Rugby history
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Jason Robinson
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Physical Ed
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6th - 8th Grade
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1.
Multiple Choice
Who created the game of rugby?
Major Walter Wingfield
James Naismith
Walter Camp
William Webb Ellis
Answer explanation
Fun fact: All of these options were inventors of sports!
Naismith-basketball
Camp-American football
Wingfield-tennis
Fun fact #2: Wllis was a student at the Rugby school, hence the name
2.
Multiple Choice
How many players play in a rugby union game?
10
12
15
20
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Multiple Choice
When was the International Rugby Board founded?
1886
1903
1899
2004
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Multiple Choice
Rugby football soon became one of the most significant sports in the promotion of English and, later, British imperial manliness.
True
False
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Multiple Choice
Where was the first college rugby club?
University College of London
Universities of Oxford and Cambridge
King's College
University of Leeds
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Multiple Choice
When was the first Rugby World Cup?
1923
1987
1955
1996
Answer explanation
The first Rugby World Cup competition organized by the International Rugby Board (IRB) was held in 1987 in New Zealand and Australia and was a popular and financial success.
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