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Playing the Game - English in Sport Revision
Playing the Game - English in Sport Revision
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A knowledge-checking quiz for the Year 11 English Studies Module 'Playing the Game'
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1
What is a soccer fan who participates in anti-social behaviour traditionally called?
A ruffian
A hooligan
A bogan
A shenanigan
2
What did Pienaar (Matt Damon) make his team listen to inspire them?
The poem Invictus
1. The All Blacks’ Haka dance
The referee’s whistle
The roar of the crowd singing
3
Choose which of the following sports comments is an IDIOM.
Coach Wayne Bennett gave his team the green light.
TheF1 Grand Prix will be held in Monaco this year.
Lleyton Hewitt is expected to recover in September.
The Australian Netball team won the first of five matches.
4
What was the slogan for the 2018-22 Australian FIFA World Cup bid?
Come Play
Let’s Play
Let’s Go
Go Play
5
What is the most common form of persuasive text we see in society?
Sports
Speeches
Movies
Advertisements
6
What name do we borrow from science to describe the general ‘feeling’of watching a game live?
The geosphere
The stratosphere
The hemisphere
The atmosphere
7
Why was Nelson Mandela so proud of his country winning the 1995 World Cup?
Toget more foreign investment to RSA.
It was something that could only be done by a people united.
To fill his trophy cabinet.
So he could finally get his name on the Rugby Hall of Fame.
8
What is an Australian idiomatic expression which means to 'cheer on' your team?
To barrack on them
To barrack for them
To sledge on them
To sledge for them
9
Choose which of the following sports comments is an IDIOM.
The Swans have claimed a great victory in the grandfinal.
LeBron James was the Most Valuable Player.
NSW selectors made a quick decision to change their line-up.
ThatAustralian side had butter fingers in the last test.
10
Choose which of the following sports comments is an IDIOM.
Tiger Woods shot two under par on the final hole on Friday.
The NY Rangers hold their hockey matches in CentralPark.
Jarred Hayne grabbed the ball and ran flat out to the line.
The sprinter jumped the gun and was disqualified.
11
What persuasive technique is Pienaar using when he says ‘Listen to your country?’
Humour
Exaggeration/Hyperbole
Repetition
Compare and Contrast
12
What is the tradition that signifies the opening of the Olympic Games?
The raising of the Olympic Flag
The first starter’s gun
The lighting of the Olympic Flame
The first toss of the coin
