Q 01/05

What is the target area at the end of a curling sheet called?

A) The rink

B) The house

C) The hack

D) The hog

Answer · why

B) The house

The house: its coloured rings carry no values of their own. Any stone in them scores a single point, provided it lies nearer the centre than every opp...

Q 02/05

Who throws the stones on a curling team?

A) Only the captain

B) The two sweepers

C) All four players

D) Two chosen throwers

Answer · why

C) All four players

All four players: each throws two of the team's eight stones, and whoever isn't throwing either sweeps or stands at the far end directing the shot.

Q 03/05

What are curling stones made of?

A) Marble

B) Basalt

C) Slate

D) Granite

Answer · why

D) Granite

Granite: the dense, fine-grained kind used for stones takes in almost no water, so melted ice can't seep in, refreeze and pit the stone's polished und...

Q 04/05

When curlers talk about a stone's 'weight', what do they mean?

A) How heavy the stone itself is

B) How hard it was thrown

C) How sharply it will curl

D) How many points it is worth

Answer · why

B) How hard it was thrown

How hard it was thrown: 'weight' is a stone's speed, not its mass. Sweepers judge it as they run alongside and call out where they expect the stone to...

Q 05/05

What is the last stone thrown in an end called?

A) The anchor

B) The hammer

C) The closer

D) The nail

Answer · why

B) The hammer

The hammer: throwing last is such an advantage that scoring costs you it. Whichever team takes points in one end hands the hammer to its opponents for...