Traditional Sports and Literature
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Number of Questions: 15 | |
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Tags: traditional sports literature sports and literature |
Which classic novel by Charles Dickens features a cricket match as a central plot element?
In the poem "Casey at the Bat," what is the name of the legendary baseball player who strikes out in the bottom of the ninth inning?
Which traditional Japanese martial art is the focus of the novel "Musashi" by Eiji Yoshikawa?
In the play "Waiting for Godot," by Samuel Beckett, what is the name of the game that Vladimir and Estragon play to pass the time?
Which traditional Indian sport is the subject of the novel "The Ivory Throne" by Manu S. Pillai?
In the poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade," by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, what is the name of the battle in which the British cavalry made a disastrous charge?
Which traditional African sport is the focus of the novel "The Beautiful Game" by Phil Klay?
In the play "Death of a Salesman," by Arthur Miller, what is the name of the sport that Willy Loman played in high school?
Which traditional Polynesian sport is the subject of the novel "The Whale Rider" by Witi Ihimaera?
In the poem "Ode to a Nightingale," by John Keats, what is the name of the bird that the poet hears singing?
Which traditional Chinese martial art is the focus of the novel "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" by Wang Du Lu?
In the play "The Taming of the Shrew," by William Shakespeare, what is the name of the sport that Petruchio and Katherine play?
Which traditional Korean martial art is the focus of the novel "Taekwondo" by Hwang Kee?
In the poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," by T.S. Eliot, what is the name of the game that the protagonist plays?
Which traditional Australian sport is the focus of the novel "The Drover's Wife" by Henry Lawson?