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Quiz about Sports Appreciation for Couch Potatoes

Sports Appreciation for Couch Potatoes Quiz

Personal trainer to the unknown, Sporty Sebastian, accepted the monumental challenge of convincing Dedicated Couch Potato Rowena that sport can be interesting. Here's how he tackled the task.

A multiple-choice quiz by Rowena8482. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
Rowena8482

Time
6 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
331,425

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

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7 / 10

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513

Question 1 of 10

1. In his attempts to get me, Rowena the Dedicated Couch Potato, interested in sport, Sporty Sebastian appealed to my girly side. "You must like ponies, every girl loves ponies" he cried in desperation. About an hour into his lecture on the finer points of polo, he noticed that my eyes had glazed and small sounds, suspiciously like snores, were emerging from the depths of the hood of my cardigan. One fact about the sport stuck in my lazy brain though. Which of these four options is true about polo?
Hint

Only male ponies are used

Players must play right handed

If a player falls off three times, he is sent off from the game

The ball is soaked in essence of mint, to make it smell attractive to the ponies

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Question 2 of 10

2. "Ribbons!" shouted my would-be personal trainer Sporty Sebastian. This made me, Rowena the Dedicated Couch Potato jump violently, and spill my candy all over the floor. Labouring under the misapprehension that all girls like ribbons, dancing, and music, Sebastian launched into an impromptu demonstration of his skills in rhythmic gymnastics. In awe of his enthusiasm, I gave him full marks of 10/10 in each of the three categories set down by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique for international competition.
Which of these is not one of the three scoring categories for a rhythmic gymnastics international contest? Hint

Musicality

Artistic

Technical

Execution

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Question 3 of 10

3. With me, Rowena, being such a truly devoted couch potato, my personal trainer Sporty Sebastian wracked his brains for a sport that might catch my interest enough to actually get me moving.
"I know!", he cried triumphantly, "Spa treatments, and a glass of wine. What more could you want?" I was doubtful that anything involving spa treatments and wine could actually be classed as sport, but was willing to be convinced. Which sport, with a World Championship held every August, was founded in a Welsh pub and involves lots and lots of mud? Hint

Cow pat hoying

Bog snorkeling

Cheese rolling

Wellie chucking

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Question 4 of 10

4. As I, Rowena the Dedicated Couch Potato remained resolutely reclining, my personal trainer Sporty Sebastian resorted to a sneak approach to sports appreciation for the lazy. Skilfully commando-crawling across the lounge, he made a long arm and popped a DVD into the player. Snatching the remote and floating like a butterfly out of my reach, he forced me to watch Esther Williams, and The Kroftettes. They were demonstrating why they were considered among the best in the world when they helped pioneer their sport, which, since 1984, has been an Olympic event. Which sport was I watching? Hint

Figure skating

Ski hot dogging

High diving

Synchronized swimming

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Question 5 of 10

5. Spotting the numerous books piled all around my recliner, Sporty Sebastian the personal trainer tried a literary angle to get me, Rowena the Dedicated Couch Potato, interested in sport. He casually inquired if I'd ever heard of a world record breaking sportsman who shared a name with a famous Elizabethan poet and dramatist. Which Olympic gold medalist, later disgraced after failing a drug test, was he talking about? Hint

Alfred Tennyson

William Shakespeare

Ben Johnson

John Donne

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Question 6 of 10

6. Despairing of getting me, Rowena the Dedicated Couch Potato, to actually rise from my recliner, top personal trainer Sporty Sebastian tried a different approach, sports where the participants sit down! As he waxed lyrical about the joys of angling, the sunny riverbank, the plash of the water, the large hamper full of food and drink, the padded seat-box, and so on, I drifted off into an idyllic reverie.
In England, anglers over a certain age are legally required to buy a rod license before they can fish. What age is this?
Hint

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Question 7 of 10

7. Deciding on a slightly sneaky approach to getting me, Rowena the Dedicated Couch Potato, to take an interest in sport, my personal trainer Sporty Sebastian played a nice piece of classical music for me. As the sound filled the air, he told me all about how the British ice skaters Torvill and Dean scored 12 perfect 6.0s for artistic impression, when they won the Winter Olympic Gold Medal in Sarajevo. Which famous piece of music did they skate to on that day in 1984? Hint

