Quiz: name ten pro team sports

[Pitibear]

just for fun, you have ten minutes to name ten sports that are played by teams of five or more players, professionally, somewhere in the world...most people cannot name six, in the ten minute time limit...try it on your friends.

[jory]

basketball
hockey
rugby
lacrosse
football
soccer
baseball
paintball (yes it is a sport)
volleyball
crew

[Pitibear]

I'll certify your list...with minor quibbles: minor debate on Paintball, and Crew is questionable because the game has no defense.

[CoUgArLAX18]

Lacrosse
Baseball
Hockey
Basketball
Soccer
Football
Water Polo
Rugby
Cricket
Volleyball

[AttackSniper#12]

b-ball
hockey
lax
football
volleyball
baseball
soccer
rugby
cricket (lol)
field hockey.


haha i wont lie, it took me more than 10 mins.. but not by long only like 30 seconds

[jory]

u got soccer there twice

[manup5183]

lax
basketball
football
soccer
rugby
baseball
cricket?
handball
hockey
box
volley ball
water polo
polo
field hockey
crew

[pshwarriorlax17]

basketball
baseball
lacrosse
softball
water polo
soccer
hockey
football
volley ball
rugby

[czechinthepipes]

baseball, basketball, soccer, hockey, cricket, rugby, vollyball, water polo, lacrosse, field hockey, polo, ultimate frisbee, and softball
i got 13 in four mins.

[shooter]

just for fun, you have ten minutes to name ten sports that are played by teams of five or more players, professionally, somewhere in the world...most people cannot name six, in the ten minute time limit...try it on your friends.

Soccer
Aussie Rules Football
Rugby Union
Rugby League
Cricket
Baseball
European Handball
Lacrosse
Ice Hockey
American Football

That took less than 2 minutes (would have been even less if i could type faster)

[shooter]

b-ball
hockey
lax
football
volleyball
baseball
soccer
rugby
cricket (lol)
field hockey.


haha i wont lie, it took me more than 10 mins.. but not by long only like 30 seconds

Field Hockey ain't played professionally.

and whats funny about cricket?

[Live4It]

Field Hockey ain't played professionally.

and whats funny about cricket?
He's from Canada, cricket isn't too big in Canada, or here in the US. And I'm pretty sure there is professional field hockey.

[TRELAX1201]

basketball
hockey
football
lacrosse
soccer
volleyball
baseball
rugby
golf
cricket
track?

thats 11

[wcwarriorlax]

lacrosse
basketball
football
baseball
rugby
soccer
cricket
hockey
water polo
volleyball

[Pitibear]

hey, these are good!

The first guy to come up with water polo (and then polo) was pretty good, I had forgotten that one. I still don't necessarily buy crew, cause of no defense (in my personal definition of a 'sport'). I personally do not accept Track & Field because the nature of the game has no defense, and they are individual efforts, not team (please don't debate relays)...and I will respect your personal beliefs if it is your religion, but please, I do not count golf.

Oh, yeah, kudos to the guy that listed Team Handball, very big in Europe, and even an Olympic sport (please no diatribes on howcum lax isn't).

I gotta go hang a door at my mother's house, I'll be back later to critique these, and any others that crop up...be sure to run this at your friends, it's fun to see that they can't do it.

[AttackMan17]

Ok...

Lacrosse.
Volleyball.
Hockey.
Basketball.
Football.
Rugby.
Paintball.
Field hockey.
Rowing (whatever its called)
water polo.
Regular polo.
Soccer.



Took like...1:30 for me.

[Pitibear]

Ok...

Lacrosse.Volleyball.Hockey.Basketball.Football.Rub gy.Paintball.Field hockey.Rowing (whatever its called)water polo.Regular polo.Soccer.
Took like...1:30 for me.

rowing is that crew thing, where's the defense, I still say...all the Rubgy players are gald for the listing.

good job.

[laxman37]

Let's see....

soccer
lax
football
rugby
cricket
water polo
polo
basketball
volleyball
crew
hockey
paintball
baseball
golf
Australian rules football
e-sports
handball
ummm... Jai Alai?

Let's see... that was how many?

