Q 01/05

Jet Ski, a name used loosely for any personal watercraft, is actually a product line of which maker?

A) Kawasaki

B) Honda

C) Suzuki

D) Bombardier

Answer · why

A) Kawasaki

Kawasaki launched the stand-up Jet Ski in 1972, and rival makers' names stuck in the same way, from WaveRunner to Sea-Doo.

Q 02/05

Righting a capsized hunting craft from inside it, a skill of Greenland's Inuit hunters, was long known as what?

A) Wet exit

B) Eskimo roll

C) Low brace

D) Duffek stroke

Answer · why

B) Eskimo roll

Eskimo roll is the older name for the roll, a survival skill: a 1911 Greenland survey found 867 of 2,228 hunters with their own boats could do it.

Q 03/05

In surfing and other board sports, what is a rider who stands with the right foot forward called?

A) Regular

B) Natural

C) Goofy

D) Mongo

Answer · why

C) Goofy

Goofy riders lead with the right foot and push with the left; the left-foot-forward stance is simply called regular.

Q 04/05

At Paris 2024, the men's triathlon was postponed a day after pollution tests failed in which river?

A) Marne

B) Loire

C) Rhône

D) Seine

Answer · why

D) Seine

The Seine failed a safety test for pollution levels on 30 July 2024, and the men's race slipped to the following day.

Q 05/05

Which nation's divers won all eight golds at Paris 2024, the first clean sweep in Olympic history?

A) China

B) Mexico

C) Canada

D) Russia

Answer · why

A) China

China had never before taken every diving title at one Games; the runner-up nation managed five medals but no golds.