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The Great Rogaining NSW – Year End Quiz
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
None
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
None
3. True or False – Another name for Lawyer Vine is ‘Wait a While’.
True
False
None
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
None
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
None
6. Who was the head chef at the 2023 Australian Rogaining Championships?
Gordon Ramsay
Dale Thompson
Nigella Lawson
Maggie Beer
None
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
None
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
None
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
None
10. Which animal was most bountiful at the NSW Metrogaine in 2023?
Ticks
Emus
Wallbies
Leeches
Possums
None
11. ANC stands for?
African National Congress
Australian National College
All Night Café
All of the above
None
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
None
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
None
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
None
15. Which scout group catered for the most rogaines in 2023?
1st Waitara
North Sydney
1st Cherrybrook
None
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
None
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
None
18. What event does not appear regularly on the NSW Rogaining calendar?
Summergaine
Autumngaine
Lake Macquarie
Paddy Pallin
Metrogaine
None
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
None
20. The magnetic declination in Sydney (difference between magnetic north and true north) is about?
+ 7 degrees
+ 13 degrees
– 13 degrees
– 7 degrees
None
Time's up