[riddlebox]

lacrosse
hockey
basketball
soccer
rugby
baseball
cricket
football
volleyball
european handball




took me 2 minutes

[THALAX]

lacrosse
hockey
football
soccer
baseball
dodge ball
rugby
cricket
basketball
thats 9...just add one of the ones that somebody said above me that I didn't say......

[Midlax0223]

lax
soccer
basketball
baseball
rugby
water polo
horse(?) polo
paintball
cricket
voleyball

[ekajsk8er]

Lacrosse
Basketball
Football
Rugby
Hockey
Volleyball
Soccer
Baseball
Cricket
Polo

Took about 2 minutes until I got up to 9, than instead of wasting more time I looked at the thread, knew I was going to miss something completely obvious and saw baseball. It was only a matter of time before I got it, but I feel stupid for now.

[laxmax137]

lacrosse
hockey
baseball
basketball
football
water polo
crew
rugby
volleyball
synchronized swimming (oh yeah)
cricket
bobsled
handball
curling
paintball
field hockey
softball

[killman3680]

lacrosse
baseball
Basketball
soccer
hockey
rugby
volleyball
Cricket
football
polo

[Goalie18]

lacrosse,baseball,basketball,hockey,cricket,water polo,football,soccer,rugby,volleyball
that was pretty easy i finished in under 2 min

[lax21goalie2008]

lacrosse
track and field
cross country
basketball
baseball
football
golf
field hockey
hockey
cricket
curling
skiing
snowboarding
fencing (yeah i said it)

[Pitibear]

Soccer, Aussie Rules, Football, Rugby Union, Rugby League, Cricket, Baseball, European Handball, Lacrosse, Ice Hockey, American Football

That took less than 2 minutes (would have been even less if i could type faster)

Excellent...first guy to get Australian Rules...

Help: what is difference between Union and League Rugby?

[Pitibear]

golf
curling
skiing
snowboarding
fencing (yeah i said it)

golf, skiing, snowboarding, and fencing I categorize as individual sports, but excellent list!

First to list Curling!

[Pitibear]

Without looking anything up, or reading other posts, and within 10 minutes...Hockey, Lacrosse, Baseball, Basketball, Football, Rugby, Socce, rCricket

I think I have others, but not sure of the exact number of players, or if it is played proffesionally somewhere...Polo, Volleyball, Field Hockey

I have another one that I don't think anybody has gotten yet: Hurling
Excellent! First to list Hurling!
Anybody else know what Hurling is?
CMM-what is the other pro football played in the home of hurling?

[Pitibear]

Secondary quiz:

Name the seven forms of professional football, each played by pros, people getting paid, somehwere in the world? There might be one or two I've forgotten, I seem to remember there being nine at one time. I'm getting old, memory going...

[roycegracie47]

Help: what is difference between Union and League Rugby?
Taken from wikipedia's article on Rugby Union:

Rugby League and Rugby Union have diverged considerably over the years. Their main differences are the number of players per side (League has 13, Union 15), the scoring system, and the means of securing and retaining ball possession. In Union, both teams may contest possession at a tackle or set piece; in League one team retains possession for six tackles. The use of contested scrums and linesout in Rugby Union adds dramatically to the tactical variety of the modern game.

Hope that helps.

[Pitibear]

... article on Rugby Union...

Where does "seven's" come into this?

[slinkyspine]

rugby lax volleyball hockey football soccer cricket baseball cycling counter-strike 1.6

cycling is a team sport... team discovery(armstrongs) Had I believe 5 people on it.

Or polo if you dont wanna take cycling. And yes it only took me 3 mintues 20 seconds.

[Pitibear]

rugby lax volleyball hockey football soccer cricket baseball cycling counter-strike 1.6; cycling is a team sport... team discovery(armstrongs) Had I believe 5 people on it. Or polo if you dont wanna take cycling. And yes it only took me 3 mintues 20 seconds.

Excellent, I'll take it within that context. Otherwise, we'd get into an argument over what defense is in cycling...and I know there is some, at least tactically.

good job.

