Quiz in Campus Journalism

QUIZ IN CAMPUS JOURNALISM
Name :______________________ Course & Yr.:_____________ Date:___________

Score:__________
I. True or False. Write A if the statement is true or B if it is false.
____1. When an athlete plays for money, he becomes a professional.
____2. One of the duties of the sports writer is to beat publicity drum for the promoters
of a game, league or establishment.
____3. A sports writer should be an encyclopedia of past events.
____4. It is important that the sports writer masters the language of sports.
____5. The sports writer may be a cheering spectator.
____6. The sports writer need not be good in the medium of his paper.
____7. A sports writer may glorify players if they deserve it.
____8. The news story and the sports story are different in structure.
____9. A sports writer must let the facts describe the action instead of using opinion.
____10.
Color and human interest features are allowed in the sports story.
II. Write the sports in which the following terms may be used.
________________1.Aquabelle
________________2.Diamond
________________3.Soccerites
________________4.Hurled the javelin
________________5.Smash cut
________________6.Spikes
________________7.Quintet
________________8.Southpaw
________________9.Change court
________________10. Uppercut
________________11. Broad jump
________________12. 4 X 100m
________________13. Shortstop
________________14. Lemon time
________________15. Lay-up
________________16. Man to man
________________17. Goalie
________________18. Singles
________________19. Tanker
________________20. Fancy kick
III.
Identification. Identify the following, choose from the list below.

Yachting
relay
baton
football
Rowing
rugby
mound
golf
_____________1.
A contest of speed by a group of rowers using long paddles.
_____________2.
A piece of wood passed from one runner to another in this game.
_____________3.
Particular place for the pitcher while he hurls the ball to the catcher.
_____________4.
A game played in an open field where the players strike a ball with a
club, intent on rolling this ball into a hole.
_____________5.
A game played in an open field with eleven players to a team who try to
carry or throw a ball through a goal to make a score.
_____________6.
A contest of speed through running by teams of four. Each member
runs a 100-m.lap.
_____________7.
A contest speed at sea by manipulating a special type of boat.
_____________8.
A game played in an open field with eleven players to a team who kick
or head a ball
IV.
Identification. Identify the following by filling the blank with the correct
answer.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Basketball was invented as an indoor game by _______________.

Hardcourt is to basketball as _______________ is to tennis.
The runner to a bas may _______________ to avoid being tagged out.
The _______________ is the king of homeruns.
There are _______________ players in a softball team (those in the field at a given
time.)
6. The _______________ is an international competition intended to develop world
understanding and sportsmanship.
7. The _______________ is considered as the most important player in a baseball
team.
8. Sports competition originated in _______________ , Greece.
9. A woodpusher is a _______________ player.
10.When a referee describes concentric circles at chest level with his forearms, the
infraction is _______________.
11.Cagers are designated as _______________,_______________, and _______________.
12.A basketball player is graduated after he has committed _______________ personal
fouls.
13.When the pitcher throws _______________ balls the batter is given 3 walk.
14.A sports story written ahead of its schedule is a _______________.
15.A regulation baseball game for high school is divided into _______________ innings.
16.That which tells how a game was played is a _______________.
17._______________ is the oldest athletic league of universities in the Philippines.
18.In a basketball game, it begins with a _______________ ball.
V. Coverage codes and symbols.
1. fg: ft: pf: tp: These are abbreviations used in _______________ reporting.
2. 2: 3: 3: _______________: Fill in the bank under tp. Fg means _______________.
3. ab: h: rbi: r po: a : e: These are parts of a _______________ boxscore.
4. 1 2 4 5 6 7 L: This is how an official scorer records in _______________.
5. 15-12; 11-15; 15-9: These are scores in _______________.
VI.
Matching Type. Match the terms is sports in Column A to the sports in

Column B.
COLUMN A
COLUMN B
____1. floored on the canvas
a. boxing
____2. shortstop
b. swimming
____3. spike
c. golf
____4. aqualads
d. football
____5. putt
e. softball
____6. on deck
f. volleyball
____7. mandatory eight count
g. baseball
____8. technical knockout
h. basketball
____9. booter
i. bowling
____10.
tenpin
____11.
slugger
____12.
tanker
____13.
halfback
____14.
lemon time
____15.
touchdown

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QUIZ IN CAMPUS JOURNALISM

Name :________________ Course & Yr.:_ Date:_____

Identification. Identify the following, choose from the list below.

Basketball was invented as an indoor game by _______________.

Matching Type. Match the terms is sports in Column A to the sports in

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