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You're the Basketball Ref: 101 Questions to Test Your IQ

Novelty book

Main Details

Title You're the Basketball Ref: 101 Questions to Test Your IQ
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Wayne Stewart
Physical Properties
Format:Novelty book
Pages:216
Dimensions(mm): Height 153,Width 153
Category/GenreSoccer (football)
Basketball
ISBN/Barcode 9781620872536
ClassificationsDewey:796.323
Audience
General
Illustrations black & white illustrations, colour illustrations

Publishing Details

Publisher Skyhorse Publishing
Imprint Skyhorse Publishing
Publication Date 21 February 2013
Publication Country United States

Description

Do you think you know basketball? Do you think you know it well enough to take the court as an NBA or NCAA referee and accurately make the really tough calls? Well, here's your chance to prove how much you really know about the history and rules of one of the world's most popular sports. You Be the Basketball Ref is designed to inform, challenge, and entertain basketball fans. A brief introduction to the history of basketball is followed by an overview of NBA and NCAA matters. Topics range from situations that typically come up in games-traveling and shot clock violations, for example-to rules that are just a bit more unusual or, for the casual fan, more obscure. Then quiz yourself on what call you would make in each scenario! Not merely a quiz book, You Be the Basketball Ref has several purposes beyond merely testing your knowledge of basketball rules. Other goals include informing you (e.g., did you know that through 2012 there are 13 referees enshrined in the Hall of Fame including Earl Strom and Marvin "Mendy" Rudolph?) and entertaining you along the way. Many of the situations in You Be the Basketball Ref come from real games, but some scenarios are made up to illustrate specific points or rules. So don your stripes, grab your whistle, and take your position on the court. After all, you're the ref!

Author Biography

Wayne Stewart has been a professional sportswriter for more than thirty-five years and has authored thirty books, including Name that Ballplayer, You're the Umpire, and The Little Giant Book of Basketball Facts.