Quiz: March Madness
1) Five thousand people watched Oregon beat Ohio State, 46-33, in Evanston, Illinois, for the first NCAA championship crown in what year?
• 1939
• 1940
• 1941
2) In 1957, the nation watched as Wilt “the Stilt” Chamberlain and his Kansas teammates lost the NCAA championship in a triple-overtime thriller that gave birth to the term “March Madness.” Which team won?
• Indiana
• Michigan
• North Carolina
3) Which college has won the most NCAA basketball championships (11 total)?
• Duke University
• UCLA
• University of Kentucky
4) Physical education teacher James Naismith invented basketball in 1891 using what as hoops?
• Fishing nets
• Peach baskets
• Laundry baskets
answers: 1. 1939; 2. North Carolina; 3. UCLA; 4. Peach baskets.