Braingle: 'Basic Baseball Rules' Trivia Quiz

Basic Baseball Rules

These are basic rules and regulations of the professional sport baseball.

Quiz ID:	#4673
Fun:	(2.6)
Difficulty:	(0.58)
Category:	Sports > Baseball
Created By:	Dontrelle

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#1 If a baseball is hit over the "Green Monster" at Fenway park (Boston's home field) in fair territory, is it a home run?

Yes
No

#2 If you hit the baseball, run to second base, and stay there with no error on the play, what is it ruled as?

Single
Double
Triple

#3 What colours are a regulation baseball?

Red/White
Blue/Green
Yellow/Black

#4 Baseball is a professional sport in the United States of America.

True
False

#5 If the count is 3-2, the bases are loaded, and the pitcher throws a ball (a pitch outside of the strike zone on which the batter did not swing), what happens?

The batter strikes out.
A tree falls in the outfield.
The batter goes to first base, everyone else moves up a base, and the runner on third scores.

#6 If a baseball is "fouled off", what happened?

The baseballs got smelly so they threw them in the garbage.
A ball was hit in foul territory and was not caught.
The batter throws his bat because he is mad.

#7 If the count is 1-2, how many balls and strikes are there?

One ball-Two strikes.
Two balls-No strikes.
Eight balls-Twelve strikes.

#8 The ball is hit over the outfield wall/fence in fair territory and one of the outfielders catches it. Is it a home run or an out?

Out
Home run

#9 How many stitches does a regulation baseball have?

108 (216)
119 (238)
73 (146)

#10 Before every baseball game, all the baseballs used are rubbed with a light coating of mud.

True
False

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Crazycriely

posted 835 days ago

it might help if you said what the () were for on the stitches. i guess and got it right

puppy_luvr1236

posted 835 days ago

really easy until the last two!!! good quiz

drickanderson

posted 830 days ago

9/10, didn't know the mud thing either.

JJsmarts

posted 829 days ago

i dont even like baseball and i got 8/10

CraftySousepaw

posted 823 days ago

9/10 only because i clicked wrong answer accidentally....arrrrgh!! guess i should move on to subjects i dont know very well....it was fun, tho.

goldglove4yadi

posted 814 days ago

I was watching a game when I found out that baseballs are never "clean" before being used in a game. Guessed on # 9 tho. Great quiz!! 10/10

emoryjim

posted 779 days ago

8/10 not bad

silentmirror

posted 756 days ago

I love baseball GO RED SOX YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!

sftball_rocks13

posted 745 days ago

yessss score 9/10

GO CARDINALS!

chocolatecake

posted 734 days ago

great quiz!

xnblink182x

posted 733 days ago

wow i didnt know about the mudd!!

ohmpandya

posted 721 days ago

Baseball rules!!! ---A---

qwerty123

posted 701 days ago

10 out of 10 yay me

mocha613

posted 662 days ago

Great quiz!!! 9/10 (missed the first one, didn't know the fence was called that)

urlacher11

posted 516 days ago

#9 is evil who counts the stitches on a 'regulation" baseball

softballbright3

posted 504 days ago

9/10....did well cuz of my five years of softball and a lifetime of baseball games w/my daddy.....didn't know about the mud rubbing, that's interesting

KarateGirl098

posted 440 days ago

7/10 and I know nothing about baseball- I actually got the mud rubbing right. Just a guess.

candylicker

posted 338 days ago

9/10 missed the baseball stitch thing

976cs

posted 265 days ago

A+++ Baseball and I both rock

Roxyshirt139

posted 123 days ago

8/10. didnt know about the mud..

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