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? Horseshoes Badminton Croquet Tetherball

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

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

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

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? Whichever you want to Yellow Blue Black

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

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