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1. Who invented basketball?

2. Who is the only player to score 100 points in a single NBA game?

3. In basketball, what is it called when the referee puts the ball into play by tossing it up between two opponents who try to tap it to a teammate?

4. At the games of the first professional basketball league in the United States, what was originally used to separate players from hostile fans?

5. In basketball, what term refers to throwing, batting, or rolling the ball to another player?

6. Which basketball player is credited with the introduction of the one-handed shot?

7. Following a controversial finish, which country captured the 1972 Olympic gold medal in basketball, snapping the United States’ unbeaten streak in Olympic competition?

8. Which of these basketball players retired from the NBA with the highest career scoring average?

9. What was the nickname given to basketball coach John R. Wooden, who guided UCLA’s men’s team to 10 national championships between 1964 and 1975?

10. Who was Dr. J?