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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Archery
Bhutan. Archery is Bhutan's national sport (although different to Olympic-rules archery). Almost every village has an archery range.
| If an arrow hits right on the line between two scoring circles, the archer is given the ____________ ? | Olympics: Archery
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higher of the two scores. Gosh I hope nobody picked the one with pi.
| Neroli Fairhall of New Zealand made Olympic history in 1984 by being the ____________ ? | Olympics: Archery
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first athlete in a wheelchair to compete at a 'regular' Olympics. The Paralympics for disabled athletes are held each year the Olympics {are;} in 2000 they will be held in Sydney about 2 weeks after the Olympics.
toxophily. Taxonomy means the scientific classification of organisms ... the other two are words I made up. (hehe)
70 meters. At the Sydney 2000 Olympics, they were 70 meters (77 yards) away.
| In the individual events, how long does an archer have to fire each arrow? | Olympics: Archery
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1900. It were first included in 1900, discontinued in 1924, and reintroduced in 1972.
| What is considered to to be 'BareBow'? | Archery
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| Using mechanical aids, and scopes is called 'FreeStyle' shooting? | Archery
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| In the world of archery what does the J and the D stand for in the JOAD program: _______ Olympic Archery __________ ? | Archery
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Junior Development. In this program students from 10 to 18 years old are trained to become master archers and some day progress to compete in the Olympics. They specialise in the use of Recurve Bows.
| What color is a standard field target? | Archery
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| Belt, ground, back and bow are all different types of what? | Archery
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Quivers. Hunters prefer the bow-mounted quiver. Field archers and traditionalists like the back quivers. Target archers nearly always use either the belt quivers or a ground quiver. The latter can also do service as a bow hanger.
| Bowyer and author of the book, "Become the Arrow", Byron Furguson, is known for his skill with which type of weapon? | Archery
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Traditional bare bow. The bare bow is not fitted with a sight, generally making it harder to shoot than sighted bows. Nevertheless, a televised arrow loosed by Mr Furgusson flew clean through the finger opening of an expensive diamond ring.
The atlatl is essentially a stick used to propel an arrow by lending more leverage to the arm in a similar way one would use a rod to cast the bait when fishing. It is though to pre-date the bow. Needless to say, crack atlatl shots are in short supply.
| The bow and arrow are of special importance to which martial art? | Archery
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Kyudo. A Kyudo bow is instantly recognizable by its long upper and much shorter lower limb.
| From which characteristic does the recurve bow derive its name? | Archery
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The limb ends curve forward. The interesting limb shape contributes to the speed of the arrow. The recurve bow is also known as the Olympic bow. Fitted with a sight, stabilizers and a good archer, the recurve bow is extremely accurate over the Olympic distance of 70 meters. The less said about the other three theories the better!
| Robin of Loxley was the undisputed master of the longbow. Of which material were the shafts of Mr Hood's arrows made? | Archery
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wood. Wood is a remarkable fletching material, and was only surpassed by aluminium and carbon fiber. Glass fiber arrows are strong but heavy, and are suitable for bow fishing.
| How did the legend archer, Robin Hood win an archery contest? | Archery
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splitting the arrow of a competitor. This act is still known as "Robin Hood".
| What year did the modern Olympics begin?
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1896. Archery was included in the 2nd Olympics.
| How many archery events are there in the Olympics? | Archery
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4. There are 4 events, individual events for women and men, and team events for men and women.
| How many arrows do archers shoot in each end? | Archery
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6. Archers shoot six arrows in each end of each round.
| How many ends does an archers shoot in a round? | Archery
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6. Archers shoot 6 ends per round, with 6 arrows in each end.
| How many points is the bullseye worth? | Archery
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10. The round targets each contain 10 circles. At ten points, the center zone or bullseye is worth ten points.
| How fast can competitors fire arrows? | Archery
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200 mph. Competitors can pull back their bows and fire arrows 200+ mph at their targets that are 70 meters away.
| What year did archery return to the Olympics after it was removed from competition? | Archery
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1972. Archery returned in the 1972 Munich Olympics.
| What year did archery first appear in the Olympics?
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1900. Archery was regularly featured as an Olympic sport from 1900 to 1920. Archery was removed from the Olympics after that though.
| How long ago have people been using a bow and arrow (according to historians)? | Archery
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25,000 years ago. Historians suggest that people were using as far back as 25,000 years ago, when it was used mainly as a weapon of war. But, now is primarily used for hunting and target shooting.
down. If you move your sight down, when the arrows drop low, it will cause you to aim higher to put the sight pin in the middle of the target.
vanes. Piles are another name for the points of the arrow. Cresting I am not going to tell you, because that is in the next question, and nocks are the parts that clip on to the string.
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