Answer: Hog Line
All rocks must fully pass the hog line to be in play. None of the other lines are located on a curling sheet.
From Quiz: Games of Skill
Answer: Scotland
There is ample evidence for the game's origin in Scotland in the 16th Century. Curling stones inscribed with the dates 1511 and 1551 were recovered from a pond in Dunblane, Scotland. Documents in Paisley Abbey describe a game involving stones on ice dating from the winter of 1541. Although curling is popular in each of the other countries, especially in Canada, its origins can generally be traced to Scotland.
From Quiz: Curling 101
Answer: Scotland
This game originated in late medieval Scotland. The first record of a curling game was held in Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, in 1541.
From Quiz: Crazy Curling
Answer: Pin
It's a common misconception that the team closest to the button scores points. The pin is usually (although not always) in the center of the button.
From Quiz: Curling!
Answer: Winter
Curling is played on a sheet of ice usually indoors.
From Quiz: Curling Basics
Answer: Canada
Canada has won 27 of a possible 42 Men's World Championships.
From Quiz: Curling
Answer: Out turn
A rock that turns toward the sides of the curling sheet is called an out turn. This turn is commonly used to get around guards.
From Quiz: Games of Skill
Answer: 1924
Four teams participated in the 1924 curling competition at the Olympics. Great Britain and France each fielded (iced?) a team, and Sweden fielded two. Each team received a medal, with the British team taking the gold, each of the Swedish teams receiving a silver, and the French team was awarded the bronze. Curling was not a medal event again until 1998 in Nagano, Japan, although it was a demonstration event in 1932, 1988, and 1992.
From Quiz: Curling 101
Answer: Rink
Rink has always been the traditional word to use instead of team. Curling has been able to hold on to many traditions.
From Quiz: Crazy Curling
Answer: Burning the rock
Another common misconception is that a burned rock is automatically removed from play. It is up to the opposing team whether the burned rock (and any other rocks affected) is removed and replaced to its original position.
From Quiz: Curling!
Answer: Manitoba
Manitoba have won 26 of a possible 72 Canadian Men's Championships. The most recent victory occuring in 1999 won by the team skipped by Jeff Stoughton.
From Quiz: Curling
Answer: Sixteen
Normally there are 4 players per team, throwing two stones each (eight stones per team), so with two teams, there are sixteen stones in total that can be thrown.
From Quiz: Concentric Circles
Answer: Skip
The skips calls all shots besides the ones that they throw. When it is the skip's turn to throw the rock, the vice holds the broom for the skip.
From Quiz: Games of Skill
Answer: 4
Curling is played by two teams of four players, each delivering two stones. A curling team is sometimes called a "rink" (which is also where curling is played). The players on each team alternate their deliveries. When each team has delivered all eight stones, the round, or "end", in curling-speak, is over, and the score is determined. The delivery of the first stone in the first end is determined through a couple of different methods, but the first stone in subsequent ends is delivered by the team who scored most recently. Most matches are 8 ends long, taking about 2 hours to complete, but major tournaments (or "bonspiels", in curling-speak) are 10 ends long.
There are official rules for "mixed doubles" curling, where there are only two players on each team, and each team delivers 5 stones each in an end. Each team also begins an end with one pre-positioned stone.
From Quiz: Curling 101
Answer: It is the Skip's last name
The traditional way to name a team is to use the Skip's last name. Recently however, there have been disputes about this rule saying that everyone on the rink is equally important, so they should be able to pick their own name.
From Quiz: Crazy Curling
Answer: It is wider
A wider sheet of ice promotes more exciting play.
From Quiz: Curling!
Answer: Skip
There are usually four team members, the best is called the Skip followed by the Vice, the Second, and lastly the lead.
From Quiz: Curling Basics
Answer: Saskatchewan
The last championship for Saskatchewan was won by the team skipped by the late Sandra Schmirler.
From Quiz: Curling
Answer: Skip
The team leader is called the Skip, even though curling has nothing to do with boats, not even icebreaker ships. The Skip normally throws the last two rocks, but the order of rock throwing is an optional choice. The Skip is always in charge of strategy, however.
From Quiz: Concentric Circles
Answer: Inward curl
A rock that is thrown to curl toward the centerline is said to be an inward curl because it is curling toward the inside of the sheet of ice. This shot is commonly used to enter the house.
From Quiz: Games of Skill
Answer: The house
After all the stones are delivered in an end, the teams figure out which team has a stone closest to the center (called the "button") of the house. The house is 12 feet in diameter, and is separated by concentric rings on the ice at twelve feet (usually the blue ring), eight feet (not colored), and four feet (the red ring). The button is one foot in diameter, and is not colored.
