Questions
- What is the name of the sport that involves riding a horse while attempting to throw a polo ball into the opposing team’s goal, similar to traditional polo but played in the water?
- Which unusual sport, originating in Finland, involves participants throwing a mobile phone as far as they can?
- What is the sport called where participants chase a large cheese wheel down a steep hill, an event famously held annually at Cooper’s Hill in England?
- Which sport involves competitors climbing up a greased pole to reach a ham placed at the top, traditionally celebrated in Italian festivals?
- What is the name of the competition where participants take turns hitting a beer keg with a hammer, trying to drive it as far as possible?
- Which unusual sport, also known as ‘head-ping-pong’, is played with participants bouncing a table tennis ball back and forth using only their heads?
- What is the name of the team sport that combines elements of soccer and volleyball, played with a ball that is hit over a net using any part of the body except the hands?
- Which sport, popular in the Netherlands, involves competitors pole-vaulting over a river or canal to reach the other side?
- What is the name of the competitive event where participants attempt to carry their wives through an obstacle course in the fastest time possible, originating in Finland?
- Which unusual winter sport involves participants skiing down a hill while being pulled by a horse, a dog, or a motor vehicle?
Answers
- Water polo.
- Mobile phone throwing.
- Cheese rolling.
- Greasy pole climbing.
- Keg tossing.
- Headis.
- Sepak takraw.
- Fierljeppen.
- Wife carrying.
- Skijoring.
