Backyard Games

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1. When playing horseshoes if you throw a Hobber, where is your horseshoe? Leaning against the post Out of the pit Ringing the post Stuck in the ground

2. In the US, what are the wire arches called that are used to play croquet? Wickets Wackets Wickers Arches

3. Which of the following backyard games is an official event in the Summer Olympics? Tetherball Horseshoes Badminton Croquet

4. Which of the following lawn sports governing bodies was founded first? US Croquet Association Hacky Sackers of America USA Volleyball National Horseshoe Pitchers Association

5. The inventor of the frisbee marketed his new invention under what name? Pluto Platter UFO Spinner Alien Flyer The Disk

6. What country banned the sale of lawn darts in 1988? Germany Canada USA England

7. What was another name for badminton in the early years of the game? Shuttlecock Over and Back Feathers Tennis

8. In croquet there are six colored balls: black, orange, red, yellow, blue, and green. Which color goes first when you start a game? Blue Black Yellow Whichever you want to

9. What lawn game is played similar to curling? Dodgeball Lawn bowling Volleyball Croquet

10. David Mullany invented what game after being inspired by watching his son playing stickball with a plastic golfball? Softball Baseball Rounders Wiffleball