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Fencing Quiz

  Fencing has four different categories, foil, sabre and Épée. Brian Bahr/Allsport

1. Which sword was not among the class in which competition was held at the first modern Olympic Games?
a. Épée
b. Foil
c. Sabre
d. All of the above were at the first modern games

2. What does a referee say before the start of action in every fencing match?
a. "No Lo Contendre"
b. "E Pluribus Unum"
c. "En Garde"
d. "Vaya Con Dios"

3. Italy's fencing sensation Nedo Nadi won gold in five of the six events at the 1920 Antwerp Games. Which event did he not take home a gold medal?
a. Foil Individual
b. Foil Team
c. Sabre Team
d. Épée Individual

4. How did Sabre specialists Oreste Puliti of Italy and Pál Kovács of Hungary settle a disagreement that started at the 1924 Paris Games?
a. A game of chess
b. A duel with swords
c. A duel with pistols
d. A Sabre skills competition

5. Which nation put together a 46-match win streak in Olympic Sabre competition between 1924 and 1964?
a. France
b. Italy
c. The Soviet Union
d. Hungary

6. Which nation ended the streak?
a. France
b. Italy
c. The Soviet Union
d. Hungary

7. When was fencing introduced to women in the Olympic Games?
a. 1924
b. 1960
c. 1996
d. It is not open to women

8. Who is the only non-European to win a gold medal in women's fencing?
a. Maria Del Pilar Roldan, Mexico
b. Luan Jujie, China
c. Wang Huifeng, China
d. Maria Cerra, USA

9. In which pursuit are points allowed on touches to any part of the body, including the face?
a. Épée
b. Foil
c. Sabre
d. All of the above

10. How many touches does it take to win a match?
a. All Olympic Fencing matches are sudden-death
b. 3
c. 5
d. As many as you can get in the three three-minute periods

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