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
