Basketball Trivia (general)/basketball trivia

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Dear Ben,
How many bumps are on a basketball?
Thanks
Eli

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Dear Eli,
The bumps on a basketball, called pebbling, are quite numerous.  In fact, there are 9,342,059 of them on a regulation size basketball.

If you would like any more information or have anyfurther questions, please let me know.

Thank you and best wishes,
Ben Kopnick

Basketball Trivia (general)

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I am a lifelong basketball fan who loves its history. I enjoy researching it and especially take pride in helping others. I can answer a wide range of questions due to my large reference library.

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