Curling: Strategy on Ice

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Curling: Strategy on Ice — 10 questions on stones, the house, sweeping, the hammer and team roles.

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1. In curling, what does the “hammer” refer to?

   1. Right to deliver a tiebreaker
   2. Coach's decision authority
   3. Right to deliver the first stone
   4. Right to deliver the last stone
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   D) Right to deliver the last stone

2. What is the point at the exact centre of the house called?

   1. Back line
   2. Button
   3. Hog line
   4. Tee line
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   B) Button

3. Under international curling rules, what is the maximum permitted weight of a stone?

   1. 6.35 kg
   2. 19.96 kg
   3. 24.5 kg
   4. 10.2 kg
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   B) 19.96 kg

4. How does sweeping the ice in front of a stone typically affect its travel?

   1. It helps the stone travel farther
   2. It makes the stone travel a shorter distance
   3. It increases the stone's weight
   4. It makes the stone curl more
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   A) It helps the stone travel farther

5. What is the footrest used during stone delivery called?

   1. Hog line
   2. Tee
   3. Hack
   4. House
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   C) Hack

6. Under World Curling's 2023 rules, which stones does the five-rock free guard zone rule protect?

   1. Opponent's stones inside the house
   2. A team's own stones around the button
   3. A team's own guards between the hog and tee lines
   4. Opponent's guards between the hog and tee lines
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   D) Opponent's guards between the hog and tee lines

7. If both teams have stones in the house, which stones score for a team?

   1. All of the team's stones in the house
   2. The last stone delivered in the end
   3. Stones closer to the button than the opponent's nearest stone
   4. Stones closer to the hog line than the opponent's nearest stone
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   C) Stones closer to the button than the opponent's nearest stone

8. In a standard four-player team, which position directs strategy and usually throws the last two stones?

   1. Skip
   2. Third (vice-skip)
   3. Second
   4. Lead
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   A) Skip

9. Which shot aims to stop in the house without contacting another stone?

   1. Takeout
   2. Freeze
   3. Guard
   4. Draw
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   D) Draw

10. What term describes a stone that fails to reach the far hog line after delivery?

    1. Draw stone
    2. Hogged stone
    3. Burned stone
    4. Guard stone
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    B) Hogged stone