Safety in the Water Trivia Quiz

Answer: Put them in a locker

Putting your valuables in a locker is the safest place to put your valuables when you are going to the pool. Although you may have to pay to use the locker, it is usually very cheap and could save you lots of money and time by having to replace stolen items that were stolen from your bag that was out in the open.

Answer: Sunscreen

Sunscreen is essential if you are going to go swimming in the pool, especially if it is an outdoor pool. Even if it looks overcast, the sun's rays are still extremely strong and can very easily cause you to become burnt so always put on sunscreen!

Answer: Going to the shallow end and getting used to being in the water

Going to the shallow end and getting used to being in the water is the safest thing to do if you are not confident with swimming or being in the water. If this is the case, taking swimming lessons would be the best thing to do to get your confidence up in the water because it is likely you will need to swim more often as you get older and it is better to learn sooner rather than later.

Answer: All of these

If you have a swimming pool at home and have small children you should always be wary of what they are doing. You should have a fence around the pool and lay out the safety rules with them regularly to ensure they know what to do if they are in trouble. These precautions can help to ensure that the minimum number of accidents occur at the pool at home.

Answer: Off to one side

It is common courtesy to swim to one side of the lane from whatever end you are swimming from. This ensures that you will not hit the person coming from the other side and means that you will be able to swim in peace without having to worry about being hit by other people.

Answer: Make sure there is no one coming towards you from the other side and politely overtake them from the other side

Make sure there is no one coming towards you from the other side and politely overtaking them from the other side would be the most responsible thing to do if someone is slowing you down. If you there is a lot of people on the other side and nobody behind you, you could stop for a bit and let them get a lead on you before taking off.

Answer: Get out of the water as fast as quickly as you can without causing a commotion

Shark warnings are quite common so you need to know what to do if it occurs. The safest option would be to get out as fast as you can without causing a commotion. Screaming would only attract attention to you and if you ignored the warnings you are at serious risk of being involved in a shark attack.

Answer: Alert a lifeguard as fast as you can

If this situation happened to you, the best thing would be to try to alert a lifeguard as quickly as possible. Ignoring the problem and letting someone else deal with it could be the difference between life and death for the person and playing with the body would a silly thing to do and could potentially injure them. Trying to move the body is also bad because the person may have suffered serious injuries and moving the body could potentially worsen these injuries.

Answer: To show the area that the lifeguards have deemed the safest

At the start of the day, the lifeguards place the safety flags where they feel is the safest area to swim in on the beach. This is only used as a guideline and some people continue to swim outside the flags even though they are at a much higher risk of not being seen if they are involved in an accident.

At the end of the day, the flags are taken down to indicate that the lifeguards will no longer be on duty and you are swimming at your own risk.

Answer: Wait at least 15 minutes before going back into the water.

It's best to wait a little while after you've eaten before going swimming. The reasons this guideline is put up is because if you swim when your food has not properly digested you are at risk of getting cramps.