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Quiz about Umpire

Umpire! Trivia Quiz


Bilbo the cat wanted to explore the human fascination for sports, but, not being human, he was denied participation. So he took up refereeing, but isn't quite sure of the rules yet. Can you help him make the correct calls?

A photo quiz by WesleyCrusher. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Time
7 mins
Type
Photo Quiz
Quiz #
360,137
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
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584
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Question 1 of 10
1. Without a valid referee exam to his name yet, Bilbo's first assignment was as a linescat in one of the world's favorite team sports. In his very first action on the pitch, he raised his flag straight over his head - what did he want to signal to the referee? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Having passed his referee exam, Bilbo traveled to the United States to officiate at his chosen game, only to find that name of the game he had learned in Britain is used for a completely different game in America. With no one else available to referee, he quickly picked up a rulebook to study. One of the most important gestures needed in refereeing at his new game is shown here - what could he be signaling with it? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Staying in the United States, Bilbo picked up another of the country's favorite sports to referee in - although he was quickly told that in this sport, he'd be addressed as an umpire instead. From the position shown in the image, which of the following calls would he most likely make? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Back in the United Kingdom, Bilbo found very little baseball to officiate in, but he was able to secure a spot as an umpire for this popular British game also played with a bat. What would be the highest number of runs he could theoretically award to a batter on a single hit? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. With the winter coming, Bilbo looked for a warmer place to do some officiating and found a new calling on the court depicted. The coach shown arguing with him was disputing an award of free throws to the opposing side. In the scene shown, a personal foul was committed against a shooter outside the 3-point line, but the ball still went in for a score. How many points and free throws should Bilbo have awarded the player? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. After officiating a few more hoops games, Bilbo found the game too tame for a predator and looked for something more combative and physical. He found his new career in the game depicted. In spite of the fact that he had some problems finding his balance on the needed footwear, he still became a proficient referee, except when it came to adjudicating penalties. Which of the following penalties would NOT automatically result in the penalized team having to play short-handed? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Hockey certainly satisfied Bilbo's appetite for a good fight, but as a cat, he found team sports somewhat against his nature. So he took another course, this time as a referee in boxing. In the picture, we see him officiating at a major title fight, but which type of fight was this clearly NOT? (You are looking for something in the rules!) Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Boxing was already close to Bilbo's idea of a perfect sport, but what was missing was a certain grace in the movements. So he looked once again and found a Japanese fighting art all to his liking - with the motions and grabs almost like a cat fight, this was it! Needless to say, he soon found himself on the tatami (mat) officiating - which word did he have to say to accompany the gesture shown, indicating that the fighter in blue had just won the fight by virtue of a single full-point technique? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. With the winter being over, Bilbo longed for some fresh air again and found it in the athletics stadium. As a cat, he was of course very interested in the triple jump. Shown here is a jumper just making the last of the three jumps, but which leg(s) had this jumper made his first two jumps with to arrive at a legal attempt? (Answer from the jumper's perspective!) Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Before returning home, Bilbo had to investigate one last type of sports that he, as a cat, never understood: motor sports. Why anyone would drive in circles in a machine emitting loud noise and smelly exhaust gases was beyond his feline understanding. So he picked up a set of flags and acted as race director. Here, he's shown making a serious mistake - he needed to prematurely end the race due to a collision, but accidentally picked the wrong flag! Quick: Which one should he have waved instead (using FIA rules)? Hint



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1. Without a valid referee exam to his name yet, Bilbo's first assignment was as a linescat in one of the world's favorite team sports. In his very first action on the pitch, he raised his flag straight over his head - what did he want to signal to the referee?

Answer: Offside

To signal an illegal offside position, a linescat (or linesman / lineswoman, if human) in Association Football (soccer) first raises his or her flag straight above the head until acknowledged by the referee. Once this acknowledgement is given, the linescat will indicate the position of the offence by lowering the flag: If the flag is held horizontally, it happened in the middle third of the pitch (by width), if held at an upwards angle, the far third and if held at a downwards angle, the near third.
2. Having passed his referee exam, Bilbo traveled to the United States to officiate at his chosen game, only to find that name of the game he had learned in Britain is used for a completely different game in America. With no one else available to referee, he quickly picked up a rulebook to study. One of the most important gestures needed in refereeing at his new game is shown here - what could he be signaling with it?

Answer: A touchdown

All four alternatives are indicated with both arms in a symmetrical position, but the touchdown signal (also used for other successful scoring events) is easy to remember because it very much reflects the "hooray" gesture of the player just having scored. For interference, Bilbo would need to hold his paws outstretched in front of himself, for a time out, he'd cross them over his head and for a first down, he'd bring them from a similarly outstretched position to a horizontal one.
3. Staying in the United States, Bilbo picked up another of the country's favorite sports to referee in - although he was quickly told that in this sport, he'd be addressed as an umpire instead. From the position shown in the image, which of the following calls would he most likely make?

Answer: Safe!

In the image, with the outfield behind him, Bilbo is serving as one of the base umpires (from the angle, most likely second base), not at home plate. He would thus be in charge of declaring a runner arriving at his base out or safe, but not make any judgement about the pitches.
4. Back in the United Kingdom, Bilbo found very little baseball to officiate in, but he was able to secure a spot as an umpire for this popular British game also played with a bat. What would be the highest number of runs he could theoretically award to a batter on a single hit?