[laxgoalieguy123]

lacarosse
hockey
golf
basketball
baseball
softball
tennis
racketball
squash
cricket
volleyball
ping-pong =)
i just named all i could think of and it took me like 2 minutes, i didnt really read anyothers

[Pitibear]

golf, tennis, racketball, squash, ping-pong; i just named all i could think of and it took me like 2 minutes, i didnt really read anyothers

good list...but...one of the requisites was the team play with 5 or more players, eh?

and don't let the USTTA guys hear you call it ping-pong...

[roycegracie47]

Where does "seven's" come into this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_Sevens

Apparently Sevens was put in for a bid for the 2012 London Summer Olympics, as an attempt to bring some form of Rugby back to the games and despite the dropping of a few sports (notably baseball) it seems unlikely to happen. Although the IRB's argument for Ruggers as the ideal olympic athelete per the official Olympci motto (Citius, Altius, Fortius (faster, higher, stronger)) over current event Rythmic Gymnastics for example.

[Pitibear]

...Sevens was put in for a bid for the 2012 London Summer Olympics...

I am fascinated by this! 15-minute games, so a team can play a lot of 'em in a single day or two! Cool! that's the "palooza" format we use locally for all kinds of sports tourneys:

Laxapalooza = lacrosse,
puckapalooza = inline hockey
socapalooza = indoor soccer
basapalooza, basketpalooza, volleypalooza, etc...

each game 10 minutes, each team plays a round robin set, and a ladder playoff, 5-8 games for each of five teams in a 6 hour time slot! works great...

[DomP]

Baseball
Lacrosse
Football
Paintball
Hockey
Crew
Field Hockey
Basketball
SoftBall
VolleyBall

[goalieskcickay]

Without looking anything up, Gaelic football? (pardon my spelling)


Similar to football, but played with a small round ball and sticks. (Similar to field hockey sticks, but with indents so you can cradle the ball.

My friend went to Ireland last summer and brought back a stick and ball.

[Hooligan]

My bad, thread reopened. I admit it, sometimes even the almighty Hooligan can make a mistake.
:jawdrop:

[paul8]

lacrosse
hockey
football
baseball
polo
water polo
rugby
dodgeball
cricket
soccer

[ADKlax24]

Lacrosse
Baseball
Hockey
Soccer
Football
Basketball
Field Hockey
Golf
polo
rugby

[aussielax]

Lacrosse
Cricket
Rugby League
Rugby Union
Australian Rules Football
American Football
Football (soccer)
European Handball
Ice Hockey
Water Polo
Baseball
Basketball

[aussielax]

Without looking anything up, Gaelic football? (pardon my spelling)

Gaelic football and Hurling are both big in Ireland, However they are not played proffesionaly, As the Irish belives this would ruin the tradition of the games.

And I would have said Aussie Rules football, as I know it is different than Rugby

And there is a much bigger difference between Rugby and Aussie Rules than there is between NFL and Arena Football.

[Pitibear]

Without looking anything up, Gaelic football? (pardon my spelling)



correct...

and yes, arena and nfl are considered different...rugby and aussie rules are waaaaaay different.

Australian Rules is the oldest, and most free-form of all the football games in the world, by the way. The game is excellent, except that you need a humongous field and a ton of players to play it properly.

[Pitibear]

Gaelic football and Hurling are both big in Ireland, However they are not played proffesionaly, As the Irish belives this would ruin the tradition of the games.

I didn't know they were'nt pro...the games are certanly well-attended, from the one hurling match I saw on tv.

Is that why all the Gaelic stars end up in the AFL?

[Pitibear]

My bad, thread reopened. I admit it, sometimes even the almighty Hooligan can make a mistake.

thanks! after all, it's the season to be jolly, dammit...

I realize this is rather mindless drivel, but it's jolly mindless drivel?

so, anybody got the nine forms of football? (I'm counting the two rugbys as seperate...and I am counting Gaelic, 'cause I didn't know they weren't pro.

[Pitibear]

Similar to football, but played with a small round ball and sticks. (Similar to field hockey sticks, but with indents so you can cradle the ball. My friend went to Ireland last summer and brought back a stick and ball.

Uh, you just described hurling, right?

Aussielax, how do Gaelic and Aussie Rules football compare, I don't know that much about Gaelic...I would think it's closer to rugger than footy...

