Q 01/05

How many players from each team are in the water at one time?

A) 8

B) 7

C) 9

D) 10

Answer · why

B) 7

Six field players plus a goalkeeper; the bench can hold up to six substitutes.

Q 02/05

In which country is water polo thought to have originated?

A) England

B) Hungary

C) Scotland

D) Italy

Answer · why

C) Scotland

The sport grew out of 'water rugby' played at the Arlington Baths Club in Glasgow, a club founded in 1870.

Q 03/05

Which swimming instructor is credited with drawing up the first rules of the game?

A) Archibald Sinclair

B) William Henry

C) John Robinson

D) William Wilson

Answer · why

D) William Wilson

Wilson, baths master at Glasgow's Arlington Baths Club, also wrote The Swimming Instructor, one of the earliest books on swimming.

Q 04/05

The 'polo' in water polo comes from a Balti word meaning what?

A) Ball

B) Water

C) Goal

D) Fight

Answer · why

A) Ball

Early players called the game 'water rugby' or 'aquatic football' before the Balti-derived name stuck.

Q 05/05

In which year did men's water polo first appear at the Olympic Games?

A) 1900

B) 1904

C) 1908

D) 1912

Answer · why

A) 1900

It was among the first team sports at the modern Games, alongside cricket, rugby, football, rowing and tug of war.