Basketball Stars - Nonfiction stories - Spring Break
  • 1. How many stars are there?
A) 45 trillion
B) A hundred million, million, million
C) tons
D) two billion
  • 2. The sun is really a _________
A) asteroid
B) scorching hot ball of glowing gas
C) series of stars
D) planet
  • 3. How far away is the sun?
A) 27 million miles
B) 45 miles
C) 93 million miles
D) 150 million miles
  • 4. How long would it take to travel to the sun in a car?
A) 150 years
B) 150 days
C) 2 weeks
D) 10 years
  • 5. How hot is the center of the sun?
A) 312 degrees F
B) 27 million degrees F
C) 100 million million million degrees
D) As hot as Florida
  • 6. How many Earths could fit inside the sun?
A) 1 million
B) 1 hundred
C) 1 thousand
D) 1 billion
  • 7. What might happen if you look directly at the sun?
A) You could see Elvis
B) You could make the sun stop shining
C) Your face might get stuck like that
D) You could harm your eyes
  • 8. The sun is really __________
A) the biggest planet in our solar system
B) our closest star
C) fun to play soccer with
D) the only sun in the universe
  • 9. Who was the first person to use a telescope to look at stars?
A) Gerald Ford
B) Galileo
C) Thomas Edison
D) Albert Einstein
  • 10. What year was basketball invented?
A) 1891
B) 2014
C) 1973
D) 1981
  • 11. Who invented basketball?
A) James Naismith
B) Ms. Miller
C) Thomas Edison
D) Stevens T. Mason
  • 12. Why was basketball invented?
A) It was too hot outside
B) Not smart enough to invent volleyball yet
C) to have a game people could play indoor
D) What else are you going to do in Massachusetts?
  • 13. What are the baskets made out of today?
A) laundry baskets
B) metal hoops
C) peach baskets
D) garbage cans
  • 14. Who plays basketball today?
A) people from all over the world
B) tall people
C) only boys
D) just girls
  • 15. Where is the inventor of basketball from?
A) South Beach, FL
B) Lansing, MI
C) Springfield, Massachusetts
D) Cleveland, OH
  • 16. How many points do you get for a normal goal?
A) 2
B) 3
C) 1
D) 4
  • 17. How far away from the basket do you need to be to get 3 points?
A) 23 feet, 9 inches
B) 15 feet
C) 10 feet
D) one million miles
  • 18. How far from the basket is the free throw line
A) 23 feet, 9 inches
B) one million miles
C) 10 feet
D) 15 feet
  • 19. How many players on each team?
A) 3
B) 6
C) 5
D) 4
  • 20. How does a basketball game start?
A) free throw
B) foul
C) travel
D) tip-off
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