Sports Civ Midterm Quiz Questions

The first time that women are permitted to compete in the Olympic games is

1900

The first winter Olympics took place in

1924

The "Hitler Olympics" took place in Berlin in

1936

The Olympic flag consists of how many rings?

5

The Boys in the Boat competed in what competition?

8-man competition

Rube gets thrown off a train in Chicago. He has no money and stops in a place to sleep. He visits this place every time he comes back to Chicago to pitch as a major leaguer. What kind of place was this?

A fire station

What athletic event did the Romans have that Greeks did not?

Gladiator fighting to death, re-enactment of previous battles, execution of prisoners in public

Rube Marquard explained why he was named "Rube"-why was it?

He pitched a lot like Rube Waddell

How does the story of Rube Marquard end?

His father meets him after the game and says he is proud of him

Who opposed Rube Marquard becoming a MLB player?

His father, who said he would never speak to him again

What is unique about the construction of the coliseum by the Romans?

It was the first time that free-standing structures made to seat thousands of people are seen, made possibly by the discovery of a new kind of concrete

The Boys in the Boat were from what college?

Washington

What is a circus?

a race course

When the Olympic Games began in Greece, what are they essentially about?

a religious ceremony to honor Zeus

In the catacombs, what was the principal symbol used by Christians?

baptism

Why did the popes in the 19th century demand that workers be given time off from work and have reasonable working hours?

because they thought they should have quality time with their families

why was Karl Marx against leisure?

he thought sports detracted from our being productive and useful in society

what distinguishes the liberal arts from servile

liberal arts: for leisure servile: for $

The Pentathlon consisted of 5 events: running, javelin throwing, wrestling, discus, and...

long jump

Plato (Socrates) thought that gymnastic should be balanced by

music

Training for the Ancient Greek Olympics (according to Faulkner) was

scientific, and involved diet, hygiene, exercise

In the book, the big competition on the Washington team was between the upperclassmen and the

sophomores

For Plato, the lowest (worst) form of enjoyment of sports is

the enjoyment of sports for material gain: salary or prize money

In the reading, Plato sees sports, like the state and the individual soul, divided into three parts: 1) the appetitive 2) the desire for honor and glory 3)

the rational

Sparta did not have separate sports facilities. Why?

the whole state was a factory for mass-producing military athleticism

The buildings which housed statues and inscriptions to past winners from various cities were called

treasuries

Plato thought that if you spent all day in the gymnasium, you could become

vicious and a bully

if Greek philosophers were against sports, it was because they thought Sports...

were a waste of valuable time

Washington's big rival was

California

What city was Jesse Owens from?

Cleveland, OH

Who did Sam Crawford play for and what position?

Detroit and the outfield

Where does golf first develop in the U.S.?

NYC

Who started the execution of Christians as part of the Roman games?

Nero

How many "winners" were there in the original Olympic Games?

One

The first modern Olympics began in 1898 in what city?

Paris

Who was Sam Crawford's famous teammate?

Ty Cobb

How could a "pankration" be best described today?

Mixed Martial Arts

In the reading from Neil Faulkner, who were the main competitors at the Olympic Games?

Mostly rich people, who had nothing else to do but train for the games

What was the golf club that has the first real golf club?

Shinnecock on Long Island

Most victors were

Specialists- specializing in one sport

What is the main difference between the Greek Olympic games and the Roman games?

The Roman games were more violent and intentionally resulted in death either to a human being or an animal

Who won the prize in equestrian events?

The owner of the horse

Rube Marquard was from Cleveland, Ohio. Why did he refuse to pitch for the Indians?

They didn't offer him enough money

Why was the Apple Tree Gang called by that name?

They had built their latest golf course in an apple orchard

Why did Romans include wild animals in their games?

They wanted to see what one species of wild animals would do against another and wanted to showcase the exotic animals they found in their conquests