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Welcome to the QuizMoz Swimming Facts Quiz. QuizMoz offers one of the Internet's largest collection of quizzes for you to tease your brain and pit your wits against the experienced QuizMoz quiz masters. Go ahead and find out what you know about yourself and the world around you. Best of luck!!

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 Average Score for this quiz: 37%
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The Swimming Facts Quiz will test your knowledge of the hobby and sport of swimming.
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1. The first recorded swimming races were held in 36 B.C. in what country?
a.Greece
b.England
c.Japan
d.Africa
2. What country was the first to develop swimming into a competitive sport?
a.England
b.Russia
c.France
d.Greece
3. What stroke is commonly said to be the hardest and most tiring?
a.The dog paddle
b.The backstroke
c.The breaststroke
d.The butterfly
4. What actress helped to make synchronized swimming popular?
a.Elizabeth Taylor
b.Ginger Rogers
c.Esther Williams
d.Doris Day
5. Which swimming stroke is normally used to gain speed the fastest?
a.The crawl
b.The butterfly
c.The backstroke
d.The dog paddle
6. In freestyle swimming races, which stroke is allowed to be used?
a.The crawl
b.The butterfly
c.Any stroke
d.None of the above
7. Swimming has been included in the modern version of the Olympic games since their beginning in 1896.
a.True
b.False
8. In 1946 war rationing of material inspired the invention of the two piece bathing suite, called a "bikini."  It was named after what?
a.An island chain in the West Indies
b.A U.S. submarine
c.A U.S. nuclear testing site in the South Pacific
d.None of the above
9. Women were not allowed to compete in Olympic swimming until what year?
a.1920
b.1912
c.1935
d.1930
10. What historical figure was known as a strong swimmer?
a.Napoleon
b.George Washington
c.Julius Caesar
d.Albert Einstein
11. Swimming was included in the ancient Greek Olympics.
a.True
b.False
12. Official Olympic swimming events include which of the following races?
a.Freestyle and backstroke
b.Breaststroke and butterfly
c.Individual medley and freestyle relays
d.All of the above
13. Who is the best swimmer in the olympics 08
a.Phelps
b.Addlington
c.Bolt
d.Richards
14. Is synchronized swimming for...
a.Men
b.Women
c.both
d.neither
15. What percentage of people that live in the United States don't know how to swim?
a.100%
b.65%
c.0%
d.47%
16. which actions of legs are you allowed to use in freestyle when you start
a.butterfly legs
b.breastroke legs
c.nothing
d.front and back legs
17. how meny maddles does mp have
a.2
b.4
c.7
d.6
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By: yasimin on Nov 11, 2009
  swimming is fun for everyone and most of humans love to learn about it expecially me and yes i would love to be a swimmer when i grow up and some of us humans dont know how to swim so that's why i would love to be a person that learns everyone to swim that's the kind of person i want to a donation
By: Dejanna age:10 on Nov 3, 2009
  Aproximetly 5010 human beings drown each year
By: amy on Oct 22, 2009
  i <3 swimming
By: Amy on Oct 22, 2009
  great cardiovascular workout!!
By: hattie on Oct 9, 2009
  need homework help on swimming good
By: Ash on Aug 20, 2009
  Swimming: From the outside looking in you cant understand it, from the inside looking out you cant explain it
By: gemma on Jul 29, 2009
  I love to swim! I love Phelps!
By: Natalie on Jul 29, 2009
  what is I.M. *clue not instant messaging
By: amy on Jul 8, 2009
  it is good to know how to swim, and this quiz is a good start
By: Jolene on May 27, 2009
  Interesting!
By: claire on May 25, 2009
  in january i couldnt swim at all and now i can swim 25m
By: Erica on May 21, 2009
  It is not easy to swim competitively.
By: hailey on May 18, 2009
  swimming is so much fun! i have swam for years and i never want to stop! its for all ages! :)
By: miley on May 9, 2009
  swimming is great fun! its my hobby! i looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove it! swimming ifs for all ages for 7-
By: Lucas Moeller on Mar 27, 2009
  i am a competitive swimmer and my best 50 meter freestyle time is 26 seconds
By: Amy x on Mar 10, 2009
  Use A Straddle Jump, If You Want A Shallow Landing In The Water :D
By: Damka on Feb 20, 2009
  It is easy
By: maddie on Feb 18, 2009
  swimmers are commonly good singers as well because of their large lung capacity and ability to control the amount and speed of air released.
By: timmy on Feb 9, 2009
  uhm swimming helps you loose wait so some people should swim
By: joan johnson on Feb 9, 2009
  Capt. Matthew Webb was the first man to swim the channel in 1885.
By: swimmingchamp4life on Jan 30, 2009
  Hey Roni, it's definitely Michael Phelps... I met him once. I actually beat him in the 100 meter fly in the 2005 worlds
By: Enrique on Jan 27, 2009
  Swimming is awesome
By: JuniorNationalSwimmer on Dec 18, 2008
  I have fast enough times for the US junior national team. I have been swimming since i was 8 years old and now 4 years later i am going to junior nationals for the second time.
By: cathrine on Dec 2, 2008
  i was doing a swimming lesson and i had to dive in so i thought i would show off and i dived in when my bikini top flinged off in the teachers face
By: Delaney on Nov 16, 2008
  i have been swimming since i was 4
By: bob on Nov 13, 2008
  the best time to shut your mouth is when swimming and when your angry
By: kerry walker on Oct 5, 2008
  i am great at the boob stroke
By: ada on Aug 12, 2008
  I LOVE TO SWIM
By: Roni on Jul 12, 2008
  Who is the fastest Butterflyer in the world? a)Adam Sioui b)Mike Brown c)Ian Crocker d)Micheal Phelps
By: katie tonstol on Jul 11, 2008
  Is side stroke a stroke?
By: Clare Crawford on Jul 9, 2008
  I am in a swimming club and have been selected to swim with Great Britian squad
  



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