Round 3: Obscure Sports
1. In the sport of wife-carrying, a male contestant carries a wife, either his own, his neighbors, or one found further afield, over a 270 yard (250 meter) obstacle course. What country originated this particular athletic frolic?
a) Sweden
b) Denmark
c) Norway
d) Finland
2. When J. K. Rowlings invented the sport of Quidditch, she intended a delightful fantasy sport wherein wizards zoom about the playing field on flying broomsticks. However, a few Harry Potter enthusiasts, grown men indeed, attempt to replicate the sport in the real world, although, unable to fly on the brooms, they merely carry them. Consequently, the game excites little interest, mainly attended by aged mothers tasked with affecting a passion. In …show more content…
d) Paint their toenails.
7. In 2001, organizers canceled the annual Cheese Rolling Event at Cooper 's Hill, England, where contestants pursue a cylindrical cheese down a steep hill, with injuries every year, due to-
a) Police concern about injury.
b) Floods.
c) A cheese shortage.
d) An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
8. Which of the following is NOT a real sport?
a) Bog Snorkeling, in which contestants snorkel through a trench in a Peat Bog.
b) Kangaroo Hurdling, in which kangaroos bound over hurdles on a straight course.
c) Rabbit Show Jumping – or Bunny Hopping.
d) Underwater Hockey
9. Which IS a real sport?
a) Judogami, with alternating rounds of martial arts and paper folding.
b) Muay Thai Snakes and Ladders in which contestants make moves on the board dependent on blows landed on their opponent.
c) Chessboxing, in which opponents alternate between rounds of boxing and chess.
d) Kickboxing Canasta – the name says it all.
10. Endeavoring to land a headless dead goat in a goal, teams on horseback compete in Buzkashi tournaments, the national sport of -
a) Peru
b) Afghanistan
c) Chechnya
d) Cyprus
Round 3: Obscure Sports: Answers.
1. d) The sport of wife carrying emanated from …show more content…
Who said, "Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can 't help but cry. I mean I 'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff."
a) Mariah Carey
b) Angelina Jolie
c) Lindsay Lohan
d) Jessica Simpson
10. "Predictions are difficult, especially about the future."
a) Uri Geller
b) John Edward
c) Yogi Berra
d) Derren Brown
Round 4: Who Said That? Answers.
1. b) Johnny Depp? Captain Weird? He says not.
2. b) William Shakespeare wrote that "Nature hath framed strange fellows."
3. d) Dr Seuss thought we fell not in love, but in mutual weirdness.
4. b) Anna in Frozen quite properly dismissed the prurient emphasis on foot size.
5. a) Frank Sinatra thought mornings were as good as it gets for teetotallers.
6. d) Al Gore forgot zebras wear stripes, not spots.
7. b) Arnold Schwarzenegger thought a gay marriage should consist of a man and a woman.
8. c) The lady who sees herself as a performance artist, not a pop star, Starlight, Star bright, first star I see tonight, is Madonna.
9. a) Mariah Carey wants to be skinny, but in the lap of luxury type skinny.
10. c) Yogi Berra found predictions about the future the most problematic forecasts, the past apparently much
1. In the sport of wife-carrying, a male contestant carries a wife, either his own, his neighbors, or one found further afield, over a 270 yard (250 meter) obstacle course. What country originated this particular athletic frolic?
a) Sweden
b) Denmark
c) Norway
d) Finland
2. When J. K. Rowlings invented the sport of Quidditch, she intended a delightful fantasy sport wherein wizards zoom about the playing field on flying broomsticks. However, a few Harry Potter enthusiasts, grown men indeed, attempt to replicate the sport in the real world, although, unable to fly on the brooms, they merely carry them. Consequently, the game excites little interest, mainly attended by aged mothers tasked with affecting a passion. In …show more content…
d) Paint their toenails.
7. In 2001, organizers canceled the annual Cheese Rolling Event at Cooper 's Hill, England, where contestants pursue a cylindrical cheese down a steep hill, with injuries every year, due to-
a) Police concern about injury.
b) Floods.
c) A cheese shortage.
d) An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
8. Which of the following is NOT a real sport?
a) Bog Snorkeling, in which contestants snorkel through a trench in a Peat Bog.
b) Kangaroo Hurdling, in which kangaroos bound over hurdles on a straight course.
c) Rabbit Show Jumping – or Bunny Hopping.
d) Underwater Hockey
9. Which IS a real sport?
a) Judogami, with alternating rounds of martial arts and paper folding.
b) Muay Thai Snakes and Ladders in which contestants make moves on the board dependent on blows landed on their opponent.
c) Chessboxing, in which opponents alternate between rounds of boxing and chess.
d) Kickboxing Canasta – the name says it all.
10. Endeavoring to land a headless dead goat in a goal, teams on horseback compete in Buzkashi tournaments, the national sport of -
a) Peru
b) Afghanistan
c) Chechnya
d) Cyprus
Round 3: Obscure Sports: Answers.
1. d) The sport of wife carrying emanated from …show more content…
Who said, "Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can 't help but cry. I mean I 'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff."
a) Mariah Carey
b) Angelina Jolie
c) Lindsay Lohan
d) Jessica Simpson
10. "Predictions are difficult, especially about the future."
a) Uri Geller
b) John Edward
c) Yogi Berra
d) Derren Brown
Round 4: Who Said That? Answers.
1. b) Johnny Depp? Captain Weird? He says not.
2. b) William Shakespeare wrote that "Nature hath framed strange fellows."
3. d) Dr Seuss thought we fell not in love, but in mutual weirdness.
4. b) Anna in Frozen quite properly dismissed the prurient emphasis on foot size.
5. a) Frank Sinatra thought mornings were as good as it gets for teetotallers.
6. d) Al Gore forgot zebras wear stripes, not spots.
7. b) Arnold Schwarzenegger thought a gay marriage should consist of a man and a woman.
8. c) The lady who sees herself as a performance artist, not a pop star, Starlight, Star bright, first star I see tonight, is Madonna.
9. a) Mariah Carey wants to be skinny, but in the lap of luxury type skinny.
10. c) Yogi Berra found predictions about the future the most problematic forecasts, the past apparently much