Q 01/05

At what time each morning does the Pamplona bull run begin?

A) 6 a.m.

B) 8 a.m.

C) 10 a.m.

D) Noon

Answer · why

B) 8 a.m.

8 a.m. is when the starting rocket goes up, but the run used to begin at dawn: it was held at six until 1924, then at seven, and only reached its pres...

Q 02/05

Which animals are let loose in the Pamplona bullring for runners to dodge once the morning's bulls are penned?

A) Young cows

B) Trained steers

C) Older bulls

D) Wild horses

Answer · why

A) Young cows

Young cows, the 'vaquillas', are sent in with capped horns; smaller and nimbler than the bulls, they still bowl over plenty of the amateurs crowding t...

Q 03/05

Roughly how long is the Pamplona bull-run route?

A) 80 metres

B) 250 metres

C) 850 metres

D) 3 kilometres

Answer · why

C) 850 metres

About 850 metres of old-town streets is all it covers, yet nobody runs the lot: the herd is too fast, so each runner picks one short stretch and peels...

Q 04/05

What becomes of the six bulls a few hours after each Pamplona morning run?

A) They face the matadors

B) They go back to the ranch

C) They are sold at auction

D) They rest for the next run

Answer · why

A) They face the matadors

They face the matadors at that evening's bullfight, which is why the run exists at all: it began as the drovers' way of moving the day's bulls from a ...

Q 05/05

What is the job of the steers that run alongside the fighting bulls?

A) Being fought first as a warm-up

B) Guiding the herd to the ring

C) Shielding runners from a charge

D) Slowing the herd for the runners

Answer · why

B) Guiding the herd to the ring

Guiding the herd to the ring is their job: the steers run the route every morning and know the way, and a second group sets off behind to sweep up any...