What Do You Know About Climbing? Trivia Quiz
When a person uses his hands, feet or other part of the body to ascend a steep object, he or she is said to be climbing. This activity is done for exercise as well as for sport. It's also present in emergency cases such as rescuing a fire outbreak victim from a building and it can also be witnessed in military operations. Generally, every human climbs one thing or the other daily, especially staircases.
- 1.
The climbing ropes provide how many percent of the tensile strength?- A.
About 80%
- B.
Up to 90%
- C.
Less than 70%
- D.
About 65%
- 2.
Ropes used for climbing can be divided into how many classes?
- A.
3
- B.
4
- C.
2
- D.
1
- 3.
The main purpose of which of the following is to allow the rope to be locked off with minimal effort to arrest a climber's fall?
- A.
Harnesses
- B.
Quickdraws
- C.
Carabiners
- D.
Belay devices
- 4.
Which of the following is an item of climbing equipment consisting of a tied or sewn loop of webbing that can be wrapped around sections of rock, hitched to other pieces of equipment or even tied directly to a tensioned line?
- A.
Ascenders
- B.
Rappel devices
- C.
Sling
- D.
Harnesses
- 5.
Which of the following is another name for Jumars?
- A.
Ascenders
- B.
Rappel devices
- C.
Belay devices
- D.
Quickdraws
- 6.
Aid climbing is mainly different from Speed climbing because of which of the following?
- A.
Speed climbing is for speed
- B.
Aid climbing is slow
- C.
Aid climbing provides help for climbers
- D.
Speed climbing is the same as Free climbing
- 7.
What's the main aim of Clean climbing?
- A.
Measurement of rock heights
- B.
Seeing who can climb in a clean manner
- C.
Not damaging the rock
- D.
Speed
- 8.
Which of the following doesn't leave a scar?
- A.
Pitons
- B.
Bolts
- C.
Slings
- D.
Copperheads
- 9.
The first artificial climbing structure was constructed in what year?
- A.
1938
- B.
1939
- C.
1940
- D.
1941
- 10.
Modern artificial climbing began where?
- A.
United States
- B.
Switzerland
- C.
United Kingdom
- D.
Hong Kong
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