20 Questions.

1. 1.
The point to the naghol ritual is that it it is aimed
at a bountiful yam harvest, and so your hair must
touch the earth, fertilising it thus with your
maleness. What is the common term for naghol?
The ritual is practised on which tract discovered by
Louis de Bougainville 50 days after Easter in 1768?

2. ANSWER
Land-jumping, Pentecost Island

3. 2.
It was a short lived event at the 1932 Games, held
along a 2” wide 60’ long horsehair strip doing flips
and twists. The only Olympic Champion was
Rowland "Flip" Wolfe of the United States. Wolfe's
key move was the backflip with a double twist,
which helped him to become the Olympic
champion . It is now incorporated into a modern
event.

4. ANSWER
Tumbling.
Now a routine that is part of floor-exercises in
gymnastics

5. 3.
Its origins can be traced to eastern Canada and the New England states,
particularly the state of Maine, during the boom in a particular business in the
19th century.
The rules were soon standardized, and camp championship contests were
held, followed by inter-camp and eventually intersectional contests, finally
culminating in national championship tournaments, called rodeos.
Contestants wore their work clothes—shortened overalls or jeans, woollen
shirts, and high-topped calked boots.
What trade/business? What sport?

6. ANSWER
Birling or Log-rolling,
Which originated among lumber-jacks.

7. 4.
The Vailima Six-shooters Championship is
one of the major tournaments in this sport,
and was begun in 1998.
Sides typically comprise 5 forwards, 5 backs,
and 5 ‘onballers’ who can move in an
unrestricted manner across the field. Which
sport?

8. ANSWER
Samoan Football

9. 5.
“The traditional, and still most popular technique is to stick a garden fork in
the ground, and hit it with a stick. The consequent vibrations bring targets to
the surface where they are collected by an assistant, known in competitive
circles as a ghillie.
But the sport is rapidly evolving, with new methods emerging all the time.
"You've always got to be thinking ahead," says Helen Forster, 32, who tap
dances on a plank to the theme from Star Wars. "Everyone's looking for a
breakthrough."
Elaine West and Gloria Bebbington, teachers at the school where the
championships began 30 years ago, use cricket stumps, which they clobber
with a bat.
Rod Trott, 68, from Cheshire was bent over a xylophone played with bottles for
extra effect. Some techniques, while strictly legal, have proved controversial.
One involved sticking knitting needles into the ground, which critics claimed
was dangerous.”
Account in The Telegraph of what?

10. ANSWER
Worm-charming, or worm-calling

11. 6.
Charles Lecour is identified as the creator of this martial art which combines
English boxing rules with sundry kicking styles from around the Marseilles area.
The name for this sport comes from the French for ‘shoe’ and shares
something with a word meaning ‘to do damage willfully’. What sport, where
most contestants play wearing their shoes?

12. ANSWER
Savate, closely related to ‘sabotage’.

13. 7.
“We had 30 teams of four playing on the Dorchester Bridge followed by 547
players in the individual games on both the Dorchester and Little Wittenham
Bridges.” From a website devoted to which sport that travelled into real-life?

14. ANSWER
Pooh-sticks,
Created in tribute to Winnie-the-Pooh’s pastime.

15. 8. Karnataka has an Association for this sport, and their logo helpfully
translates the name into English as ‘Stick-Fencing’. Which sport?

16. ANSWER
Silambam

17. 9. The sport is called Fjerleppen, and involves the skilful use of a long
aluminum pole. It takes its English name from a distinctive feature associated
with which country? What is this name?

18. ANSWER
Canal-jumping, Holland

19. 10.
They are typically built out of the wood of
one of the Artocarpus (Jackfruit) species to
specifications that were apparently laid out
in a mysterious volume titled the
Sthapathya Veda. More modern versions
are built of steel.
The local name for them comes from the
local word for snout or beak while outsiders
use somewhat more reptilian names . What
are we talking about?

20. ANSWER
Chundan Vallam or Snake-boats

21. 11.
Civil servants tried importing rubber
balls in large quantities into the villages
of Pandhurna and Savargaon in 2001
and 2002, to no avail. When they tried
stricter measures, in later years, there
was rioting. What are we talking
about?

22. ANSWER
The two villages have a stone-throwing match
every year titled Gotmaar.

23. 12.
Ningthou Kangba was ruler of this
kingdom from 1459 to 1305 BC,
often described as the first king of
_____, and is said to have invented
something which still bears his
name. Which kingdom? What did
he invent

24. ANSWER
“It was expressed that Sagol-Kangjei was invented
by Ningthou Kangba for the first time in Manipur.
So, the term Kaang-Chei or Kang-Jei (a hockey or
stick made of cane), Kang-droom (a ball made of
bamboo root) was taken after the name Kangba.”

25. 13. This event takes its name from the fact that contestants look rather like
these animals, miscalled _____ by Australians. What sport, a version of tug-of-
war played with a leather belt/band?

26. ANSWER
Goanna-pulling

27. 14.
The Kirkpinar is a tournament that has been held
continuously since the 1300s in a sport known
locally as Yagh-Gures.
The distinctive elements are a leather garment
called a kisbet, and the use of olive-oil. The winner
is usually the contestant who first puts his hand
through the other’s kisbet!!
What sport?

28. ANSWER
Turkish oil-wrestling

29. 15.
The sport of Volata (‘to fly’, literally, but ‘to
sprint’ officially) was developed in 1929 and
became popular in Italy and Spain. It was
apparently closer to ancient games such as
Harpastum and was kept alive by
government support till 1937. What caused
the rise of this sport?

30. ANSWER
Created by the Fascists in Italy to distance
sportsmen from ‘English’ games like Association
Football and Rugby/

31. 16.
Thoda-ka-khel, a ritual combining archery
and dancing, is staged in Bakhoj village,
Himachal Pradesh, and in several other
locations such as Theog, Narkanda, Chopal,
Sirmaur and Solan. It is a two-day
observance, usually held around Baisakhi.
Two teams feature—the Saatha and the
Paasha. Respectively the Sixty, and the Five,
what ancient rivalry do their matches re-
enact?

32. ANSWER
Pandavas and the Kauravas. They believe that the
latter were sixty in number, and even re-enact the
Ckahravyuha.

33. 17.
Hurling and Rounders are two of a set
of four that are known by a common
name. What are the other two sports?
What common name is used for all of
them?

34. ANSWER
Gaelic Football and Gaelic Handball. Collectively
called Gaelic Games.

35. 18. The Egremont Fair is devoted to the appreciation of a certain fruit, and
perhaps by extension, to a rather unusual contest. What contest?

36. ANSWER
Crab Apples and Gurning, a face-pulling contest.

37. 19. What sport, played using the fruit of the horse-chestnut tree in England?

39. ANSWER
Conkers

40. 20.
The term was first applied to rubber erasers
by British schoolboys in the 19th century and
is thought to be a blend of spongy and
bouncy. It was later applied to elastic ropes
and then evolved to its present meaning.
What term?

41. ANSWER
Bungee