SPM 4013 STUDY EXAMS GUIDE ALL QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Saudi Arabia - ✔✔What is the only country in the Middle East that bans young girls
and women from taking part in sport in government schools?
✔✔True - ✔✔Saudi Arabian women who have competed in the Olympics are generally
women who live in and train in the US. T/F
✔✔True - ✔✔Surfing Victoria organizes surfing events in Australia. T/F
✔✔True - ✔✔Managing the safety of surfing in Victoria is one duty carried out by
Surfing Victoria. T/F
✔✔The population of natives decreased due to diseases brought by explorers - ✔✔Why
did surfing decline in the 19th century?
✔✔True - ✔✔The Australian surfers and Hawaiian surfers have had some disputes
regarding the style of surfing. T/F
✔✔True - ✔✔Public reaction towards surfing as a part of the Tokyo Olympic Games
varies. T/F
, ✔✔8 - ✔✔How many oars are there total on a quad (type of boat in rowing)?
✔✔1896 - ✔✔Rowing has been a sport in the modern Olympics since when?
✔✔False - ✔✔Rowing is only an upper body workout. T/F
✔✔True - ✔✔The first formal intercollegiate sport event in the US is the regatta between
Harvard and Yale. T/F
✔✔Egypt - ✔✔The earliest documented rowing as a sport activity can be traced back to
1430 BC in what country?
✔✔Setting rules for surfing in Australia - ✔✔Surfing Australia's mission includes what?
✔✔False - ✔✔Surfing was an activity for Hawaiian nobles only in the past. T/F
✔✔False - ✔✔One surfer will represent each country in the Olympics. T/F
✔✔Only men will be allowed to compete in the Olympics - ✔✔Which of the following is
not a controversial issue regarding the problems with Olympic surfing? Host country is
required to have a coastline suitable for surfing; Only men will be allowed to compete in
the Olympics; Surfing is considered a spiritual activity that should not be judged
✔✔Professional watermen - ✔✔Modern rowing competitions were originally organized
among the ____________ in London, England
✔✔True - ✔✔Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of modern Olympics was a fan of rowing.
He established the IOC based on the organization model of Henley Royal Regatta. T/F
✔✔True - ✔✔Rowing is the only summer Olympic sport in which competitors face
backwards. T/F
✔✔False - ✔✔In rowing, sculling refers to the type of racing in which each athlete
handles one single oar. T/F
✔✔Test Match - ✔✔a cricket match that may last many hours or multiple days; two
innings per team
✔✔Twenty-Twenty/Twenty20/T20 - ✔✔a quicker cricket match growing in popularity;
one inning per team
✔✔The center of the pitch where the ball bounces; The yellow sticks behind the batter;
When a batter gets out - ✔✔What is a wicket? (All definitions)
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Saudi Arabia - ✔✔What is the only country in the Middle East that bans young girls
and women from taking part in sport in government schools?
✔✔True - ✔✔Saudi Arabian women who have competed in the Olympics are generally
women who live in and train in the US. T/F
✔✔True - ✔✔Surfing Victoria organizes surfing events in Australia. T/F
✔✔True - ✔✔Managing the safety of surfing in Victoria is one duty carried out by
Surfing Victoria. T/F
✔✔The population of natives decreased due to diseases brought by explorers - ✔✔Why
did surfing decline in the 19th century?
✔✔True - ✔✔The Australian surfers and Hawaiian surfers have had some disputes
regarding the style of surfing. T/F
✔✔True - ✔✔Public reaction towards surfing as a part of the Tokyo Olympic Games
varies. T/F
, ✔✔8 - ✔✔How many oars are there total on a quad (type of boat in rowing)?
✔✔1896 - ✔✔Rowing has been a sport in the modern Olympics since when?
✔✔False - ✔✔Rowing is only an upper body workout. T/F
✔✔True - ✔✔The first formal intercollegiate sport event in the US is the regatta between
Harvard and Yale. T/F
✔✔Egypt - ✔✔The earliest documented rowing as a sport activity can be traced back to
1430 BC in what country?
✔✔Setting rules for surfing in Australia - ✔✔Surfing Australia's mission includes what?
✔✔False - ✔✔Surfing was an activity for Hawaiian nobles only in the past. T/F
✔✔False - ✔✔One surfer will represent each country in the Olympics. T/F
✔✔Only men will be allowed to compete in the Olympics - ✔✔Which of the following is
not a controversial issue regarding the problems with Olympic surfing? Host country is
required to have a coastline suitable for surfing; Only men will be allowed to compete in
the Olympics; Surfing is considered a spiritual activity that should not be judged
✔✔Professional watermen - ✔✔Modern rowing competitions were originally organized
among the ____________ in London, England
✔✔True - ✔✔Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of modern Olympics was a fan of rowing.
He established the IOC based on the organization model of Henley Royal Regatta. T/F
✔✔True - ✔✔Rowing is the only summer Olympic sport in which competitors face
backwards. T/F
✔✔False - ✔✔In rowing, sculling refers to the type of racing in which each athlete
handles one single oar. T/F
✔✔Test Match - ✔✔a cricket match that may last many hours or multiple days; two
innings per team
✔✔Twenty-Twenty/Twenty20/T20 - ✔✔a quicker cricket match growing in popularity;
one inning per team
✔✔The center of the pitch where the ball bounces; The yellow sticks behind the batter;
When a batter gets out - ✔✔What is a wicket? (All definitions)
