EXAMS YAWAAAA

Question 1

Those uneducated who can neither swim nor
read and write, cannot hold a public position”,

Answer 1

Plato.

Question 2

IN ATHENS, ———— MADE THE ACQUISITION OF THE
SCIENCE OF SWIMMING COMPULSORY IN 594 B.C

Answer 2

SOLON, 594 B.C

Question 3

LYKOURGOS, THE LAWMAKER OF SPARTA, PRESCRIBED THE
SAME IN A STRICT ACT ON EDUCATION IN THE 9TH
CENTURY

Answer 3

LYKOURGOS, 19th century

Question 4

we can find swimming and
the pictorial or written records hereof
in almost every nation’s culture from
the Sumerian to the Assyrian.

Answer 4

In mesapotamia

Question 5

After the fall of the Roman Empire
water has lost its popularity.
Any contact with it was considered unclean
and sinful. “Everyday bathing and swimming
in open water are extremely harmful to
health”, they professed

Answer 5

(476 A.D.),

Question 6

As a greatest event in the history of swimming, ————– swam across the English Channel between
Dover and Calais in 21 hours and 45 minutes. The
distance was 34 kilometres, but he supposedly swam in
zigzag, so he covered 64 kilometres by the end

Answer 6

Matthew Webb , 1875

Question 7

swimming was included in the olympics

Answer 7

1896