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WorksheetsSUMO EXPLORATION
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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
The sumo grand champion is called the Shiganosuke.
TRUE
FALSE
Sumo wrestlers throw handfuls of sugar into the ring before a match.
TRUE
FALSE
Which of the following is the term for a Sumo wrestling tournament?
Basho
Eisai
Dogan
Bento
Wrestlers eat a special diet.
TRUE
FALSE
The Sumo Ring or Dohyo is considered very Sacred. In the top divisions, salt is thrown into the dohyo to purify it prior to the match. Who is never allowed to step in the Dohyo?
Children
The Emperor
Women
The Yobidashi
Sumo bouts often last hours.
TRUE
FALSE
Sumo matches are officiated by an umpire called the Akebono.
TRUE
FALSE
A Sumo wrestler's waist-belt is adorned by stiffened silk cords which serve merely as ornamentation. What are these dangling adornments called?
Banzuke
Sekitori
Dohyo
Sagari
There are six major sumo tournaments in a year.
TRUE
FALSE
The Yobidashi also performs an important ceremonial function in a sumo tournament. Yobidashis are responsible for which of the following?
Judging the fitness of the wrestlers
Caring for the wrestlers' diets
Announcing the contestants
Cleaning the wrestling ring
