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Beginners' orienteering quiz
Beginners' orienteering quiz
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Some basic orienteering questions for beginners
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1
Name one of the two types of compasses used in orienteering.
Central
Thumb
Baseplate
Quarternib
2
What is a bearing in orienteering?
A machine element
A slope
A device to deter bears
A direction
3
Which North does a compass needle point to ?
True
Indicative
Adjusted
Magnetic
4
What direction does the needle on a compass face?
East
South
North
West
5
When you use two bearings off two landmarks to find your location, this is called?
Triangulation
Double Bearing
Contrangulation
Navigation
6
On an orienteering map what colour are man made objects?
Green
Brown
Yellow
Black
7
What is the term to describe the angle difference between true north and magnetic north?
altitude
latitude
declination
gradient
8
What is orienteering?
A way of explaining things with an interesting voice sound effect.
Organising a group of people
Drawing maps
A sport that require navigational skills using a map and compass.
9
A mountain marked on a map is also called what?
A hill
height peak
A landmark
Elevation station
10
What units are bearings given in ?
degrees
metres
nautical miles
kgs
11
On an orienteering map is water shown as blue?
True
False
12
Which of the following is not part of a standard compass?
index line
water level
Ruler
Rotating bezel