Answer: There is no limit

By the laws of cricket, there is no limit to the number of runs a batter can score off a single hit, but in practice, physically scoring more than four runs is very rare and more than six almost unheard of. Still, in at least four instances in Test cricket, a striker and his partner managed eight runs off a single hit due to fielding errors, for example in a play by Australian Andrew Symonds (against New Zealand, 2008).

They took four physical runs before the fielding side made a bad throw sending the ball out of bounds for another four.
5. With the winter coming, Bilbo looked for a warmer place to do some officiating and found a new calling on the court depicted. The coach shown arguing with him was disputing an award of free throws to the opposing side. In the scene shown, a personal foul was committed against a shooter outside the 3-point line, but the ball still went in for a score. How many points and free throws should Bilbo have awarded the player?

Answer: Three points and one free throw

The general free throw rule in basketball is to always give as many free throws to a shooter as the shot would have been worth if it had gone in. However, in the case that the shooter still hits the hoop in spite of the foul, his score counts normally and he still receives an additional free throw to attempt an extra point with.

In an aside, Bilbo's confusion about human sports terms was complete when he asked whether "referee" or "umpire" was the correct term for a basketball official, only to be told that depending on his role on the field, either could be correct.
6. After officiating a few more hoops games, Bilbo found the game too tame for a predator and looked for something more combative and physical. He found his new career in the game depicted. In spite of the fact that he had some problems finding his balance on the needed footwear, he still became a proficient referee, except when it came to adjudicating penalties. Which of the following penalties would NOT automatically result in the penalized team having to play short-handed?

Answer: Misconduct penalty

A misconduct penalty, unlike almost all other penalties in ice hockey, is a strictly personal penalty and not assessed against the team. The player penalized will be excluded from the game for ten minutes but may be substituted for during this time. It is however rare for a misconduct penalty to be given alone; usually it is accompanied by a minor penalty so that the team will have to play short-handed for two minutes.

The two minutes on the penalty bench are in this case served by the substitute and the ten minutes only begin to run when the minor penalty ends.
7. Hockey certainly satisfied Bilbo's appetite for a good fight, but as a cat, he found team sports somewhat against his nature. So he took another course, this time as a referee in boxing. In the picture, we see him officiating at a major title fight, but which type of fight was this clearly NOT? (You are looking for something in the rules!)

Answer: A professional world championship fight

Most of the rules and equipment are the same between professional and amateur boxing, however two key differences include the number of rounds being fought and the use of head protection. Amateur boxers at all levels all the way to the Olympics must wear protective headgear while professional boxing forbids this type of protection.

A more minor difference that the points judges have to take into account is that in amateur boxing, the strength of a hit is irrelevant and only the number of successful blows counts for score while in professional boxing, hit strength and the effect on the fighting ability of the opponent are important concerns in scoring a round.
8. Boxing was already close to Bilbo's idea of a perfect sport, but what was missing was a certain grace in the movements. So he looked once again and found a Japanese fighting art all to his liking - with the motions and grabs almost like a cat fight, this was it! Needless to say, he soon found himself on the tatami (mat) officiating - which word did he have to say to accompany the gesture shown, indicating that the fighter in blue had just won the fight by virtue of a single full-point technique?

Answer: Ippon

An ippon (literally "one point") is the highest score obtainable in Judo and the fighter achieving this score by virtue of a strong throw or inescapable hold or choke instantly wins the bout. A fighter landing a technique weaker than that can be given a waza-ari (half point) or yuko (small award). Two waza-ari for the same fighter also make up an ippon, even if the opponent also has a waza-ari, but yuko, regardless of number, only count as tiebreakers if the fight goes to time with both fighters either having no waza-ari or both having one. "Hajime" is also a judo call, it is used to begin the fight, the other two should certainly never be said by a judo referee!
9. With the winter being over, Bilbo longed for some fresh air again and found it in the athletics stadium. As a cat, he was of course very interested in the triple jump. Shown here is a jumper just making the last of the three jumps, but which leg(s) had this jumper made his first two jumps with to arrive at a legal attempt? (Answer from the jumper's perspective!)

Answer: Both with the right leg

The triple jump consists of two jumps made with the same leg and then the third, usually longest, leap with the other. Thus, a jumper can either jump left-left-right or right-right-left. This is reflected in the unofficial naming "Hop, step and jump" - the first leap is done hopping on one leg, the second is a jumping step (changing foot) and the third is done using traditional long-jump technique.

(I cheated a bit here: the photo actually shows a long jump event. In a triple jump, there would not be a foul line marked at this position)
10. Before returning home, Bilbo had to investigate one last type of sports that he, as a cat, never understood: motor sports. Why anyone would drive in circles in a machine emitting loud noise and smelly exhaust gases was beyond his feline understanding. So he picked up a set of flags and acted as race director. Here, he's shown making a serious mistake - he needed to prematurely end the race due to a collision, but accidentally picked the wrong flag! Quick: Which one should he have waved instead (using FIA rules)?

Answer: A red flag

All FIA races use the same basic flag set for signaling drivers with important information. These include the yellow (danger), red (stop or prematurely end the race), green (all clear / end of danger zone), blue (faster car behind attempting to lap), black (disqualification) and checkered (normal race finish) flags.

The white flag's meaning is not standardized although most often it signals a slow car (damaged car, pace car, ambulance) ahead and some race types use additional flags with various patterns.
Source: Author WesleyCrusher

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