2023 Year End Quiz - NSW Rogaining

Can you master "The Great Rogaining NSW - Year End QUIZ"

All questions are multiple choice, just choose the single answer that best fits you.

1. The name of the sport of rogaining came from?

The inventors of an American hair tonic

ROd GAI and NEil

Rugged Outdoor Group Activity Involving Navigation And Endurance

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2. “The Middle of Nowhere” was a control description at which event during 2023?

The Minigaine ‘Escape to the City’ at la Perouse

The Nightgaine ‘North Shore in a new light’ at West Pymble

The Paddy Pallin ‘Ay! Currambene!’ near Nowra

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3. True or False – Another name for Lawyer Vine is ‘Wait a While’.

True

False

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4. Which of the following costs the least?

A big night out with friends

The Sydney City to Surf fun run

A typical six-hour rogaine

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5. Which scientist/mathematician entered an 8 hour rogaine developed their route strategy by dividing the time available into 560 minutes and was late back?

Archimedes

Galileo

Volunteer coordinator Robin Cameron

Ramanujan

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6. Who was the head chef at the 2023 Australian Rogaining Championships?

Gordon Ramsay

Dale Thompson

Nigella Lawson

Maggie Beer

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7. Which of the following is not a recommended rogaining technique?

Aiming off

Using an attack point

Letting the slowest lag behind so they don’t waste time navigating

Pace counting

Following handrails

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8. True or False – The Lake Macquarie Rogaine once offered money prizes to attract elite athletes and was known as ‘The Dash for Cash’.

True

False

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9. Which State/Territory won the 2023 interstate challenge at the Australian Rogaining Championships?

Victoria

Tasmania

ACT

Joint winners with a tie ACT/NSW

NSW

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10. Which animal was most bountiful at the NSW Metrogaine in 2023?

Ticks

Emus

Wallbies

Leeches

Possums

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11. ANC stands for?

African National Congress

Australian National College

All Night Café

All of the above

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12. Who was spotted at a rogaine with a T-shirt which said “If a man speaks in the forest, with no woman to hear him, is he still wrong?”

Past President Trevor Gollan

Current President Graham Field

Robert Pallin, son of Paddy

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13. This year was the Lane Cove Rivergaine V, next year to Sydney North Head will be V1. True of False – The one after being Rivergaine V11 and inspired by the EAC (East Australia Current) will be on Norfolk Island.

True

False

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14. In 2024 besides January and December which is the only month to not have a NSW Rogaining Association or Navshield event scheduled?

February

April

June

November

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15. Which scout group catered for the most rogaines in 2023?

1st Waitara

North Sydney

1st Cherrybrook

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16. The annual Navshield Rogaine in July is now operated by Bush Search and Rescue within which Government agency?

Rural Fire Service – RFS

State Emergency Service – SES

NSW Fire and Rescue

NSW Police

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17. The same team have been back-to-back outright winners of the last four Australian Rogaining Championships. Which category are they in?

Men's Open

Mixed Open

Men's Veterans

Mixed Veterans

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18. What event does not appear regularly on the NSW Rogaining calendar?

Summergaine

Autumngaine

Lake Macquarie

Paddy Pallin

Metrogaine

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19. If your team can’t find a control in some thick bush, should it?

Give up in five minutes – Rogaining is a sport of luck

Try different strategies for up to say 30 minutes

Keep looking for as long as it takes – the objective is to get everything you go for

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20. The magnetic declination in Sydney (difference between magnetic north and true north) is about?

+ 7 degrees

+ 13 degrees

– 13 degrees

– 7 degrees

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