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Quiz about When Vampires Come Out To Play
Quiz about When Vampires Come Out To Play

When Vampires Come Out To Play Quiz


Vampires are appearing everywhere lately, it's possible they're even on the sporting field without you knowing. This quiz is in two parts; plausible and possible instances of Vampires in sport and tips on protecting yourself from Vampire opponents.

A multiple-choice quiz by Aussiedrongo. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
Aussiedrongo
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
340,575
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
557
Awards
Top 5% quiz!
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Question 1 of 10
1. Perhaps the most famous Vampire in history, Vlad III (also known as Dracula) was a fifteenth century Prince of Wallachia, a region of modern day Romania. Which of the following former gymnasts is most likely to also be a Vampire given that she is Romanian by birth and therefore may be a direct descendant of Prince Vlad? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Prince Vlad III was also known by the name Vlad the Impaler owing to his penchant for impaling his victims on spears and then sitting amongst them while taking his meals. Of the following athletics field events, which one would Vlad have enjoyed the most simply because it would have supplied him with an implement suitable for impaling people on? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Vampires have the ability to turn themselves into bats so it is highly plausible that they could be lurking inside an athlete's sportsbag in the guise of said bat. A person competing in which of these sports is least likely to encounter a bat in their sportsbag as one is not required in that particular sport? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. For the most part, Vampires don't like the sunlight as it can burn them to death in a matter of seconds. Having said that, a Vampire would be able to compete in three of the following sporting events as a certain part of them would take place at night. But which one is contested in total daylight and therefore unsuitable for Vampires? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. We all know that Vampires like to feast on the blood of their victims by biting into their necks. This reminds me of an incident in a blood sport where one of the competitors might have been a Vampire with bad eyesight. Instead of biting into the neck of his opponent, which boxer decided to nibble off a part of Evander Holyfield's ear? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Highly regarded as the best method for slaying those pesky bloodsuckers is driving a wooden stake through their heart. Herein lies the problem of finding such a weapon, they are not a very common sight on the sporting field. But there is an equestrian sport that has its competitors use a lance or spear to stab and pick up targets (most commonly wooden stakes) embedded in the turf while on horseback. Do you know what this sport is called? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. A silver bullet is believed capable of stopping a Werewolf dead in its tracks and silver can also have an effect on Vampires. Although it won't kill the Vampire outright, exposing it to a piece of pure silver will weaken it and leave it in a vulnerable state ready for you to attack. Which position should you place in to ensure getting yourself a big hunk of silver in any Olympic competition? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Decapitation is another method guaranteed to bring about the demise of a Vampire, so meeting one in a fencing bout might provide you with that opportunity. There are a number of different swords that can be used in fencing and some of them aren't suitable for lopping off your opponents head as you can only hit your opponent with the blade tip. According to the laws of the FIE, fencings governing body, which of these swords allows for the fencer to score points by striking their opponent with the edge of the blade as well as the tip? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. If you don't have the stomach for fighting a Vampire and running away is more your style, a great big bag of salt might be your best friend. There exists a theory that Vampires cannot cross over a line of salt on the ground, they are somehow compelled to stop and count every single grain before moving on. Competitors in which type of wrestling have a steady supply of salt at their disposal to scatter around the ring as part of the traditional pre-match ritual? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Devotees of Stephenie Meyer and her series of Vampire books begged and pleaded and the Australian Football League obliged. The 2007 AFL season saw the introduction of what were dubbed 'Twilight' games when Richmond and Carlton went head to head in round one at 5:10 p.m. Considering their aversion to a pungent bulbous item, which of the following players would you want on your team to keep the Vampires at bay during one of these twilight games? Hint



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1. Perhaps the most famous Vampire in history, Vlad III (also known as Dracula) was a fifteenth century Prince of Wallachia, a region of modern day Romania. Which of the following former gymnasts is most likely to also be a Vampire given that she is Romanian by birth and therefore may be a direct descendant of Prince Vlad?

