Objective: answer 7 questions correctly. And no cheating! (JavaScript required).


1. You should attach the rope to your harness using which knot?

Double bow
Granny knot
Figure of eight knot
Forget me not

2. Which knot can also be used for belaying?

Italian hitch
Clove hitch
Half hitch
Temporary hitch

3. Which of the following is NOT a belay device?

ATC
TLC
SRC
Gri-Gri

4. Using both hands on the same hold is known as:

Sharing
Matching
Clinging
Desperation

5. Name a technique used when climbing overhangs:

Tunisians
Palestinians
Lilliputians
Egyptians

6. What is rappelling?

Soloing
Belaying
Abseiling
Ascending

7. What does BRYCS stand for?

British Regional Young Climbers School
British Rail Youths' Climbing School
British Regional Youth Competition Series
Brian's Red and Yellow Climbing Shoes

8. On The Castle route boards, the abbreviation SOS means:

Save our sausages
Help!
Screw on smear
Start on sidewall

9. Whilst at The Castle you should not:

Run around screaming at the top of your voice
Leap off the top of the bouldering walls
Be cheeky to the staff
All of the above

10. The most polite, helpful and likable instructor is:

Richard
Sophie
Aron
Iwona

 

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