Q 01/05

In polo, what do the numbers one to four given to players stand for?

A) Handicaps

B) Positions

C) Seniority

D) World rankings

Answer · why

B) Positions

Positions: the star usually plays at 3, not 1, because Number Three is the tactical leader who feeds the forwards, while Number One leads the attack a...

Q 02/05

What is the name for a period of play in polo?

A) An inning

B) A quarter

C) A chukka

D) A frame

Answer · why

C) A chukka

A chukka: riders swap tired ponies for fresh ones between chukkas, and sometimes during them, so each player brings a whole string of horses to a matc...

Q 03/05

How long is each period of play?

A) Five minutes

B) Seven minutes

C) Fifteen minutes

D) Ten minutes

Answer · why

B) Seven minutes

Play continues for up to 30 seconds after the bell, or until the next stoppage, whichever comes first.

Q 04/05

Roughly how many American football fields would fit on one full-size polo field?

A) Two

B) Nine

C) Thirty

D) Ninety

Answer · why

B) Nine

Nine: at 300 by 160 yards, about ten acres, it is often called the largest field in organised sport, with room for ponies to reach speeds of up to 35 ...

Q 05/05

What do polo's goal posts do if a horse crashes into them?

A) Spring back

B) Give way

C) Slide aside

D) Stay rooted

Answer · why

B) Give way

Give way: the posts, set eight yards apart, are kept light enough to break or topple when a pony runs into one, and a goal counts however high the bal...