March Madness NCAA Basketball Tournament Quiz

In what year did the NCAA basketball tournament set a record for the most watched tournament in almost 25 years?

• 2015

• 2016

• 2017

• 2018

Where did the term 'March Madness' originally come from?

• The NCAA

• Illinois High School Association

• ESPN

• A video game company

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Who is sometimes credited with popularizing the term 'March Madness' in relation to the NCAA tournament?

• Henry V. Porter

• The NCAA

• Brent Musburger

• A video game company

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Which word could replace the word prodigious in paragraph 6 and mean nearly the same thing?

• immense

• black

• unimportant

• mediocre

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How much did the NCAA take in last year alone according to the text?

• $1 million

• $1.9 million

• $120,000

• $1 billion

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What is the approximate annual salary of the current NCAA president as mentioned in the text?

• $1.9 million

• $120,000

• $1 billion

• $21,000

According to the 2014 tax form, how much did the NCAA organization provide in "grants" to needy students?

• $1.9 million

• $120,000

• $21,000

• $1 billion

What is the text suggesting about the NCAA's assistance funding in the year following the one mentioned in the 2014 tax form?

• It increased significantly.

• It remained the same.

• It was even lower.

• It was classified as "non-profit."

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What does the text imply, or hint at, about the NCAA's ability to market (sell) March Madness products?

• They are not good at marketing.

• They know how to market t-shirts and mugs.

• They only market educational materials.

• They do not market any products.

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Which of the following words is not a connotation or meaning of the underlined word FLOCK as it is used in section 1?

• gather

• sheep

• travel

• group

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