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Quiz: How Mad Are You for March Madness?

Test your knowledge of the NCAA basketball tournament

Randy Lilleston,

AARP

Published March 16, 2023

/ Updated March 20, 2024

8 Questions

Quiz: How Mad Are You for March Madness?

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 "question" : "In what year was the first NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament held?\n",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "1939",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 }, {
 "answer" : "1948",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "1952",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "1958",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 } ],
 "multiSelect" : false,
 "explanation" : "Oregon beat Ohio State for the title in the eight-team tournament.\n",
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}, {
 "question" : "The American Gaming Association estimated this many people participated in an NCAA Tournament bracket contest in 2023.\n",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "31 million",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "42.7 million",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "51.5 million",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "56.3 million",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 } ],
 "multiSelect" : false,
 "explanation" : "The group also estimated 68 million adults wagered money on the tournament.\n",
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 "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
 "question" : "The first NCAA women’s tourney was in 1982. Which team won the championship?\n",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "USC",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "Connecticut",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "Tennessee",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "Louisiana Tech",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 } ],
 "multiSelect" : false,
 "explanation" : "The Lady Techsters went 35-1 that season.\n",
 "hint" : "",
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}, {
 "question" : "Which postseason basketball tournament is older: the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) or the NCAA men's tourney?\n",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "NCAA",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "NIT",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 } ],
 "multiSelect" : false,
 "explanation" : "The NIT, which was once a more prestigious tourney because of the small NCAA field, first was held in 1938.\n",
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}, {
 "question" : "True or false? March is one of the most popular times for vasectomies, a procedure that patients typically recover from at home (possibly during a packed weekend of basketball).\n",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "True",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 }, {
 "answer" : "False",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 } ],
 "multiSelect" : false,
 "explanation" : "A peer-reviewed study in 2018 showed March and December (typically the last month to use health care flex spending funds) were the most popular months for vasectomies.\n",
 "hint" : "",
 "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
 "question" : "Which women's team has the most NCAA Division I basketball championships?\n",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "Tennessee",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "Baylor",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "Stanford",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "Connecticut",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 } ],
 "multiSelect" : false,
 "explanation" : "UConn has won 11 championships and is a number 3 seed in its regional this year.\n",
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}, {
 "question" : "Who is the all-time leading scorer in the men’s tournament?\n",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "Shaquille O’Neal",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "Christian Laettner",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 }, {
 "answer" : "Pete Maravich",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "Wilt Chamberlain",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 } ],
 "multiSelect" : false,
 "explanation" : "Laettner scored 407 points in his tournament appearances.\n",
 "hint" : "",
 "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
 "question" : "In what year did the NCAA men’s tournament expand to 64 teams?\n",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "1965",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "1975",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "1985",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 }, {
 "answer" : "1995",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 } ],
 "multiSelect" : false,
 "explanation" : "The women's field expanded to 64 teams in 1994.\n",
 "hint" : "",
 "hintLink" : "",
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} ]

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Randy Lilleston is the homepage editor for AARP.org. He previously served as editor-in-chief for business news publisher Industry Dive and was a senior digital editor for NPR, USA Today and CNN.