DWC 202 Midterm

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

1900

The first winter Olympics took place in what year?

1924

The "Hitler Olympics" took place in Berlin in what year?

1936

How many gold medals did Jesse Owens win at the 1936 Olympics?

4 gold medals

The Olympic flag consists of how many rings?

5

What is the name of a Roman race course?

A circus

Rube gets thrown off a train in Chicago. He has no money. He 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

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

A religious ceremony to honor Zeus

What is a libellus?

A ticket showing you had offered sacrifice to the Roman gods

The games played by the Trojans at Sicily were in honor of the life (death) of

Aeneas' Father

The first modern Olympics began in 1896 in what city?

Athens

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 valuable time with their families

How does Perpetua die?

Burning at the stake

Washington's big rival was...

California

Who was Rube Marquard's famous roommate - a pitcher - who was a college graduate, tall, handsome, gracious? Not the normal run of baseball players at the time.

Christie Mathewson

What other venue(s) was used in the execution of prisoners besides the Coliseum?

Circuses such as the Circus of Maximus were also used in the execution of prisoners

What city was Jesse Owens from in the US?

Cleveland, OH

Name one other way prisoners were executed in the Roman empire besides "combat with animal":

Crucifixion

Who began the first systematic round-up of Christians of all types IN 250 AD?

Decius

Who did Sam Crawford play for and what position?

Detroit and the outfield

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

He pitched a lot like Rube Waddell

Why was Karl Marx against "leisure"?

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

Who tries to dissuade Perpetua from dying for the Christian faith?

Her father

How does the story of Rube Marquard end?

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

Who opposed Rube Marquard becoming a major league baseball player?

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

Aquinas also maintains that physical motion...

Involves moral virtue because our outward (physical) activities are guided by reason, and thus come into the field of moral virtue

Thomas Aquinas maintains that play...

Is helpful, but to be done in moderation

Name one feature of the Roman Coliseum that distinguishes it from previous stadiums:

Is it free-standing

The Pentathlon consisted of five events: running, the long jump, wrestling, discus and

Javelin Throwing

What distinguishes the liberal arts from the servile arts? Give examples

Liberal arts are different from servile arts because liberal arts, such as playing the piano or creative writing, are meant more for leisure than competition. On the other hand, servile arts are ways of human action that do something for someone else that requires a wage. Examples of servile arts include working a trade like a plumber or electrician.

How could a "pankration" be best described today?

Mixed Martial Arts

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

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

Plato (Socrates) thought that Gymnastic should be balanced by _________:

Music

6) The first use of the games being used to kill Christians came in 64 AD with the Emperor...

Nero

Where does golf first develop in the United States?

New York City

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

One

Name one other athletic contest in Book V - give sufficient detail:

One athletic event in Book V was a foot race in which Nisus trips while he is in the lead, but he takes down the runner behind him so Euryalus can win. Although they did not win, Nisus and the runner he tripped were rewarded prizes by Aeneas.

Medieval games usually occurred during...

Religious feast days

The big feud in the England of 1100 (the time of Ivanhoe) was between the conquering Normans and the

Saxons

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

Scientific, and involved diet, hygiene, and exercise

What was the golf club that had the first real 'clubhouse'?

Shinnecock on Long Island

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

Sophomores

The Boys in the Boat competed in what competition?

The 8-man competition

From whom are the Romans borrowing gladiatorial fighting?

The Etruscans

What Greek book is Virgil borrowing from in writing his Aeneid?

The Odyssey

The mysterious horseman who arrives late at the tournament and challenges several of its Norman knights (including Brian de Bois-Guilbert) to a joust is known as

The disinherited knight

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

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

The initiation of a knight was essentially religious. How?

The initiation of a knight was essentially religious because as military personnel they were a part of a religious order than was respected by the community. Also, they took religious vows of poverty, obedience, and chastity.

Eutrepalia is...

The leisure needed to balance one's work and study

Who won the prize in equestrian events?

The owner of the horse

In the reading, Plato sees sports, like the state and the individual soul, divided into

The rational

Who usually drove the horses in a chariot race?

The slaves of the owners of the horses

Sparta did not have sports facilities. Why not?

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

Rube Marquard was from Cleveland, Ohio. Why did he refuse to pitch for the Indians (they were known as the Naps at the time)?

They didn't offer him enough money

Why was the Apple Tree Gang called by that name?

They had built their latest course in an apple orchard

Who was Sam Crawford's famous teammate?

Ty Cobb

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

Vicious and a bully

The Boys in the Boat were from what college?

Washington

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

Were a waste of valuable time

There is an archery contest in Book V of the Aeneid. What are they trying to shoot?

a dove tied to the mast of a ship

On the other hand, Saint Augustine (and others) defended the playing of sports and games because...

all of the above a) physical activity is an essential part of our life b) mental activity needs a break c) the body and the soul are both sacred

Catholic teaching on sports (games) is somewhat ambiguous as many Early Christian writers opposed sports because they led to...

d) all of the above (vanity, attention to a life that was unimportant, distraction from the serious side of life)

Most victors were...

specialists

For Aristotle, a person could exhibit the moral virtues while playing sports. Give one example:

sportsmanship, fair play, grace in winning

Who is chosen by the triumphant knight to be the Queen of Beauty and of Love?

the Saxon Rowena