Quiz #5: Answers and Explanations
There were again several hundred entries to this week's quiz. A few items on this one were more difficult, so there weren't many entries with perfect scores. Note that item #7 proved to be problematic given the way many appeared to interpret it, so we didn't hold that one against anybody. As with the previous quizzes, our officials had much higher scores (and a much nigher percentage of perfect 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. (Each of these "handles" as 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.)We're still double checking everything but have notified the likely overall winners and requested their permission to post their names and a little bit about them. Scroll down to read the answers and explanations for Quiz #5, or use the links below to check answers and explanations for the earlier quizzes.
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Men's Rules Quiz: Installment #5 Answers and Explanations |
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| Quiz Item | Correct | Explanation |
| 1. If a penalty releases prior to possession on a face-off, the released player cannot enter the field through the special substitution area. | True | PRIOR to possession, a player can enter the field only from the sideline beyond the defensive clearing line (where the other restrained players are). AFTER possession, a player can enter only through the special substitution area. This call can be tricky, particularly in a game with a running game/penalty clock. |
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2. Several players are scrambling for a loose ball.
Situation 1: While the players are 3 yards from a loose ball, a player on Team A bumps a Team B player on the back causing him to stumble, and he nearly falls to the ground. The official raises one arm and yells "Play On". The Team B player quickly continues on, scoops but falls to gain possession of the ball. The official then blows a whistle stopping play.
Situation 2: While the players are just 2 yards from a loose ball, a player on Team A shoves a player from Team B in the back, knocking him to the ground. There is an immediate whistle stopping play. Which situation will result in the Team A player serving a 30 second technical penalty? A. Situation 1 only |
D | Situation 1 is a possession technical. Situation 2 is either a possession technical or a personal foul depending on the severity. There can't be a 30 second technical during a loose ball. |
| 3. Player A runs behind the crease, cuts suddenly around to the front, and releases a shot while deliberately diving (but still completely outside the crease area) and scores. After the shot rips the nets, his momentum carries him into the crease. Does the goal count? | No | This is the "dive" many (most?) folks would like to see be legal. Certainly nearly everyone understands that a goal is not scored when any part of the body of a player on the attacking team is in the goal-crease area prior to the ball crossing the goal line. Because of a deliberate leap or dive, an attacking player can't be in the opponent's goal-crease area at any time, even after the ball has crossed the goal line and the whistle has sounded to stop play. |
| 4. Unlike college basketball, where a player who accumulates five fouls is removed from the game (i.e., fouls out), there is no similar provision in lacrosse. Players can only be removed from a game for committing expulsion fouls. | False | Here there is some similarity between basketball and lacrosse. In lacrosse, it's not any foul, however. A player must accumulate five personal (as opposed to technical) fouls before he is disqualified from the game. The rule applies regardless of the penalty time accrued, that is, it's number of personal fouls, not the number of total penalty minutes that matters where disqualification is concerned. |
| 5. A team in possession of the ball in the attack area takes the ball outside the attack area, thus starting a new 10-second count. As the official is reaching the count of 10, the player with the ball leaves his feet, diving toward the attack area. While airborne, he crosses the vertical plane of the attack area boundary. The official reaches 10 a split second later, and then the player hits the ground. Has the player met the requirement for advancing the ball into the attack area within the allotted 10 seconds? | No | The 10-second requirement for advancing the ball into the attack area is met when either the ball or the player in possession touches anything within the area. This means a player must be in contact with the ground (within the attack area) to satisfy the requirement. In the situation described, the player was airborne and not in contact with the ground as the 10 seconds elapsed, so he is not considered to be in the attack area. |
6. Which of the following statements regarding the penalty time for simultaneous personal fouls is FALSE?
A. As long as none of the fouls is an expulsion foul, and the fouls are of the same type (e.g., personal), then the fouls cancel, and no penalty time is served. |
A | Choices B-D are true statements. Choice A is false (and therefore the right answer) because simultaneous personal fouls can never cancel. However, technical fouls can cancel. |
7. After the start of a face-off but prior to possession, there's a whistle stopping play. Players are not released from behind the defensive area lines prior to the restart if the whistle stopping play was for
A. a possession technical penalty. |
A | Only an out of bounds or a time-served penalty would release the players prior to the whistle restarting play. |
8. An official spots a loose ball personal foul just as the period is about to end, and there is not time for a whistle. What SHOULD happen next?
A. Since neither team gained possession, the period ended, and there was no whistle, the loose ball personal foul should be ignored. The face-off to begin the next period would then take place as usual. |
C | Even though the personal foul didn't occur during a live ball (i.e., while the clock was running), this is still a "flag down" situation as the period ended. The team that was fouled gets the ball at the start of the next period, and there is no face-off. |
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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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