Modern Olympic
Weapons
Weapons
The weapon that can score with the edge of the blade
What is a sabre?
3 minutes
What is the time limit of a 5-touch bout?
The Three Musketeers
Who are Athos, Porthos & Aramis?
1896
When was fencing first introduced in the Olympics?
14 meters
What is the length of a fencing strip?
The weapon with a retangular blade.
What is a foil?
The referee displays this to indicate a penalty touch has been awarded.
What is a red card?
The six-fingered man killed my father.
Who is Inigo Montoya?
The historian of the US Fencing Association
Who is Andy Shaw?
90 centimeters
What is the maximum length of a foil or epee blade?
The weapon who's blade has the shortest maximum length.
What is a sabre?
1-meter
What is the penalty for going off the side of the fencing strip with one or both feet?
The swordfighter with a long nose.
Who is Cyrano de Bergerac?
Shreveport, LA
Where is the Museum of American Fencing located?
500 grams
What is the maximum weight of a foil or sabre?
or
How much weight must a foil tip pressure spring support?
The heaviest weapon.
What is an epee?
A fencer must do this at the start and end of every bout.
What is a salute?
The fencer who always wore a mask over his eyes.
Who is Zorro?
1780
What is the year the fencing mask was invented by French master Texier De La Boessiere.
20 centimeters.
What is the maximum length of a foil or epee grip?
This electrical weapon has only one wire glued in the groove of the blade.
What is a foil?
5 minutes
What is the maximum time for an injury or cramp break?
The first and last name of the Star Trek character whose favorite sport was fencing.
Who is Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu.
1974
What is the year the first fencing master school in the US, the American Fencing Academy in Ithaca, NY, began instruction?
4.5cm to 7 cm
What is the required flexibility of an epee blade when tested as specified in the rules?