Q 01/05

The Wife Carrying World Championships are held in the village of Sonkajärvi in which country?

A) Estonia

B) Finland

C) Norway

D) Sweden

Answer · why

B) Finland

Finland's village of Sonkajärvi first staged the race in 1992; local tales trace it to a 19th-century forest robber whose gang was said to carry off w...

Q 02/05

Which hip-hop group released 'Da Mystery of Chessboxin'' in 1993, a decade before chess boxing became a real sport?

A) Public Enemy

B) Wu-Tang Clan

C) A Tribe Called Quest

D) Cypress Hill

Answer · why

B) Wu-Tang Clan

Wu-Tang Clan took the title from a 1979 kung fu film, The Mystery of Chess Boxing; the real sport arrived in 2003, when performance artist Iepe Rubing...

Q 03/05

Which team sport, known as Octopush in the UK, is played on the bottom of a swimming pool?

A) Underwater Hockey

B) Underwater Rugby

C) Underwater Football

D) Water Polo

Answer · why

A) Underwater Hockey

Underwater Hockey was first called Octopush because its original rules had eight players a side, the 'octo', pushing a lead puck along the pool floor ...

Q 04/05

Which Southeast Asian sport has players use feet, knees, chest and head to send a rattan ball over a net?

A) Sepak Takraw

B) Chinlone

C) Pencak Silat

D) Footvolley

Answer · why

A) Sepak Takraw

Sepak Takraw got its name by committee: officials from Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Myanmar met in 1960 to standardise the game, joining Malay 's...

Q 05/05

What Central Asian equestrian sport has horse-mounted players dragging a headless goat carcass to a scoring area?

A) Buzkashi

B) Cirit

C) Chovgan

D) Tent Pegging

Answer · why

A) Buzkashi

Buzkashi is Afghanistan's national sport; the Taliban banned it as immoral during their first spell in power, and matches resumed once they were ouste...