Water polo, or Water ball, is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores the most goals.
Game play involves swimming, treading water (using a sort of kicking motion known as `eggbeater kick`), players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing the ball into a net defended by a goalie. `Man-up` (or `power play`) situations occur frequently.
Water polo, therefore, has strong similarities to the land-based game of team handball.
Which of the following is NOT a similarity between water polo and team handball?
| Goals are scored by throwing the ball into a net defended by a goalie. | |
| Both sports feature the `eggbeater kick`. | |
| Both sports feature passing. | |
| Power play situations occur frequently. |
A rule change was enacted before the 1974 National Football League (NFL) season to add one sudden death overtime period (15 minutes) to all preseason and regular season games. If no team scored in this period, the game would result in a tie. This rule was enacted to decrease the number of tie games.
The first ever regular season overtime, a September 22 game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Denver Broncos, ended in a 35-35 draw. It was not until November 10, when the New York Jets defeated the New York Giants, 26-20, that an overtime game would produce a winner.
Based on this information, which of the following statements is accurate:
| The number of ties appear to have stayed the same after this rule change. | |
| There`s not enough information to determine if this rule change impacted the number of ties. | |
| The number of ties appear to have been reduced after this rule change. | |
| The number of ties appear to have increased after this rule change. |
War Horse is a children`s novel by Michael Morpurgo. It was first published in Great Britain by Kaye & Ward in 1982. The story recounts the experiences of Joey, a horse purchased by the Army for service in World War I France and the attempts of young Albert, his previous owner, to bring him safely home. It formed the basis of both an award winning play (2007) and an acclaimed film (2011).
Which of the following is NOT true about this novel?
| War Horse tells the story of a horse named Albert. | |
| Albert no longer owns Joey at the beginning of the novel. | |
| War horse is a children`s novel. | |
| War Horse won an award as a play. |