[ALEX WIZ]

I'll certify your list...with minor quibbles: minor debate on Paintball, and Crew is questionable because the game has no defense.
http://www.psptournaments.com/ then go to paintball tournaments.
There are many professional paintball leagues such as the NXL,PSP,NPPL,millenium series(EURO). Don't say that there is no defence becuase like in most leagues u have to keep the other team from eliminating all ur players and hanging ur flag. I have played in the PSP in Divison 3 and i have watched many NPPL tournaments, so don't tell me im making it up or i don't know anything about paintball. Also the NXL is much more Demanding on ur body than lacorsse. The games are an hour long with 2 minute brake times for filling and airing. and there is a half time. Also there are many types of penalties.

[Pitibear]

There are many professional paintball leagues such as the NXL,PSP,NPPL,millenium series(EURO). Don't say that there is no defence becuase like in most leagues u have to keep the other team from eliminating all ur players and hanging ur flag.

no complaint...I have several friends who swear by the game.

My psychological abherence is that there is not a clearly defined object of play, like a ball or something...but that's my bias, and I agree with and accept everything you've pointed out.


excellent job.

[shooter]

so, anybody got the nine forms of football? (I'm counting the two rugbys as seperate...and I am counting Gaelic, 'cause I didn't know they weren't pro.

Hmm I'll try

1. Australian Rules
2. Association (Soccer)
3. American
4. Canadian
5. Rugby League
6. Rugby Union
7. Gaelic
8. Arena
9. I'm gonna guess Touch Football (the rugby kind)

[Pitibear]

Hmm I'll try
1. Australian Rules 2. Association (Soccer) 3. American 4. Canadian 5. Rugby League 6. Rugby Union 7. Gaelic 8. Arena 9. I'm gonna guess Touch Football (the rugby kind)

Very good with the CFL...I forgot that one...

I'm giving you eight...I haven't considered touch, but then I would also bow to someone who would tell me that Rugby 7's is separate (but they play with the same rules, eh?).

But, I am considering another variation of one of the recognized ones played in the U.S.

[shooter]

Yeah I wouldn't count Sevens as seperate it has almost exactly the same rules just with fewer players and shorter halves.

Aussielax, how do Gaelic and Aussie Rules football compare, I don't know that much about Gaelic...I would think it's closer to rugger than footy...

- Aussie Rules is played on a Big Oval Shape field similar in size to a cricket field
- Gaelic is played on a rectangle field similar in size to a Rugby pitch or a Gridiron

- Aussie Rules uses an oval shaped ball
- Gaelic uses a round ball like a soccer ball

- Aussie Rules has tackling/bumping/violence
- Gaelic does not

- Aussie Rules goalposts look like this...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/81/Scoring_in_aussie_rules.jpg
You get 6 points for a goal between the big posts, and 1 point for getting it between one of the big and the small posts
- Gaelic goals look like a cross between soccer posts and rugby posts. There is a Goalkeeper. You get 3 points for a goal in the net (under the crossbar), and 1 point for getting the ball over the crossbar

- Each have thier own rules resticted how the ball is handled and moved, read on wikipedia because it's pretty complicated to explain


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaelic_Football


The AFL and GAA mix the rules and play a hybrid game. Although the Irish look like they don't want to do it next year
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_rules

[Pitibear]

...Aussie Rules is played ...Gaelic is played...

Thanks! In final, I really think they're not that similar...

...and I think the Brownlow Medal is the coolest sports award in all of professional sports world-wide.

[shoebag2000]

I promise I didn't look at anybody else's post.

Hockey
Soccer
Football
Lacrosse
Basketball
Rugby
Cricket
Aussie rules football
Field hockey
Baseball
Hurling

Ha, eleven in under 2 minutes.

[shoebag2000]

Secondary quiz:

Name the seven forms of professional football, each played by pros, people getting paid, somehwere in the world? There might be one or two I've forgotten, I seem to remember there being nine at one time. I'm getting old, memory going...

Thats so much tougher. All I can think of is NFL, CFL, AFL, XFL, and whatever the aussie rules one is.

[Pitibear]

Shoebag, excellent! See if any of your friends do as well as yourself...

