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By Gigi Picard Swimming World College Intern<\/em><\/p>\n

Swimming is a detail-obsessed sport: It\u2019s all about precise qualifying times, strict training schedules, stroke descriptors, a lot of counting and hundredths of a second to crack the podium.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How many of you feel confident you know the history of swimming? Let\u2019s play 20 questions to test your true knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n

Take your marks. Go!<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Let\u2019s start out easy: How old was Katie Ledecky when she swam in the 2012 Olympics<\/a>?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. 16 years old<\/span><\/p>\n

b. 15 years old<\/span><\/p>\n

c. 14 years and 10 months old<\/span><\/p>\n

d. 13 years and 10 months old<\/span><\/p>\n

2. When and where did competitive swimming originate?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. 1700s in Germany<\/span><\/p>\n

b. 1800s in Britain<\/span><\/p>\n

c. 1800s in the United States<\/span><\/p>\n

d. 1700s in a backyard pool<\/span><\/p>\n

3. What was the first recognized stroke in the sport?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Freestyle<\/span><\/p>\n

b. Butterfly<\/span><\/p>\n

c. Breaststroke<\/span><\/p>\n

d. Backstroke<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Who invented the flip turn?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Fanny Durack<\/a> in 1912<\/span><\/p>\n

b. Tex Robertson in 1936<\/span><\/p>\n

c. Al Vande Weghe in 1934<\/span><\/p>\n

d. Willy den Ouden in 1933<\/span><\/p>\n

5. When did the women first compete in the Olympic 1500m freestyle?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. 1920<\/span><\/p>\n

b. 2012<\/span><\/p>\n

c. 1972<\/span><\/p>\n

d. Never<\/span><\/p>\n

6. When did men first compete in the Olympic 800m?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. 2008<\/span><\/p>\n

b. 1974<\/span><\/p>\n

c. 1920<\/span><\/p>\n

d. Never<\/span><\/p>\n

7. What animal did Michael Phelps compete against in 2017?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. An Alligator<\/span><\/p>\n

b. A Great White Shark<\/span><\/p>\n

c. Labrador Retriever<\/span><\/p>\n

d. Daffy Duck<\/span><\/p>\n

8. When did the International Swimming Hall of Fame open?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. November 23rd, 1964<\/span><\/p>\n

b. June 23rd, 1972<\/span><\/p>\n

c. September 17th, 1959 (Rowdy Gaines\u2019 birthday)<\/span><\/p>\n

d. August 23rd, 1982 (Natalie Coughlin\u2019s birthday)<\/span><\/p>\n

9. At age 64, who was the first to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Susie Maroney<\/span><\/p>\n

b. Penny Palfrey<\/span><\/p>\n

c. Martin Strel<\/span><\/p>\n

d. Diana Nyad<\/span><\/p>\n

10. In 2006, Croatian Veljko Rogo\u0161i\u0107 swam the longest recorded distance in open water without flippers. He swam 139.8 miles across the Adriatic Sea. How long did it take him?<\/span><\/p>\n

a. 46 hours and 15 minutes<\/span><\/p>\n

b. 50 hours and 10 minutes<\/span><\/p>\n

c. 53 hours and 15 minutes<\/span><\/p>\n

d. 23 hours and 45 minutes<\/span><\/p>\n

11. In 2017, six students and alumni swam the first all-female relay double crossing of the Catalina Channel. What colleges did they attend?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Seven Sisters (Mt. Holyoke, Smith, Wellesley)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

b. Ivy League (Dartmouth, Harvard, Yale)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

c. Big Ten (Illinois, Michigan State, Northwestern)<\/span><\/p>\n

d. Tulane, LSU, University of Florida<\/span><\/p>\n

12. Who was the first woman to swim the English Channel (beating the men\u2019s record by 2 hours)?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Gertrude Ederle<\/span><\/p>\n

b. Abhejali Bernardov\u00e1<\/span><\/p>\n

c. Colleen Blair<\/span><\/p>\n

d. Caroline Block<\/span><\/p>\n

13. Cullen Jones retired from swimming to focus on teaching children how to swim through a USA Swimming Foundation water safety program. What is the name of the program?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Swim and Dive In initiative\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

b. Water Safety USA<\/span><\/p>\n

c. Sprint41<\/span><\/p>\n

d. Make a Splash\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

14. Swim Up Hill is an initiative with a goal of teaching one million people to swim to decrease the global drowning rate. Which paralympic swimmer started this initiative?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Julia Gaffney<\/span><\/p>\n

b. Jamal Hill<\/span><\/p>\n

c. Robert Griswold<\/span><\/p>\n

d. McKenzie Coan<\/span><\/p>\n

15. Para-swimming was one of the eight original sports in the Paralympic Games. What year did the first Paralympic Games happen?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. 1960<\/span><\/p>\n

b. 2000<\/span><\/p>\n

c. 2004<\/span><\/p>\n

d. 1980<\/span><\/p>\n

16. True or false: Women\u2019s and men\u2019s swimming were both offered at the 1912 Olympics.<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. True<\/span><\/p>\n

b. False<\/span><\/p>\n

c. Who’s to say?<\/span><\/p>\n

17. Who was the youngest swimmer to win an Olympic title?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Katie Ledecky at 15 years old<\/span><\/p>\n

b. Kyoko Iwasaki at 14 years old<\/span><\/p>\n

c. Adam Peaty at 15 years old<\/span><\/p>\n

d. Nathan Adrian at 14 years old<\/span><\/p>\n

18. What company created the first competitive swim suit? It was a racerback.<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Speedo in 1920s<\/span><\/p>\n

b. TYR in 1910s<\/span><\/p>\n

c. Arena in 1910s<\/span><\/p>\n

d. Blueseventy in 1930s<\/span><\/p>\n

19. What was the first swim cap made out of?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Latex<\/span><\/p>\n

b. Wool<\/span><\/p>\n

c. Rubber-like fabric<\/span><\/p>\n

d. Silicone<\/span><\/p>\n

20. Who is the only swimmer to have hosted Saturday Night Live?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Kelsi Dahlia<\/span><\/p>\n

b. Allison Schmitt<\/span><\/p>\n

c. Lewis White<\/span><\/p>\n

d. Michael Phelps<\/span><\/p>\n

Bonus question:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Fill in the blank: I\u2019m off the deep end ______<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Baby shark doo doo doo<\/span><\/p>\n

b. Watch as I dive in<\/span><\/p>\n

c. Classy bougie, ratchet<\/span><\/p>\n

d. So I\u2019m gonna just keep swimming<\/span><\/p>\n

How well do you think you did? Let\u2019s find out.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Answer key:<\/span><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. B<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. B<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. C<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. C<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. D<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. D<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. B<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. A<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. D<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. B<\/span><\/li>\n
  11. A<\/span><\/li>\n
  12. A<\/span><\/li>\n
  13. D<\/span><\/li>\n
  14. B<\/span><\/li>\n
  15. A<\/span><\/li>\n
  16. A<\/span><\/li>\n
  17. B<\/span><\/li>\n
  18. A<\/span><\/li>\n
  19. C<\/span><\/li>\n
  20. D<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Bonus Question: B<\/span><\/p>\n

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