KIDS TRIVIA

KIDS QUIZ

SPORTS TEAMS AND PLAYERS

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Curling is an Olympic sport that dates back more than 500 years. It is a team sport, where two teams take turns to slide stones made of granite towards a target-known as a House. Curling is played on a very long strip of specially prepared ice called a Sheet. Traditional curling teams are made up of four players. First, a team plunks down a polished stone on the ice, and then players slide it across the ice toward the target. The team whose stone slides closest to the target is awarded points. Where do winning stones end up to score points?
A
The Target
B
The bullseye
C
The House
D
The Hack
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Curling is a team sport, played on ice, where two teams take it in turns to slide stones made of granite towards a target – known as a House. It is an Olympic and Paralympic winter sport with medal disciplines for Women’s, Men’s, Mixed Doubles and mixed Wheelchair teams.

Detailed explanation-2: -Curling Stone: Pictured here is a granite curling stone and a “broom” used to sweep the ice. Sweeping the ice in front of a moving curling stone influences both the speed and direction of the stone. Sweeping warms the ice and reduces friction, which helps the stone maintain its velocity and travel in a straighter path.

Detailed explanation-3: -The curling stone, or rock, is made of dense polished granite from Ailsa Craig, Scotland, and in the Olympics, each rock weighs 19.1 kg (44 lbs). The bottom of the stone is concave so that only the outside ring, called the running band, is in contact with the ice.

Detailed explanation-4: -Stones: Also known as rocks, curling stones are made of a rare, dense granite that is quarried on Scotland’s Ailsa Craig. The stones must weigh between 38 and 44 pounds.

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