UPA Rules Quiz 2

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[edit] Introduction

  • This is the second general UPA rules quiz at Ultipedia. The first quiz can be found here.
  • While this is a quiz based on the UPA_Rules_of_Ultimate(11th ed), it is in no way officially affiliated with the UPA organization.
  • References to the rules in question are provided after you finish your quiz.

[edit] Quiz

1. An offensive player means to throw a short pass but ends up handing the disc to the receiver. What is the call ? (if any)

no call (play continues)
travel
turn over
→ X.A.D.2

2. A defensive player intercepts a pass deep in the endzone she is defending. After catching the disc she fakes a huck then sprints to the near goal line, performs a self-check and proceeds to throw the disc upfield. What is the call ? (if any)

no call (play continues)
pick
travel
→ see X.A.1

3. A defensive player intercepts a pass with a diving catch. Before he gets up he fakes a throw from his knees. He proceeds to get up to a standing position and establishes a pivot where he was kneeling before throwing the disc. What is the call ? (if any)

no call (play continues)
pick
travel
→ see XVI.J.2.a

4. An offensive and defensive player both go up for a disc. The offensive player knocks away the defender's outstretched hand and makes the catch. The defender calls a foul which the offense does not contest. Where does the disc get put back into play, and by who ?

defense gets the disc at place of the infraction
disc goes back to the offensive player who threw the contested pass at the location of the original pass
→ see Rule XVI.C.2.b.1 and XVI.H.3.b.2

5. Is it legal for a defensive player to call for a pass to trick a thrower ?

yes
no
→ II.C - "A defensive player may not pick up a live disc or a disc in play or call for a pass from the thrower."

6. A pick can only be called by a player who is within 3m of their mark.

true
false
→ False! Often a player who has been picked is father than 3m when they make the call precisely BECAUSE of the pick. They have to be within 3m when they were picked, not when they make the call. see XVI.I.1 and II.G

7. An offensive player may call a pick.

true
false.
→ (XVI.I.1) "A pick occurs whenever an offensive player moves in a manner that causes a defensive player guarding an offensive player to be obstructed by another player." and (XVI.I.2) "A pick can be called only by the obstructed player..."

8. A thrower has the disc and a second after her mark reaches 'ten' in the stall count the thrower makes an incomplete pass. The thrower does not contest the stall. Where is the disc put into play?

the disc returns to the point from which it was thrown.
the play continues as the pass was incomplete
→ (XIV.A.3) : “If the thrower has not released the disc at the first utterance of the word “ten,” it is a turnover. The marker loudly announces “stall” and play stops. A stall is not a violation and rule XVI.C does not apply.

9. The continuation rule applies to all infractions, not just picks

true
false
→ (XVI.C) Any time an infraction is called, the continuation rule applies.

10. A member of the offense retrieves a disc that has gone out of bounds and drops it while walking it back to the field (i.e. while still out of bounds). What is the call ? (if any)

no call (play continues)
travel
turn over
→ see XII.B and II.R.2

11. While out of bounds, a defensive player swats at a pass but their effort knocks the disc back over the field and is caught by an inbounds offensive player. What is the call ? (if any)

no call (play continues)
the disc becomes out of bounds when contacted by an OB defensive player
→Unless it's caught by an OB Defensive player, the disc is still IB. (IX.E) A disc becomes out-of-bounds when it first contacts the out-of-bounds area, contacts an

12. After resolving an infraction, the offensive player with the disc attempts a pass before their marker has checked it. The pass falls incomplete. What happens ?

no call (play continues)
the thrower gets the disc back and players reset to their positions at the time of the original infraction
→ see VIII.D.3.a

13. On a single play, two offensive and one defensive fouls are called. What happens ?

opposing foul calls cancel each other out, leaving the extra offensive foul call to stand
back to thrower with stall count 0
back to thrower with stall count reached plus one, or at six if over five.
→ XVI.G "If offensive and defensive players call offsetting infractions on the same play, the disc is returned to the thrower and put into play with a check, with the count reached plus one or at six if over five"

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