SPECIAL PURPOSE EXAMINATION (SPEX) | 2026/2027 LATEST
UPDATED VERSION | QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS |
GRADED A+
What is sport? -
ANSWER
Sport is an embroided, structured, goal-oriented, competitive, consent-based, ludic, physical activity
- Loy & Coakley, 2006
Sports are games with the following criteria... -
ANSWER
goal directed activity, accepted rules, institutionalised, a required demonstration of physical skills
and prowess
2021 Olympics -
ANSWER
make it more youthful. new sports included surfing, skateboarding & climbing
2024 Olympics -
ANSWER
new sports include pole dancing and break dancing
E sports -
ANSWER
,335 million global audience (2019), $1 billion revenue (2020), 80 American universities are involved
Contested terrain of sport -
ANSWER
battlefield of ideas or contradictions within sport e.g. rodeos is a sport/job but is also cruel to
animals
Greyhound racing -
ANSWER
30,000 are killed because breeders don't want their DNA spread
what is the meaning and role of sport and society? -
ANSWER
exercise/physical activity and health, escape, business/economy, contributes to community
cultural opposition/resistance -
ANSWER
'alternative sports' challenge societal norms e.g. surfing. ESPN have the power to make a sport
popular
opposition to colonial rule -
ANSWER
, Trobrian island cricket - adding culture to a normal sport
self-conscious political protests -
ANSWER
1968 Mexico Olympics - black power salute - using sport to get a political message across
2016 Rio Olympics -
ANSWER
corrupt government spend so much money on a 20 day event but have nothing to show for it
hegemony -
ANSWER
a form of power that operates through consent vs coercion
when was the first cycling championship? -
ANSWER
1895
when was the treadmill invented? -
ANSWER
1818 - was used for torture
UPDATED VERSION | QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS |
GRADED A+
What is sport? -
ANSWER
Sport is an embroided, structured, goal-oriented, competitive, consent-based, ludic, physical activity
- Loy & Coakley, 2006
Sports are games with the following criteria... -
ANSWER
goal directed activity, accepted rules, institutionalised, a required demonstration of physical skills
and prowess
2021 Olympics -
ANSWER
make it more youthful. new sports included surfing, skateboarding & climbing
2024 Olympics -
ANSWER
new sports include pole dancing and break dancing
E sports -
ANSWER
,335 million global audience (2019), $1 billion revenue (2020), 80 American universities are involved
Contested terrain of sport -
ANSWER
battlefield of ideas or contradictions within sport e.g. rodeos is a sport/job but is also cruel to
animals
Greyhound racing -
ANSWER
30,000 are killed because breeders don't want their DNA spread
what is the meaning and role of sport and society? -
ANSWER
exercise/physical activity and health, escape, business/economy, contributes to community
cultural opposition/resistance -
ANSWER
'alternative sports' challenge societal norms e.g. surfing. ESPN have the power to make a sport
popular
opposition to colonial rule -
ANSWER
, Trobrian island cricket - adding culture to a normal sport
self-conscious political protests -
ANSWER
1968 Mexico Olympics - black power salute - using sport to get a political message across
2016 Rio Olympics -
ANSWER
corrupt government spend so much money on a 20 day event but have nothing to show for it
hegemony -
ANSWER
a form of power that operates through consent vs coercion
when was the first cycling championship? -
ANSWER
1895
when was the treadmill invented? -
ANSWER
1818 - was used for torture
