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1 While the true origins of Disc Golf (also known as frisbee golf) are hard to trace. Which man is commonly known as "The Father of Disc Golf" and worked steadily in the 1970s to increase the popularity of the sport?
Answer: Ed Headrick

While "Steady" Ed Headrick did not create either the frisbee or disc golf, he did play a key role in making the sport what it is today.
    Your options: [ Theo Pozzy ] [ Brian Cummings ] [ Ken Climo ] [ Ed Headrick ]
  From Quiz: Disc Golf 101: The Basics
2 The defensive team pulls the disc to the receiving team, but the defensive team is offside two times in a row. Where does the offensive team put the disc in play?
Answer: At midfield

If the offensive team had been offside, they would have started the disc half-way back in their defending end zone.
  From Quiz: Ultimate Frisbee Rules: 11th Edition
3 What team three-peated in UPA College National Championships from 1988-1990, and then again from 1996-1998?
Answer: UC-Santa Barbara

UC-Santa Barbara won the 1988 National Championship at home in Santa Barbara, CA.
  From Quiz: Ultimate Players College Champs
4 What company made the original frisbee?
Answer: Wham-o

Discraft is actually more commonly used today in competitive ultimate.
  From Quiz: Ultimate Frisbee
5 How many people are on the field for one team at a time?
Answer: 7

Each team puts seven on the field throughout the whole game. Games usually start by captains yelling "Seven on the Line!". Substitutions can come after points or for injuries.
  From Quiz: Ultimate Frisbee
6 When was disc golf 'formalized', when they started building public courses and forming associations?
Answer: 1970s

Yeah, the 1970s brought us lots of good things.
  From Quiz: Disc Golf
7 The first thing to do is to mark off a playing field. What are the dimensions of a regulation field, measured from sideline to sideline and from the back of one endzone to the back of the other?
Answer: 40 yards by 120 yards

While any playing surface without dangerous holes or obstacles is fine, the best surface is grass. There's quite a bit of running in Ultimate, though, so any field that's used often will take a lot of abuse.
  From Quiz: Play Ultimate in 5 Easy Steps!
8 The sole way to score in Ultimate Frisbee is similar to a football touchdown: you must catch a pass in the endzone. How many points is this worth?
Answer: 1

You can't, however, run into the endzone with the disc. See Question 2.
  From Quiz: Ultimate Frisbee
9 The Roc, MD, and Buzz are all examples of which multi-purpose disc?
Answer: mid-range

All these discs are mid-ranges, which can be used for drives as well as approaches. The Roc and Buzz are two of the most popular disc golf discs.
    Your options: [ fairway driver ] [ distance driver ] [ mid-range ] [ putter ]
  From Quiz: Disc Golf 201: Equipment Knowledge
10 What Community College won the National Championship in 1987?
Answer: Chabot College

Chabot college was renamed Las Positas College in 1989.
  From Quiz: Ultimate Players College Champs
11 What does the WFDF stand for?
Answer: World Flying Disc Federation

This organization governs ultimate and disc golf throughout the world.
  From Quiz: Ultimate Frisbee
12 What is the person with the disc called?
Answer: The thrower

There are usually three people on the field at one time whose sole job it is to throw.
  From Quiz: Ultimate Frisbee
13 What is the name of the organization that makes the tournament rules for disc golf and also promotes the sport?
Answer: Professional Disc Golf Association

The Professional Disc Golf Association webstie is www.pdga.com. You can find memership info and also information on courses.
  From Quiz: Disc Golf
14 You'll need to draw goal lines to separate the endzones from the playing field proper. How deep should each endzone be?
Answer: 25 yards

The goal lines themselves are often not really drawn, but defined by a pair of cones or other landmarks. The lines count as part of the playing field proper: if you catch a pass on the line of the opponent's endzone, you'll have to pass again before you can score.
  From Quiz: Play Ultimate in 5 Easy Steps!
15 Ultimate Frisbee is also similar to basketball, in that what action is forbidden?
Answer: travelling

