Stop, Take Some Time to Think Trivia Quiz

Answer: Searching for a lost ball (3 mins.)

If you've lost your ball in golf, you have up to three minutes to try to locate it before you have to take the lost-ball penalty stroke. The only other activity listed that has a strict time regulation associated with it per the official Rules of Golf is the amount of time you can wait for the ball to fall into the hole after you've reached the green, which is actually only 10 seconds and not a full minute.

The other two items mentioned are sometimes regulated by the organizers of a tournament or the owners of a golf club, but they do not form part of the official Rules of Golf.

Answer: Five minutes

Where ties are not allowed and a winner must be decided, successive overtime tie-breakers are played until a clear winner is decided. As many as six overtime periods have been necessary to determine a winner in an NBA game. In exhibition games (non-professional or non-competitive play), the coaches and/or organizers are free to decide whether overtime is to be played or not.

Answer: two

During the time that a player is in the penalty box, his or her team must play short-handed until the penalty is over OR until the other team has scored a goal. The player can leave the box immediately as soon as the other team scores, even if the full penalty has not been served.

Answer: Fighting

Fighting is probably one of the most common reasons for five-minute penalties in hockey. Often, players from both teams are taken out of the game for fighting, leaving neither team more short-handed than the other. The other offenses listed are all reasons for imposing a minor penalty.

Answer: Home-team advantage time-outs

An officials' time-out is used when the distance for a penalty needs to be remeasured, for example, in which case the officials stop the advance of the clock, perform their check, and restart the clock.

Media time-outs are used when an official replay is needed to determine the correctness of a call or, when games are being broadcast, to allow for TV and radio commercials. An automatic time-out is also referred to as a two-minute warning, and is called by the officials when there are two minutes left in both the second and the fourth quarters. This type of time-out is used in professional football.

Answer: Three

The clock is stopped so frequently in NFL and college games, often stretching the time of a match to three hours or more. In addition to the three discretionary time-outs per half per team, the referee controls the game clock and stops the clock after any incomplete pass or any play that ends out of bounds.

Answer: True

In Hourglass Play, each player's clock starts with a specified time (e.g. 1 min., 10 mins. etc.). While the first player is deciding on his or her move, that player's clock time goes down and the second player's goes up. This is similar to how an hourglass works, sand empties from the top of the hourglass as it fills the bottom. Moving slowly gives an opponent extra time, though the sum of both clocks always remains the same.

There is no maximum amount of time for a game with this timing method because as long as both players play quickly or take the same amount of time for each move, the game will continue until its natural end. If time runs out on one player's clock, the game is over and that player loses. Note that hourglass play is not very commonly used in international competitions.

Answer: One minute and thirty seconds

In tennis, it is important for play to be uninterrupted from the first service until the match ends, with no undue delays to allow players to regain their strength or rest. Rule 30 of the Rules of Tennis deals with "Continuous Play and Rest Periods." It states that "when changing ends a maximum of one minute thirty seconds shall elapse from the moment the ball goes out of play at the end of the game to the time the ball is struck for the first point of the next game." It also allows for umpire discretion, however, in cases where there is "interference that makes it impractical for play to be continuous."

Answer: False

The technical routine in synchronized swimming is made up of compulsory elements in a set order: seven for duets, and eight for team events. Duets are given 2:20 minutes and teams have 2:50 minutes to complete their elements. For scoring, 50% is awarded for execution and 50% goes to overall impression.

Answer: Bowling etiquette states that if two players come to play at the same time on two adjacent lanes, the player to the right should play first.

While there are rules governing not delaying play unduly in professional and league bowling, there are no specific stipulations as to the amount of time in which a player must finish his or her turn or game. Contrary to what is stated above, if a bowler plays out of turn, his or her score is not counted for that frame and the ball is declared a dead-ball. Players must play in the correct order and in a timely and orderly fashion.