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Can you identify these different kinds of balls? Balls are used for playing sports. Recognizing which ball goes with which game should be easy if you love sports. For example, the traditional soccer ball is created from two flat shapes: pentagons and hexagons. Synthetic leather is used as the outside covering, as it is employed for professional level playing. If you utilize this quiz to review for a test, you are on a roll.

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Identify the Game/Sport?

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Bowls is a lawn game in which the goal is to roll slightly asymmetric balls, called bowls so that they stop close to a smaller—normally white—bowl called the "jack" or "kitty".It is most popular in Australia, New Zealand (where the natural playing surface is Cotula), the United Kingdom, and in other Commonwealth nations.

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Dodgeball means any game in which players try to hit other players with balls and avoid being hit. This game has been a feature in the famous Hollywood film Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.

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Identify the Game/sport?

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Croquet is a lawn game, played both as a recreational pastime and as a competitive sport, which involves hitting wooden or plastic balls with a mallet through hoops embedded into the grass playing court.

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That is an easyone.

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Identify the Game/sport? (Hint: It looks like volleyball but that's not what I am looking for)

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Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores the most goals. Gameplay involves swimming, players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a net defended by a goalie.

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Identify the Game/Sport? (Hint : This is not Basketball. Look at the ball and also there are no teams)

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Four square, also known as square ball, is a ball game played among four individuals on a square court divided into quadrants. With such little required equipment, almost no setup, and short rounds of play that can be ended at any time, it is a popular playground game. The players are commonly called "King" (1st square), "Queen"(2nd square), "Jack" (3rd square), and "Ace(s)" (4th-9th squares).

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Identify the Game/sport? (Hint: this sport is not played on a Board/Table)

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Racquetball is a racquet sport played with a hollow rubber ball in an indoor or outdoor court. Joe Sobek is credited with inventing racquetball in 1950, adding a stringed racquet to the game to increase velocity and control. Unlike most racquet sports, such as tennis, badminton, or squash, there is no obstacle - net or tin - to hit the ball over. Also, the court's walls, floor, and ceiling are legal playing surfaces, with only the upper part of the back wall (above 12 feet) being out-of-bounds

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Identify the Game/ Sport?

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Paintball is a game,in which players compete, in teams or individually, to eliminate opponents by hitting them with capsules containing paint (referred to as a paintball) from a gas-powered device called a paintball marker. The game is regularly played at a sporting level with worldwide leagues, tournaments, professional teams, and players, but is also used by armies to supplement military training.

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Identify the Game/Sport?

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Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin that is played using a small solid rubber ball and a long-handled racquet called a crosse or lacrosse stick. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose netting that is designed to hold the lacrosse ball. There are a different set of rules for Men and Women Lacrosse games.

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Identify the Game/Sport?

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Sepak takraw or kick volleyball is a sport native to Southeast Asia, although it was first originated from the Peninsular Malaysia of Malaysia. Resembling volleyball, except that it uses a rattan ball and only allows players to use their feet, knee, chest, and head to touch the ball. It is a popular sport in Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Philippines and Indonesia.

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