The Frisbee definition of travelling is different, however: NO MOVING with the disk. No dribbling! You have three steps in which to stop, if you were running when you caught the disc, but other than that there must be no movement.
  From Quiz: Ultimate Frisbee
16 What is a throw featuring a sidearm or forehand release commonly referred to as?
Answer: Flick

The term flick is commonly used due to flicking motion applied to the disc by the wrist of the thrower.
  From Quiz: Disc Golf 101: The Basics
17 A putt to be considered an official putt via PDGA rules, you must be how close to the basket?
Answer: 30 feet

30 feet is considered an official putting distance by PDGA rules. If you are inside 30 feet, you cannot run up or follow through with your putt like you would on any other shot.
  From Quiz: Frisbee Golf 101
18 What is the standard weight of the disc used in Ultimate?
Answer: 175 grams

Ultimate is played with a 175-gram disc which is heavier and sturdier than the recreational discs people are familiar with.
  From Quiz: Ultimate 101
19 This team lost back to back Championship games in 1997 and 1998.
Answer: Stanford

The 1998 loss was Stanford's 5th championship game loss.
    Your options: [ UNC-Wilmington ] [ Stanford ] [ Wisconsin ] [ Carleton College ]
  From Quiz: Ultimate Players College Champs
20 What year was the UPA founded?
Answer: 1979

The UPA stands for the Ultimate Players Association which is the governing body for Ultimate in the U.S.
  From Quiz: Ultimate Frisbee
21 Rutgers was one of the two colleges that first started playing ultimate during the early 1970's. Who was the other?
Answer: Princeton University

When these two New Jersey schools started playing the game, Rutgers beat Princeton 29-27 in the first intercollegiate match. The sport was actually first introduced in 1967 by Joel Silver to Columbia High School in Maplewood New Jersey.
  From Quiz: Ultimate Frisbee
22 You'll also want a few Frisbees, of course. What's the maximum weight of a Frisbee legal for game play?
Answer: 200 grams

Any weight under 200 grams is fine, as long as the disk is agreeable to both team captains. Most disks weigh about 175 grams. Get several, because disks take a lot of abuse, and a bent or otherwise damaged disk is no longer good for play.
  From Quiz: Play Ultimate in 5 Easy Steps!
23 Players are expected to self-referee. They call and admit their own fouls, and must not intentionally foul. This policy of sportsmanship is called what?
Answer: the spirit of the game

The rule works better than you might think. In men's leagues, it is sometimes described as the fact that Ultimate is "a gentleman's sport." Thanks to player Matt685 for pointing this out!
  From Quiz: Ultimate Frisbee
24 Super Class was created in an attempt to bring disc golf back to its roots. Super Class discs are best recognized by which standard feature?
Answer: Blunt rim

Super Class discs closely resemble putters or standard frisbees. Utilizing these discs helps to emphasize accuracy over distance.
    Your options: [ Stable flight pattern ] [ Wide rim ] [ Blunt rim ] [ Flat top ]
  From Quiz: Disc Golf 201: Equipment Knowledge
25 A disc thrown on an extreme hyzer angle (inside edge of disc tilted during release on a right hand back hand throw) is known as a what?
Answer: Spike Hyzer

A spike hyzer can be utilized for short shots that require throwing over an obstacle.
  From Quiz: Disc Golf 101: The Basics
26 The disc is turned over just out of bounds and a defensive player waits at the disc for an offensive player. How many seconds must the defensive player wait until starting the stall count?
Answer: 20 seconds

The defense may count down out loud 20 seconds if the disc is in an end zone or out-of-bounds, 10 seconds if the disc is in the playing field proper (the 70 yards x 40 yards not just mentioned). However, if the offense is at the disc, the defense may announce "delay of game" and the offense has only two seconds until the defense may start the stall count.
  From Quiz: Ultimate Frisbee Rules: 11th Edition
27 What is an acceptble way to mark your disc in a PDGA sanctioned tournament?
Answer: With a mini disc

