Water Sports

What this quiz asks

• Into how many periods of play is a water polo match divided?
• At which Portuguese town do surfers ride the giant waves of Praia do Norte?
• Which stroke do almost all swimmers choose in freestyle races, because it is the fastest?
• How long is an Olympic swimming pool?
• On a boat, which side is "port" when you face the front?
• Backstroke races start with the swimmers already in the water.
• In rowing, what is the main job of the coxswain?
• The Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge universities is rowed on which river?
• When Gertrude Ederle swam the English Channel in 1926, was she faster than every man who had done it before her?
• Order these rowing boats by the number of rowers on board, fewest first.
• The America's Cup, sailing's most famous trophy, takes its name from what?
• Select ALL of these that have been Olympic medal sports.
• In 1875, Matthew Webb became the first person to swim the English Channel. Roughly how many hours did it take him?
• Which Hawaiian Olympic swimming champion helped spread surfing around the world in the early 1900s?
• What mainly sets a kayak paddle apart from the paddle of a Canadian canoe?
• In water polo, field players may only touch the ball with one hand at a time.
• In surfing, what does it mean to "hang ten"?
• Select ALL of these that are manoeuvres used when sailing.
• Which Australian swimmer won the Olympic 100 m freestyle three times in a row, from 1956 to 1964?
• At the Paris 2024 Olympics, the surfing contest took place at Teahupo'o, on which island?