Sunday 26th March 2023
Difficulty: Very hard
Rowing (Quiz #128)
The Cambridge rowing team practising on the Thames. Photo: Alastair Cassels (Creative Commons)
Rowing is the sport of racing boats using oars. Boats may have one, two, four or eight rowers, and the crew may include a cox (who steers) as well.
1. What is the person at position A in the picture called, in rowing terminology?
2. Roughly how long is an 8-oared rowing boat (an "eight", as pictured above)?
3. Rowing has been contested at the Olympics since 1900. Why wasn't rowing contested at the first modern Olympics in 1896?
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