Q 01/05

Modern pole vault poles are usually made from which materials?

A) Titanium or graphite

B) Aluminium or steel

C) Bamboo or hickory

D) Fiberglass or carbon fiber

Answer · why

D) Fiberglass or carbon fiber

Fiberglass or carbon fiber. Since the early 1960s these flexible poles have bent under the vaulter's take-off and whipped straight again, catapulting ...

Q 02/05

How many attempts does a vaulter get to clear each height before being eliminated?

A) Four

B) Two

C) Three

D) One

Answer · why

C) Three

A vaulter can pass to the next height after a miss, but three consecutive misses at any heights ends the competition.

Q 03/05

American-born Olympic pole vault champion Armand Duplantis competes for which country?

A) France

B) Canada

C) Norway

D) Sweden

Answer · why

D) Sweden

Sweden. His mother is Swedish, and at 15 he chose her country over the land of his birth, partly because Sweden's vault coach offered his father a pla...

Q 04/05

Armand Duplantis was born and raised in which US state?

A) California

B) Louisiana

C) Texas

D) Florida

Answer · why

B) Louisiana

Louisiana. He grew up in Lafayette and spent a year at Louisiana State University before turning professional in 2019, then broke the world record for...

Q 05/05

Armand Duplantis's childhood nickname 'Mondo' is a word from which language?

A) Portuguese

B) Spanish

C) Italian

D) French

Answer · why

C) Italian

Italian. A family friend took to calling the small boy 'Mondo Man' and the short form stuck; mondo is Italian for 'world', which suited a future world...