Ride of the Valkyries

Carmina Burana

Bolero

1812 Overture

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Question 8 of 10

8. Ever more determined to get me, Rowena the Dedicated Couch Potato, to take an interest in sport, Sporty Sebastian the personal trainer now tried to lure me from my lounging with tales of adventure and derring do, with yodeling, wrestling lions, crocodiles, and a handsome hunk.
Which famous "Tarzan of the Apes" was also the first man ever to swim 100 metres in under one minute? Hint

Buster Crabbe

Lex Barker

Gordon Scott

Johnny Weissmuller

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Question 9 of 10

9. In a bid to appeal to the glamorous side of Dedicated Couch Potato life, personal trainer Sporty Sebastian extolled the virtues and joys of the 'Sport of Kings'. A day at the races, mixing with the rich and famous should be enough to get anyone up and out of the house.
Which of these races is not one of the three which make up the English Triple Crown? Hint

2000 Guineas

Epsom Derby

St. Ledger Stakes

King George VI Stakes

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Question 10 of 10

10. With tears of frustration in his eyes, poor defeated Sporty Sebastian decided to have one last final try at getting me, Rowena the Dedicated Couch Potato, up and moving. He withdrew to a safe distance and launched his secret weapon.
First played in England in 1997, the governing body for this sport goes by the acronym EIB. At the 2002 World Championships in Germany, the team event was won by the British squad, and the individual medal went to an entrant known only as "Hot Pants". Which sport is this? Hint

Road Luge

Grass Skiing

Lawn Mower Racing

Extreme Ironing

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Players must play right handed

Top class polo ponies can cost many thousands of dollars to buy. Training a pony can take anywhere from six months to two years, and anything up to a dozen can be used by a single player in a major match. Although they are termed ponies, they are actually horses, and can be anything from just over 14 up to 16 hands high (56"-64").

2. "Ribbons!" shouted my would-be personal trainer Sporty Sebastian. This made me, Rowena the Dedicated Couch Potato jump violently, and spill my candy all over the floor. Labouring under the misapprehension that all girls like ribbons, dancing, and music, Sebastian launched into an impromptu demonstration of his skills in rhythmic gymnastics. In awe of his enthusiasm, I gave him full marks of 10/10 in each of the three categories set down by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique for international competition. Which of these is not one of the three scoring categories for a rhythmic gymnastics international contest?

Answer: Musicality

The Federation Internationale de Gymnastique, based in Lausanne in Switzerland, is the world governing body for all gymnastics, including rhythmic. It was in 2008 that they set the scoring method for the three categories with a perfect score of 10 in each. Since 2008, the FIG has also stated which four of the five possible pieces of apparatus will be used in each major competition.

The five pieces are ball, ribbon, clubs, rope, and no apparatus or floor. At the Olympic Games, only ladies compete in rhythmic gymnastics, and the first ever Olympic Gold Medal was awarded in 1984 to Canadian Lori Fung.

3. With me, Rowena, being such a truly devoted couch potato, my personal trainer Sporty Sebastian wracked his brains for a sport that might catch my interest enough to actually get me moving. "I know!", he cried triumphantly, "Spa treatments, and a glass of wine. What more could you want?" I was doubtful that anything involving spa treatments and wine could actually be classed as sport, but was willing to be convinced. Which sport, with a World Championship held every August, was founded in a Welsh pub and involves lots and lots of mud?

Answer: Bog snorkeling

The actual sport of bog snorkeling was invented in 1976, at the Neuadd Arms in Wales. It involves a participant, wearing flippers, traversing a 55 metre trench cut into a peat bog. They are only allowed to use their feet/flippers to move them along the trench, and the object is to go the whole length in the shortest time.
The first World Championship was held in 1985, and has been held on the August Bank Holiday (the last Monday of the month) every year since.
In 2010, the winner of the men's title also set a new world record of 55 metres in 1:30.06.

