Weekend Trivia - 06/18/2012

How did a heavy-duty coil spring from a John Deere cultivator change the game of basketball?

• It was used to create the first breakaway rim for basketball backboards, ensuring that backboards and players would survive slam dunks reasonably intact. Devised by a retired Illinois grain elevator manager, it was first used at the 1978 National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Final Four.

 

What does P stand for in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet?

• Papa.