SUMO EXPLORATION

What is Sumo?

• A traditional Japanese region

• A traditional Japanese martial art

• A traditional Japanese food

• A traditional Japanese anime

What the Sumo match place like?

• A square shaped ring

• A circle shaped ring

• A triangle shaped ring

• A pentagon shaped ring

What is the gear for Sumo like?

• They play with no clothes on

• They played with a Mawashi (sash/loincloth)

• They play with speedo styled pants

• They play with a blackbelt around the waist area

Average weight of Sumo wrestler?

• 150kg

• 200kg

• 300kg

• 400kg

Fill in the bracket: The wrestlers climb into the ring, ritually stamp their feet on the ground, and throw ( ...................) into the ring.

• purifying water

• purifying leaves

• purifying salt

• purifying sugar

When the match starts?

• Once the whistle is blown by the referee

• Once the referee shake the flag

• Once both of the wrestlers place a fist on the ground

What is 'NOT' prohibited during the match?

• kicking an opponent in the chest or the stomach

• striking an opponent with a clenched fist

• using one's weight to push his opponent backwards down to the ground

• poking an opponent in a vulnerable area, such as the eyes

When the initial Sumo matches started in Japan?

• A.D. 700s

• A.D. 1000s

• A.D. 1200s

• A.D.1500s

What is the Matawari training?

• a training to develop flexibility in the lower body

• a training to get as fat as one can

• a training to move as quickly as one can

• a training to stay on one's feet

What is Chanko?

• the food eaten by sumo wrestlers

• the training place used by sumo wrestlers

• the special technique used during sumo matches

• the special language used among sumo wrestlers