Answer: Nadia Comaneci

Nadia was born in Romania in 1961 and came to prominence at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal where she won three gold, one silver and one bronze medal competing with the Romanian gymnastics team. During the same games she also became the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10.0 in Olympic Games competition.

Larisa Latynina - born in and competed for the former U.S.S.R.
Vera Caslavska - born in and competed for the former Czechoslavakia.
Mary Lou Retton - born in and competed for the U.S.A.
2. Prince Vlad III was also known by the name Vlad the Impaler owing to his penchant for impaling his victims on spears and then sitting amongst them while taking his meals. Of the following athletics field events, which one would Vlad have enjoyed the most simply because it would have supplied him with an implement suitable for impaling people on?

Answer: Javelin

One could rightfully argue that the javelin throw is one of the oldest sports known to humankind. It is not hard to imagine that stoneage men competed against each other to see who could throw their spears the furthest or who was most accurate at hitting a target.

The javelin was an event in the Ancient Greek Olympics and was introduced to the Modern Olympics in 1908 (London) for men and 1932 (Los Angeles) for women. The javelin throw is also one of the disciplines in the men's decathlon and women's heptathlon.
3. Vampires have the ability to turn themselves into bats so it is highly plausible that they could be lurking inside an athlete's sportsbag in the guise of said bat. A person competing in which of these sports is least likely to encounter a bat in their sportsbag as one is not required in that particular sport?

Answer: Croquet

Cricket and baseball are the two most obvious bat and ball games mentioned and pesapallo is a popular game played in Finland. Pesapallo is similar to baseball in a general sense yet at the same time has many differences. One of these is the pitch of the ball; unlike baseball where the pitcher throws the ball horizontally towards the batter, the pitcher and batter in pesapallo both stand facing each other across the batting plate where the pitcher throws the ball in an upwise direction for the batter to hit.

The stick used for hitting the balls in croquet is called a mallet.
4. For the most part, Vampires don't like the sunlight as it can burn them to death in a matter of seconds. Having said that, a Vampire would be able to compete in three of the following sporting events as a certain part of them would take place at night. But which one is contested in total daylight and therefore unsuitable for Vampires?

Answer: The Open Championship (golf)

The Open Championship, or British Open, is the oldest of the four major golfing championships of the world and the only one to be played outside of the U.S. It was first played in 1860 at Prestwick Golf Club in Ayrshire, Scotland with just eight competitors. This tournament was won by Willie Parker Senior and he was awarded a red leather belt with a silver buckle for his efforts. Things have come a long way since then; the 2011 Open winner, Darren Clarke from Northern Ireland pocketed a cool £900,000.

Although The Open Championship has never been contested in the dark of night, night-time golf is immensely popular in Singapore where many of the golf courses are floodlit to make this possible.
5. We all know that Vampires like to feast on the blood of their victims by biting into their necks. This reminds me of an incident in a blood sport where one of the competitors might have been a Vampire with bad eyesight. Instead of biting into the neck of his opponent, which boxer decided to nibble off a part of Evander Holyfield's ear?

Answer: Mike Tyson

After losing his WBA title to Holyfield the previous year, a rematch was granted to Tyson for the 28th of June 1997. At the beginning of the third round, Tyson left his corner sans mouthguard. This was noticed by the match referee who ordered Tyson back to his corner to put it in.

This does suggest that the attack on Holyfield was premeditated. In the final minute of the same round, Tyson bit off an inch long piece of Holyfield's right ear and spat it onto the floor of the ring. Tyson was disqualified from the match and subsequently had his boxing licence suspended for just over a year.
6. Highly regarded as the best method for slaying those pesky bloodsuckers is driving a wooden stake through their heart. Herein lies the problem of finding such a weapon, they are not a very common sight on the sporting field. But there is an equestrian sport that has its competitors use a lance or spear to stab and pick up targets (most commonly wooden stakes) embedded in the turf while on horseback. Do you know what this sport is called?

