Quiz #3: Answers and Explanations
There were several hundred entries to Quiz #3, and not many had a perfect score. As with Quiz #1 and Quiz #2, our officials -- not surprisingly -- had much higher scores on average. The winners in each category, randomly selected from all entries with the most answers correct received as of midnight EST on Sunday, are shown below. (Note that each of these "handles" or front portions of e-mail addresses was supplied by a single entrant, so if one of them belongs to you, you're a winner. We're still just not sure yet what you've won, as we continue to work on it.)If you didn't hit the 100% mark, don't despair! There were LOTS of people with 6 or 7 items correct (and many others not far behind), and the overall contest involves total scores across the five installments of the quiz. Scroll down to read the answers and explanations for Quiz #3, or use the links below to take Quiz No. 4 or check answers and explanations for the two earlier quizzes.
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Men's Rules Quiz: Installment #3 Answers and Explanations |
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| Quiz Item | Correct | Explanation |
1. How long can the goalie remain in the crease area when he has possession of the ball?
A. 3 seconds |
B | If he has possession of the ball, the goalie cannot remain within the crease area longer than four seconds. Note, however, that if the goalkeeper is in possession of the ball outside the crease area, he cannot re-enter with the ball. |
| 2. Seeing a teammate's missed pass about to go out of bounds, a player runs to the sideline, steps on the line, jumps, and, while in the air, quick sticks the ball back in bounds. Should play be stopped? | Yes | What is described constitutes playing from out of bounds. The call is governed by where the player last touched the ground. In this case, he would have had to have jumped or leaped from in bounds in order to stay legal. |
| 3. No player from either team may be within five yards (about 2 1/2 long sticks) of the player with the ball as the official blows the whistle resuming play after an out of bounds, a penalty, or time out. | True | Under conditions of free play, whenever a player has been awarded the ball for any reason, no player on either team is allowed to take a position closer to him than five yards (or 15 feet). |
| 4. A shot can glance off a player's stick and still be awarded based on who was closest to it when it when went out of bounds as long as the ball was "definitely going out of bounds" prior to glancing off the stick. | True | As long as there wasn't "added impetus" a shot is still a shot regardless of whether it happens to glance off or touch a player or crosse. |
| 5. If, after a face-off and before possession, a player touches the ball and it subsequently goes out of bounds, the face-off would be done again. | False | The team that did not touch the ball would be awarded possession. A re-face would occur if the ball went out of bounds before crossing the defensive clearing line (i.e., in the center field area), and none of the officials was sure who (if anyone) touched it. |
6. A player on Team A (not the goalie) gets the ball lodged in his equipment (but not in his crosse). The official should stop play immediately and award possession
A. to Team A. |
C | If the ball is caught in a player's uniform or equipment other than his crosse, play is suspended immediately, and the ball is awarded according to the alternate-possession rule. If the situation involved a goalie, the referee would count four seconds before stopping play if the ball did not become dislodged. |
| 7. An instant after Player A releases a shot, the period ends (with the ball en route to the goal) with the sounding of the automatic scoreboard horn. The ball then passes the plane of the goal, and the official whistles the end of the period. Does the goal count? | No | Lacrosse is unlike basketball, where a buzzer beating shot merely needs to be released before the horn sounds in order to count. In lacrosse, the sound of the automatic horn ends the period, period! If the ball passes through the plane of the goal after the period has ended, the goal does not count regardless of whether the official's whistle sounded. |
| 8. The ball goes out of bounds over the side line in the special substitution (penalty box) area. The official has the player gaining possession move five yards toward the center of the field before restarting. Did the official make a mistake? | No | This may seem like a mistake, but it's not. In order to prevent blocking the exchange box, this procedure is mandated when restarting play. |
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Dr. Laurence Feldman, Executive Director Dr. Robert Kroshefsky, Director of Men's Lacrosse Dr. Daniel Larsen, Director of Women's Lacrosse |
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