Answer: Synchronized swimming

The governing body for synchronized swimming is the Federation Internationale de Natation (FINA), which is also in charge of competitive swimming, diving, and water polo.
Although the first Olympic medals were not awarded until 1984, synchronized swimming was a demonstration sport as early as the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki.

Answer: Ben Johnson

Ben Jonson the writer was a contemporary and rival of Shakespeare. On his gravestone at Poets Corner in Westminster Abbey, his name is spelled Johnson, which is how Ben Johnson the sprinter spells his surname. Johnson the athlete was born in Jamaica, but competed internationally for Canada.

He set a new world record in the 100 metres race at the 1988 Olympic Games held in Seoul. Unfortunately, he was later disqualified in a 'doping' scandal, after he was found to have banned substances in his system.

He has always claimed that a "mystery man" interfered with his drug test sample in Seoul, although he admitted using various banned drugs in order to win races during his career.

6. Despairing of getting me, Rowena the Dedicated Couch Potato, to actually rise from my recliner, top personal trainer Sporty Sebastian tried a different approach, sports where the participants sit down! As he waxed lyrical about the joys of angling, the sunny riverbank, the plash of the water, the large hamper full of food and drink, the padded seat-box, and so on, I drifted off into an idyllic reverie. In England, anglers over a certain age are legally required to buy a rod license before they can fish. What age is this?

Answer: 12

Anyone aged 12 or over caught fishing without a license in England or Wales is liable to a fine. The licensing system is controlled by the Environment Agency.
Public fishing rights, rules, and regulations in England date back to the time of King John and the Magna Carta which he signed in 1215, although they have been modified many times over the intervening years.

Answer: Bolero

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean first entered the Olympics in 1980 in Lake Placid, and placed fifth. In 1984, they took the gold in Sarajevo, watched by a British television audience of 24 million people. They skated to "Bolero", by Maurice Ravel, which premiered in 1928.

8. Ever more determined to get me, Rowena the Dedicated Couch Potato, to take an interest in sport, Sporty Sebastian the personal trainer now tried to lure me from my lounging with tales of adventure and derring do, with yodeling, wrestling lions, crocodiles, and a handsome hunk. Which famous "Tarzan of the Apes" was also the first man ever to swim 100 metres in under one minute?

Answer: Johnny Weissmuller

Johnny Weissmuller set a new world record and was the first man to go under one minute, when he swam the 100m in 58.6 seconds in 1922. He went on to win the gold medal for the 100m at the 1924 Olympic Games held in Paris. Buster Crabbe was also a competitive swimmer, and won a gold medal in the 400m freestyle event at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles. He had previously won a bronze at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam.
Gordon Scott and Lex Barker both portrayed "Tarzan" many times on film, but neither of them was ever a competitive swimmer.

9. In a bid to appeal to the glamorous side of Dedicated Couch Potato life, personal trainer Sporty Sebastian extolled the virtues and joys of the 'Sport of Kings'. A day at the races, mixing with the rich and famous should be enough to get anyone up and out of the house. Which of these races is not one of the three which make up the English Triple Crown?

Answer: King George VI Stakes

Perhaps the most famous winner of the English Triple Crown was Nijinsky, who achieved the feat in 1970. In the first 150 years of the three races' history, only 15 horses managed to win all three in the same year.
Nijinsky is the same horse who was registered in the USA as Nijinsky II, when he went there to stud after his racing career was over.

10. With tears of frustration in his eyes, poor defeated Sporty Sebastian decided to have one last final try at getting me, Rowena the Dedicated Couch Potato, up and moving. He withdrew to a safe distance and launched his secret weapon. First played in England in 1997, the governing body for this sport goes by the acronym EIB. At the 2002 World Championships in Germany, the team event was won by the British squad, and the individual medal went to an entrant known only as "Hot Pants". Which sport is this?

Answer: Extreme Ironing

Founded in Leicester, England, extreme ironing now has participants all over the world, including groups as far afield as New Zealand, South Africa, and Japan. In order to qualify, the garment ironed must be a minimum of 24 inches by 12 inches (about the size of a tea/dish towel). Over 80 contestants entered the 2002 World Championships held in Munich.

Source: Author Rowena8482

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