The Greatest Sports Quiz 3

Answer: Colorado

Howelsen Hill is the oldest continually-operating ski area in North America. It has produced over 100 Olympians, 22 Colorado Ski Hall of Famers, and 13 National Ski Hall of Fame inductees.

Answer: 1896

There were four swimming events at the first modern Olympics, 1896 Athens. Alfréd Hajós of Hungary, took the top spot for both the 100-meter and 1200-meter (sic) freestyle while Paul Neumann of Austria and Ioannis Malokinis of Greece won the 500-meter freestyle and the sailors 100-meter freestyle respectively.

Answer: Drafting

When drafting behind another cyclist, you move into an area of low pressure, which reduces the wind resistance and makes it easier to pedal; you can go farther and faster. You need to be within one bike length of the rider's back wheel.

Riding in a paceline is a more organized way to draft. In a paceline, the riders take turns leading the group (single file or double file). This allows everyone in the group to experience the benefits of drafting.

Answer: Shinto

Sumo is a very old sport, with roots dating back over 1,500 years. It originated as a Shinto ritual performed at shrines.

Even today, sumo is still closely associated with its religious origins. The ring-entering ceremonies are Shinto purification rituals, and newly promoted yokozuna (the highest rank in sumo) perform their first ring-entering ceremony at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo. The canopy that hangs over the ring is modeled after the roof of a Shinto shrine, indicating that the ring itself is a holy place. Sumo is seen in Japan as more than just a sport, but also a form of spiritual practice.

Answer: Doug Henry

Doug Henry was a three-time American Motorcyclist Association national champion (1993, 1994 and 1998). The 1998 win was in a Yamaha 250 four stroke. He has won a gold medal in the sport at the 2005 Summer X Games in 2005. He was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2005.

Answer: Dottie Hunter

The Milwaukee Chicks were a professional baseball team with the All-American Girl's Professional Baseball League. They won the title in their inaugural year (1944), but due to a lack of support from fans moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1945 onwards, where they won two more championships (1947 and 1953). Dottie Hunter played first base for both the Kenosha Comets and Racine Belles in 1943.

She began chaperoning the Chicks in 1944 and continued until the league closed in 1954.

Answer: Ohio State

Dodgeball is a game in which two teams try to eliminate each other by throwing balls at each other. The game is typically played in schools, but it is also played at a competitive level by the World Dodgeball Federation. The WDF organized the first Dodgeball World Championship in 2012.

Answer: 1998

Curling made its debut during the inaugural Winter Olympic Games in Chamonix, France, in 1924 as a demonstration sports. Between 1928 and 1992, curling was intermittently held solely as a demonstration sport, meaning it was presented just to raise awareness of it, and none of the medals won actually counted toward a country's final tally. Both men's and women's curling officially joined the program in Nagano in 1998.

In 2006, the International Olympic Committee decided to retroactively upgrade the curling medals from the 1924 Olympics from demonstration to official medals.

Answer: 1897

The Boston Marathon is the oldest and fastest marathon in the USA. It's also known for its infamous Heartbreak Hill, which is a steep incline located at mile 20. Although Heartbreak Hill is not the highest point on the course, it is often the most difficult as it's just six and a bit miles from the finish line.

Answer: Fletching

The word "archery" comes from the Latin word "arcus" (which means "bow"). The oldest known evidence of the use of a bow and arrow comes from sites such as Sibudu Cave in South Africa, where arrowheads have been found that date back to 64,000 years ago.

Answer: Ernie Pyle

The U.S. Army Department introduced kickball to soldiers as an informal game in 1943. Although the sport is often seen as a children's game in the United States, several adult leagues have been created in recent decades. The general rules of baseball are followed, the ball is larger than a baseball, and is kicked (there are no bats).

Answer: Cricket

Cricket is a popular sport that is second only to soccer in terms of global popularity. It has a variety of defensive positions, including gully, silly mid-off, and deep mid wicket. The two most common materials used to construct a cricket bat are Kashmir and English willow.
The Air Zoom Yorker is a spiked cricket shoe.

Answer: 1130

Pope Innocent II banned jousting in 1130, declaring it a sin and prohibiting a proper Christian burial for those who died in the sport. He believed that jousting was too violent and distracted knights from their duties to the church. The ban was lifted in 1192 by King Richard I, who was a keen jouster himself.

Answer: 1888

To deal with variations in regional rules, in 1888, the London Water Polo League was founded and approved a set of rules to allow team competition, forming the basis of the modern-day game. The first English championships were played in 1888. In 1890, the first international water polo game was played; Scotland defeated England, 4-0.

Answer: 4

Lacrosse originated in North America in the 12th century, and was originally a much more violent game than the one we know today. European colonists began modifying lacrosse in the 15th century to make it less violent, and the sport eventually evolved into the one played today.