Xmas Quiz

I usually put together a Xmas quiz for my Saturday club, so I thought I'd put it on here as well. Might get you pondering...
1. Ferailleur is a fencing term for what?
a) A type of foil guard b) a clumsy fencer who relies on brute force c) a leaping
footwork movement
2. Who is the current British Women’s Foil Champion ?
a) Martina Emmanuel b) Liz Bryant c) Anna Bentley
3. Which fencing master patented the ‘Mysterious Circle’?
a) Gerard Thibaust b) Andrew Sowerby c) Domenico Angelo
4. A ‘fluking iron’ is a derogatory term for what?
a) A foil b) An epee c) A German duelling sword
5. What would you be doing if you were carrying out an impetinata?
a) Leaping backward b) striking the ground lightly with your front foot
b) leaping forward
6. Which Shakespearean play features a duel between Mercutio and Tybalt?
a) The Merchant of Venice b) Romeo and Juliet c) Hamlet
7. What does ‘Zorro’ translate as?
a) The Wolf b) The Fox c) The Shadow
8. What is a ‘Zweyhander’?
a) a left handed fencer b) a two handed sword c) a Dutch fencer
9. Which of these is an attack?
a) a Froissement b) a contre-parade c) a counter pass
10. What is a ‘Klopffechter’?
a) an itinerant German fencer from the 16th century b) a poor fencer c) a type of
parrying dagger
11. Fencer A fleches at Fencer B who does not parry but ducks and hits with a stop
hit. Fencer A follows B down and hits to the back. Who gets the point?
a) Neither, the hits are simultaneous b) Fencer A c) Fencer B
12. If you forget your plastron can you fence at your club?
a) Yes, as long as you don’t fence electric b) yes as long as you don’t get hit
c) No
13. Fencer A beats the blade of Fencer B aggressively causing them to drop their
foil and then lunges and hits on target. Should a hit be awarded?
a) No b) Yes c) Yes, but only if the hit was made before the foil was dropped
14. What is a ‘schlager’?
a) a type of beer b) a type of sword c) a type of parry
15. Which guard position is in the low line under the sword arm on a left hander?
a) octave b) septime c) tierce
16. Name the missing Musketeer (not counting D’Artagnan). Porthos... Athos...and?
a) Arromanche b) Aramis c) Avalanche
17. Which is not true of the Chevalier d’Eon?
a) he dressed as a woman b) he was a spy for Louis XV c) he was killed in a
duel with Angelo
18. You take off your mask between hits during a fight. Can you be penalised?
a) yes, if you have been warned already by the President b) no c)
it is down to the discretion of the President
19. What is passivity?
a) a weak grip b) a penalty where one or both fencers show no willingness to
fight
c) not scoring a point during a fight
20. What phrase bests describes the philosophy of foil?
a) to hit and not be hit b) hit at all costs c) don’t get hit at all

Enjoy!