The Fencing Quiz

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1. What do you call a circular motion where you deceive your opponent's blade?
A. Cut-over
B. Feint
C. Lamé
D. Disengage

2. What is a fleché?
A. A kind of counter attack
B. A running attack
C. A kind of goat cheese
D. The act of surrendering

3. When does one parry?
A. When one is attacked
B. When one drinks water
C. When attacking
D. Never

4. What is the proper term for the head protection in fencing?
A. Helmet
B. Hamlet
C. Mask
D. Head-gear

5. Which fencing weapon best simulates a real swordfight?
A. Foil
B. Epeé
C. Sabre
D. Hamlet

6. What are the 4 types of counter attacks?
A. Evasion, duck, step in, blast in
B. Lunge, Explosion, beat, dodge
C. Hamlet, salami, tree, toot
D. Cut-over, blast in, jump back, flick

7. Which two of these are different words for the same footwork step?
A. Slide
B. Balestra
C. Advance
D. Jump lunge

8. What is the penalty for stepping off the end of the fencing strip during a bout?
A. You lose a point
B. You lose a point and your opponent gains one
C. Your opponent gains a point
D. Your opponent comes 1 meter closer

9. Which of these is not a type of lunge?
A. Sliding lunge
B. Explosive lunge
C. Flying lunge
D. Waiting lunge

10. What are the four directions that you can take your opponent's blade?
A. Irregular, normal, low, high
B. Quick, slip, fishtail, side
C. Flinch, smooth, beat, push
D. Circular, semi-circular, diagonal, lateral

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