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Why We Run
Why We Fight
Rome
Guttmann
Grab Bag
100
Why does Heinrich think science is like a game?
Hunting for scientific discoveries is much like hunting for wild game
100
Where does "the fight" that captivates Hazlitt take place?
In a field outside of Hunerford
100
What were the two great sports venues in ancient Rome?
The Colosseum; The Circus Maximus (Hipprodome)
100
For 100 points each, name characteristics of modern sport?
Secularism Equality Specialization Rationalization Bureaucratic organization Quantification The Quest for Records
100
For 100 points each, name the traditional characteristics of sport.
Local Durable Sacred Martial Unequal
200
In Chapter Ten, Heinrich uses which animal to unravel the secrets of thermoregulation?
Camels
200
According to Randy Roberts, pugilism underwent a rebirth in this country in the eighteenth century.
Great Britain
200
This phrase refers to Roman Emperors giving food and entertainment to the plebeians.
Bread and circus
200
What is the best known medieval (knightly) sport?
Jousting
200
What is the OED?
Oxford English Dictionary
300
In Chapter Nine, which animal does the scientific journal Nature describe as the world's premiere ultra-running animal?
Antelope
300
This is the first African American to be involved in a high profile prize fight in England
Tom Molyneaux
300
This was in the center of the Circus Maximus
Spina
300
Guttmann says that modern sports are secular. This means_________________________.
They are disconnected from religion.
300
Who (Synthia Slowkowski or Karl Newell) is now a professor at Penn State?
Karl Newell
400
In Chapter Seven, which creature does Heinrich call the best endurance "athletes"?
Bees
400
According to Randy Roberts, who was Daniel Mendoza?
A charismatic boxer from Britain's Jewish community who reinvigorated pugilism after a series of scandals nearly destroyed the sport
400
If Roman citizens volunteered to be gladiators, they were known to be this term.
Auctorati
400
What does autotelic mean (for Guttmann)?
Physical contests engages in for their own sake
400
The term "kinesiology" was first used in what century?
Twentieth Century
500
What physiological factors allow birds to function as extreme endurance athletes?
They can double their body weight creating stores of fat reserves before migrating.
500
This early patron of boxing has a major American mountain pass named after him.
The Duke of Cumberland
500
This man led a slave revolt in 73 BCE.
Spartacus
500
How did Roman sport differ from Greek sport?
More focus on spectators No aristoi competing
500
This country houses athletic arenas that may be older than the ancient Greeks.
Mexico