Vocabulary
This phrasal verb means to start a new hobby.
take up
In this traditional UK event, people chase a round dairy product down a very steep hill.
Cheese Rolling
🎣 🛶 🌅
fishing
Sherlock Holmes plays this musical instrument to help him think and solve crimes.
The violin
True or False: Stamp collecting is currently the most popular hobby in the world among teenagers.
False. Gaming, social media, and watching videos are much more popular).
An idiom for a lazy person who watches a lot of TV and does very little exercise.
a couch potato
This extreme hobby involves taking an ironing board to remote locations like mountains or underwater to iron clothes.
Extreme Ironing
You need a special mat, comfortable clothes, and you focus on your breathing and stretching.
Yoga
In "The Hunger Games", Katniss Everdeen’s main survival skill and hobby is this.
Archery
True or False: There is an official World Championship for playing Rock, Paper, Scissors.
True
If you do an activity to relax and forget your problems, you do it to...
blow off steam
In Finland, there is a competitive sport where men race through an obstacle course while carrying this person.
Their wife / Wife Carrying
You use a special machine to shoot small plastic pellets at other players in an outdoor arena.
Paintball / Airsoft
In "Harry Potter", this character’s hobby is turning into a large black dog (he is an Animagus).
Sirius Black
True or False: The Rubik's Cube was originally invented as a toy for children.
Answer: False. It was invented by an architecture professor to help his students understand 3D geometry)
A hobby or project you do in your free time to earn extra money is called a...
Side hustle
This hobby involves growing miniature, artistic trees in small containers. It originated in Japan.
Bonsai
You explore abandoned buildings, old factories, or forgotten theme parks to take atmospheric photographs.
Urban Exploration / Urbex
In the movie "Cast Away", Tom Hanks' character survives on a deserted island and makes a "friend" out of this hobby/sports item.
A volleyball / Wilson
True or False: "Geocaching" is a real-world outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS-enabled devices.
True
This psychological term describes the state of being completely absorbed in an activity, losing track of time and feeling energized
Flow / Being in the zone)
"Ferret legging" is a bizarre and painful historical "hobby" where participants put live ferrets down their...
Trousers / Pants
You create pictures or patterns by sticking small, colored pieces of paper, glass, or stone together.
Mosaics
This famous Marvel superhero’s alter ego is a billionaire who loves inventing advanced technology in his workshop.
Iron Man / Tony Stark)
True or False: In Japan, you can pay to visit a cafe where you can pet owls while drinking coffee.
True. Owl cafes are a real and popular thing there