Answer: Tentpegging

The sport of tentpegging is believed to have originated in India where mounted soldiers galloped through the British military camps and using either spears or lances would spike the wooden tent pegs and remove them from the ground. When the tents had collapsed on the sleeping British soldiers, another wave of mounted Indians would swoop on the tents and attack the confused enemy. Tentpegging became a standard military training drill for mounted divisions right up until the end of World War II.

As a discipline, tentpegging is recognised by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports, one of only ten equine sports to recieve this honour.
7. A silver bullet is believed capable of stopping a Werewolf dead in its tracks and silver can also have an effect on Vampires. Although it won't kill the Vampire outright, exposing it to a piece of pure silver will weaken it and leave it in a vulnerable state ready for you to attack. Which position should you place in to ensure getting yourself a big hunk of silver in any Olympic competition?

Answer: Second

The Olympic tradition of awarding gold, silver and bronze medals to the first, second and third placegetters respectively was first observed at the St. Louis games of 1904. This practice has been adopted by many other sporting bodies worldwide. At the first Modern Olympics, held in Athens in 1896, a silver medal was awarded to an athlete finishing first in their event with the runner-up receiving a bronze medal. Cups and trophies replaced medals in the next Olympics held in Paris in 1900.
8. Decapitation is another method guaranteed to bring about the demise of a Vampire, so meeting one in a fencing bout might provide you with that opportunity. There are a number of different swords that can be used in fencing and some of them aren't suitable for lopping off your opponents head as you can only hit your opponent with the blade tip. According to the laws of the FIE, fencings governing body, which of these swords allows for the fencer to score points by striking their opponent with the edge of the blade as well as the tip?

Answer: Sabre

Epee, foil and sabre are the three major types of swords used in the sport of fencing and are the only three used in Olympic competition. Both the foil and epee are thrusting weapons and points are only scored when the tip of the blade makes contact with the opponent.

When fencing with the foil, only hits made to the torso, excluding the arms, are deemed legal whereas hits to the entire body are scored when using the epee. The sabre can be used for both thrusting and slashing with hits to any part of the body above the waist, excluding the hands, scoring points.
9. If you don't have the stomach for fighting a Vampire and running away is more your style, a great big bag of salt might be your best friend. There exists a theory that Vampires cannot cross over a line of salt on the ground, they are somehow compelled to stop and count every single grain before moving on. Competitors in which type of wrestling have a steady supply of salt at their disposal to scatter around the ring as part of the traditional pre-match ritual?

Answer: Sumo

The sprinkling of salt is just one small part of the pre-bout ritual that can often last longer than the bout itself. When the wrestlers are announced by name they enter the ring, face the audience, clap their hands and perform a series of leg stomping exercises.

They then leave the ring and rinse their mouths with a ladle of water, dry their lips with a paper towel and enter the ring once more. This time they face each other and do a bit more hand clapping before stretching their arms out to show they are not concealing weapons.

They leave the ring again and grab their handful of salt to scatter around. It is believed to purify the ring of any evil spirits and has its origins in the ancient Shinto religion.
10. Devotees of Stephenie Meyer and her series of Vampire books begged and pleaded and the Australian Football League obliged. The 2007 AFL season saw the introduction of what were dubbed 'Twilight' games when Richmond and Carlton went head to head in round one at 5:10 p.m. Considering their aversion to a pungent bulbous item, which of the following players would you want on your team to keep the Vampires at bay during one of these twilight games?

Answer: Simon Garlick

While there is no doubt that the fearsome trio of 'Captain Blood' Jack Dyer, Robbie 'Mad Dog' Muir and 'Big Bad Bustling' Barry Hall would be more than capable of handling themselves well against any physical threat, (you don't earn those nicknames by being marshmallows), no coach in his right mind would leave a player named Garlick off of the team list when Vampires are likely to be present at the game.

Although spelt differently to the common garden variety of garlic, this wasn't enough to stop Simon earning the unenviable nickname 'Stinky' during his 44 games with the Sydney Swans between 1994-1997 and 137 games with the Western Bulldogs between 1998-2004.
Source: Author Aussiedrongo

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