A team scores one point for each of its own stones located in or touching the house that are closer to the center of the house than any stone of the other team. Only the team that has the stone closest to the center can score points in that end. This stone is called the "shot rock".
From Quiz: Curling 101
Answer: A curling tournament
Bonspiels can be for fun, or it can be a major international event such as curling in the Winter Olympics.
From Quiz: Curling!
Answer: Brooms
Sweeping in front of the stone helps make sure there is nothing in front of the stone, and can also help the stone move faster.
From Quiz: Curling Basics
Answer: Kerry Burtnyk
Burtnyk won the 1981 Brier at the tender age of 22.
From Quiz: Curling
Answer: Draw
When a player attempts to throw the rock and gets it to stop on the button(center) of the house, the shot is called a draw. None of these other shots are involved in curling.
From Quiz: Games of Skill
Answer: Skip
The skip of the delivering team has some special privileges and responsibilities. He or she is "in charge of the house" and may stand on the ice adjacent to the house so that he can direct the player delivering the stone and the other players who are sweeping. When it is the skip's turn to deliver, the vice-skip takes this role. The skip and/or vice-skip of the non-delivering team may stand at the end of the ice, but the other players on that team must stand out of the way at the sides of the ice.
From Quiz: Curling 101
Answer: Wales
Kays of Scotland are the best makers of curling stones in the world. They have the sole right to use the granite in Wales to make their special stones. This granite has a low water absorbtion, which decreases the risk of the rock freezing to the ice.
The site in Scotland is the island of Ailsa Craig.
From Quiz: Crazy Curling
Answer: Score at least two points with hammer
The skins format is most notably used in the Continental Cup of Curling.
From Quiz: Curling!
Answer: Richardson
The Richardson's (Ernie, Arnold, Garnet and Wes included) won 4 out of 5 Canadian Championships between 1959 and 1963. (Exception: Wes was not part of the 1963 team)
From Quiz: Curling
Answer: Granite
Granite is the correct choice. Traditionally, the granite for curling stones was obtained from the Scottish Isles - the best quality being "Blue Hone" due its resistance to water absorption. However, the quarry is now a wildlife sanctuary and although the Scottish Isles have provided the granite for (and claim to have harvested enough granite for) Olympic stones through to 2020, most of the granite purchased for curling leagues worldwide is from Wales. It is called "Trefor" and as of 2010, the cost was $600 CDN per rock. Thankfully, you don't have to bring your own rocks to the rink in order to curl!
From Quiz: Concentric Circles
Answer: The team with their rock(s) closest to the button receives the point
If the other team's rock is closer, it cancels out the opponents rocks. For example, if team red has 4 rocks in the 4 foot of the house, and team blue has one rock on the button(center) and 1 rock on the 12 foot, team blue would receive one point because its rock is closest to the button. Team red's rocks cancel out the blue rock on the 12 foot.
From Quiz: Games of Skill
Answer: Ends
There are usually 8 ends in a game.
From Quiz: Crazy Curling
Answer: Bonspiel
A bonspiel can be lots of fun and can include teams from all over the world.
From Quiz: Curling Basics
Answer: Russ Howard
Russ has won 85 games representing Ontario and New Brunswick.
From Quiz: Curling
Answer: Slippery undersole of a shoe
While the bar and the snacks are usually part of the social curling experience, you're unlikely to get burger sliders at any of the venues (but the nachos and wings are usually pretty good.) The winning team normally buys the losing team the first round of drinks (no sliders - curlers are supposed to be polite!). Throwing a breaking ball laterally (and then down) is a baseball term (which you can't accomplish on a flat surface.)
The "slider" in curling is the slippery sole added to the shoe of the foreword (upon throwing) foot. The other shoe has a "gripper" added to the sole to provide traction when sweeping.
From Quiz: Concentric Circles
Answer: By sliding out of the hack
In curling, players slide out of the hack (rubber slots for your feet built into the ice) and release their rock. Curlers play with special shoes which allow them to slide down the ice. One shoe is coated with teflon which allows them to move. The other foot is made of rubber for gripping.
From Quiz: Games of Skill
Answer: Counter clockwise
The opposite is true for a left-handed curler. A rock rotates clockwise for a left handed curler if an out-turn is thrown.
From Quiz: Curling!
Answer: It is pebbled
The ice is pebbled to allow the rocks to curl. The pebble allows players to curl rocks around guards. The pebbles make curling a much more skillful game.
From Quiz: Games of Skill
Answer: 16th Century
Curling began approximately in 1541.
From Quiz: Crazy Curling
Answer: Guy Hemmings
Guy now resides in France and will be dearly missed by many Canadian curling fans.
From Quiz: Curling