The mini disc is the most commonly used way to mark your disc, however you can use something else thats shaped similarly.
  From Quiz: Frisbee Golf 101
28 What is the standard size of the playing field?
Answer: 40x70 yards with 25 yard deep end zones

Regulation field is rectangular with end zones at each end.
  From Quiz: Ultimate 101
29 Who was the first ever UPA college open champion?
Answer: Stanford

Stanford won the first title over Glassboro St. in 1984.
  From Quiz: Ultimate Players College Champs
30 What is the term used for a very deep pass in a game of ultimate?
Answer: Huck

The blade is a failed attempt at another throw called a hammer.
  From Quiz: Ultimate Frisbee
31 What is the governing body for ultimate?
Answer: Ultimate Players Association

Inaugurated in 1980, the UPA initially had 9 members, and at the end of the 20th century, they had grown to 15,000 with sponsored events all over the globe. The World Flying Disc Federation is similar to the UPA however, they sponsor other disc sports such as golf, not just ultimate.
  From Quiz: Ultimate Frisbee
32 Which state of the USA had the most disc golf courses, per capita, at the end of the 1990s?
Answer: Iowa

Go Iowa!
    Your options: [ Alaska ] [ California ] [ Iowa ] [ Texas ]
  From Quiz: Disc Golf
33 One of the first strategies new players learn is that, when their team has the disk, they must get into a straight line running down the field and facing their disc-holding teammate. What is this line called?
Answer: the stack

Players are told to 'stack it up.'
  From Quiz: Ultimate Frisbee
34 In which situation may a 200 gram disc be used when a regulation 175 gram disc breaks?
Answer: Both captains agree even though there is a 175 gram disc available

Teams may use any discs acceptable to both captains. Otherwise, teams must use the current official disc of the UPA.
    Your options: [ Both captains agree even though there is a 175 gram disc available ] [ A 200 gram disc may never be used ] [ It is the only disc available even though one captain does not give the OK ] [ The field size must be increased to accomodate the extra yardage of throws ]
  From Quiz: Ultimate Frisbee Rules: 11th Edition
35 When does a turnover occur?
Answer: All of these

Any time a pass is incomplete, intercepted, knocked-down,
or contacts an out of bounds area, a turnover occurs,
resulting in an immediate change of possession of the disc.
A goal is scored when a player successfully passes the disc to a
teammate in the end zone which that team is attacking.
    Your options: [ When a pass is incomplete ] [ When a pass is intercepted or knocked down ] [ When a pass contacts an out-of-bounds area ] [ All of these ]
  From Quiz: Ultimate 101
36 Callahan winner Alex Nord led which team to the National Championship in 2001?
Answer: Carleton College

Carleton was runner-up two other years, in 1996 and 2000.
    Your options: [ WIsconsin ] [ Carleton College ] [ UC-Davis ] [ Oregon ]
  From Quiz: Ultimate Players College Champs
37 How many players are on each team in a game of ultimate?
Answer: 7

Recreation games can be played with any number, but in official games there are 14 players on the field at a time.
  From Quiz: Ultimate Frisbee
38 What is the first throw of a game called?
Answer: The pull

The pull occurs at the beginning of every game and after every score just as a kickoff does in football. A deep throw, called a huck is to ultimate what the Hail Mary is to football.
  From Quiz: Ultimate Frisbee
39 Once in a line, players must dash out one-by-one, attempting to get themselves free and open in order to catch a pass. What is this action called?
Answer: a cut

Making a good cut usually involves at least one sharp change of direction, to evade defenders.
  From Quiz: Ultimate Frisbee
40 Many disc golfers carry a wide range of discs during a single round. To carry these discs they utilize bags. The Gorilla Boy Simian closely resembles which common item?
Answer: Back pack

The Simian closely resembles a standard book bag and is rapidly growing in popularity.
    Your options: [ Messenger bag ] [ Cooler ] [ Back pack ] [ Golf hand cart ]
  From Quiz: Disc Golf 201: Equipment Knowledge
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