. Where does the ball start after a timeout?
54. Where must the players stand during a jump ball?
55. When can the players touch a jump ball?
56. When does the 24 second clock start?
57. When does the 24 second clock start on a throw in?
58. When does a teams possession end?
59. What happens to the 24 second clock if an opponent touches the ball but doesnt gain possession?
60. When is a player ruled out of bounds?
61. When a free throw is called, who does the official hand the ball to so as to put it in play?
62. Who must occupy the spaces nearest the end line when there is a free throw for a personal foul?
63. Where do the players that do not occupy a free throw lane space have to stand?
64. Who must take the free throw that is the result of a personal foul?
65. When can the free throw shooter cross the plane of the free throw line?
66. What is a double dribble?
67. How long does a player have to release a throw in?
68. When is it legal for a player to intentionally kick the ball or strike it with a fist?
69. What is the penalty for intentionally kicking or hitting the ball with a fist?
70. How long may an offensive player stay in the free throw lane?
71. What is the penally for a violation of staying in the free throw lane too long?
72. How many seconds does a defensive player have to get within arms length of an offensive player in the free throw lane?
73. How long is an offensive player allowed to dribble with his back to the basket in the front court below the free throw line?
74. What is the penalty for a back to the basket violation?
75. What is goaltending?
76. What is the penalty for goaltending?
77. When can a substitute enter the field of play?
78. What is the punishment for not having the correct number of players on court?
79. What is the punishment for a player that deliberately hangs on the basket ring, backboard or support?
80. What unsportsmanlike conduct can result in a technical foul?
81. How much money is a recipient of a technical foul given for unsportsmanlike conduct?
82. What is the fine for a player from the bench the intercedes in an on court altercation?
83. How man team fouls is each team allowed per regulation period without additional penalties?
84. What is the punishment for a player that causes the backboard to shatter?
85. What happens if a defender touches the player in possessions hand whilst he is holding the ball?
86. If the dribblers path is blocked and there is no reasonable chance of getting by without contact what should he do?
87. What is the only article a player can wear that bears a commercial logo?
88. What must the coaches and assistant coaches wear?
89. While playing what must players ensure that their uniform shirts are?
90. What is the punishment for any player that deliberately enters the spectator stands?
91. What is the punishment for a player that blatantly taunts an opponent?
92. What is the punishment for a timeout request in excess of the authorised number?
93. What is the punishment for interfering with the ball following a successful field goal?
94. What is the maximum number of technical fouls for unsportsmanlike acts that player can have before being ejected?
95. What is the punishment for anyone guilty of illegal contact during a dead ball?
96. What is the punishment for fighting?
97. What is the punishment for a player that holds an opponent?
98. What is the punishment for a player that pushes an opponent?
99. What is the punishment for a dribbler that charges into an opponent that has taken a legal guarding position?
100. What is the punishment if a dribbler has established a straight line path and a defender attempts to crowd him out of that path?

Answers

1. 5
2. 48 minutes
3. 4 quarters of 12 minutes each
4. The game goes into overtime
5. 94
6. 50
7. 2
8. 6 radius
9. 2 radius
10. 6 x 3.5
11. 239 (22 in the corner)
12. 10
13. 15
14. The captain
15. The visiting team
16. Blocking is the illegal contact to stop an opponents progress