For the football list, here’s what we got at the moment:
American football
Arena football
Australian football
Gaelic football
Canadian football
Indoor Soccer
Association football (soccer)
Rugby Union
Rugby League

XFL doesn’t count, it’s not leagues, its forms of sport…anybody got any others we haven't thought of (or didn't know)?

[shoebag2000]

I thought we established that Gaelic was am, not pro? And I think you should have specified that you were including football in every sense of the word, because then I would have mentioned soccer. And I don't really understand the two rugby leagues. Is it kind of like MLL and NLL, same basic game with some slight, but at the same time major, differences?

[Pitibear]

I thought we established that Gaelic was am, not pro? And I think you should have specified that you were including football in every sense of the word, because then I would have mentioned soccer. And I don't really understand the two rugby leagues. Is it kind of like MLL and NLL, same basic game with some slight, but at the same time major, differences?


I said I was counting Gaelic anyway, sorry for the confusion...you're right, the specs of the question were vague and general...if you read shooter's info you get the Rugby's...again, all my opinion, but as an example, I consider Lacrosse, Box Lacrosse, and Indoor Lacrosse actually three different sports...but then, Shooter has convinced me that Rugby 7's is not different, so you're right, it's all how you look at it...

[laxmann1993]

My psychological abherence is that there is not a clearly defined object of play, like a ball or something...but that's my bias, and I agree with and accept everything you've pointed ouy.

The flag.

Also whoever said fencing, it is a team, but you play it individualy. Curling is 3-man is it not?

[Pitibear]

The flag.

Also whoever said fencing, it is a team, but you play it individualy. Curling is 3-man is it not?

yes, the flag...

Curling is four man (and a six-pack), eh?

[shooter]

Thats so much tougher. All I can think of is NFL, CFL, AFL, XFL, and whatever the aussie rules one is.

the AFL. the Australian Football League.

And I don't really understand the two rugby leagues. Is it kind of like MLL and NLL, same basic game with some slight, but at the same time major, differences?
One is called Rugby Union. The other is called Rugby League (actual sport name, not name of a league).

It's more like two very different games with some superficial similarities (can only throw backwards, is very rough, same offside rules, same goalposts)

But two completely different sports. Players either play one or the other, unlike Box/field lax or normal/arena football.

To simplify it the best I could say is that Rugby League is sort of halfway between Union and American Football.

Union is the most popular in just about every country in the world, except League is bigger in Australia and Northern England (but Union is still massive in Aus).

Read the wikipedia entrys on both because I could try to explain the differences to you (and they are huge differences) but you'd probably get lost and confused, if you aren't already.

Rugby Union
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_union
- 15 players
- rucks and mauls
- 5 point trys (kinda like a touchdown), 2 pnt conversions (extra point), 3 pnt penalties (umm, no equivalent in your football), 3 pnt drop goals (field goals
- bigger field
- play for territory
- complicated kicking rules and tactics, with field markings like the 22 and 10

Rugby League
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_League
- 13 players
- sets of 6 (kinda like "downs")
- 4 point trys , 2 pnt conversions, 2 pnt penalties, 1 pnt drop goals
- smaller field
- play for possesion
- Different kicking/touch rules, usually only kick when you reach your sixth tackle

[laxmax137]

golf, skiing, snowboarding, and fencing I categorize as individual sports, but excellent list!

First to list Curling!

*coughlaxmax137cough*

[lacrosse_newbie]

rugby
lax
paintball
football
basketball
soccer
tennis (doubles, duh)
swimming
cricket
hockey

[laxmiddie11]

football
lacrosse
soccer
basketball
baseball
rugby
water polo
cricket
volleyball
hockey

[Pitibear]

laxmiddie11, great job!

laxnewbie, good, but we eliminated tennis doubles by specifying five players minimum per team...later ammended to four to accept polo and curling, eh?

[CSlax06]

rugby lax volleyball hockey football soccer cricket baseball cycling counter-strike 1.6

cycling is a team sport... team discovery(armstrongs) Had I believe 5 people on it.

Or polo if you dont wanna take cycling. And yes it only took me 3 mintues 20 seconds.


Hahaha...we have these CS 1.6 freaks in our school. Such weirdos.

[laxmandudeguy]

football
lax
baseball
basketball
soccer
volleyball
cricket
only 7 i gess........