Episode 8: Let’s Get Quizzical 

This episode is the first brought to you via Zoom as we all adjust to life in the new covid normal. We cover home workouts, socially distant socialising and bring them together in an OCR quiz for you to play along to at home!

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JAY’S QUIZ QUESTIONS

Squat Round (10)

• Mr. Mouse’s real name is?
• May 2nd, 2010, the first Tough Mudder took place in which US State?
• The Guinness record for longest completed monkey bars was achieved by Autobacs Seven Co. Ltd (Japan) at Sunshine Wharf, Japan, on 14 April 2019. But how long were those monkey bars?
• What race would NOT count towards your trifecta - ultra, trail, beast, stadion?

Push-Up Round (10)

• Upon completion of your 3rd Tough Mudder what colour headband do you receive?
• Joe De Sean’s first obstacle style race was call the ‘Death Race’. What year did he first host this event? BONUS: How many people participated?
• In the current Spartan Rule Book, how many SINGLE attempt pass/fail obstacles are there in total?
• In what film did The Rock & Zac Efron challenge each other to an obstacle course race? BONUS: What was the name of that course?

Burpees Round (10)

• Who was Spartan’s first female race director?
• Red Bull’s ‘Neptunes Steps’ requires the participants to complete what sequence of events?
• Which of the following is NOT a standard Spartan regulation wall height (in feet)?
• What did the Toughest rename their Salmon Ladder obstacle to this year?

Plank Round (30s)

• The SEA Games saw the first time a modern OCR event has been hosted at an IOC ratified competition. The Philippines dominated the field. But how many medals did they achieve overall in Obstacle racing?
• Pre WW1 Georges Hebert introduced the idea of “parcours de combattant” taking and arranging physical tests into a permanent course, but which branch of the French military was the first to adopt this idea?
• Royal Burpee invented the burpee as a fitness and flexibility test in what year?

Round for Rounds (each wrong answer is worth 1 round of the above exercises)

• Which of the following is NOT a language that the official Spartan rule book is issued in?
• “Hold my shoes” created the worlds longest inflatable obstacle course… how long is it?
• “Bottom field” is the name for the British Marines infamous assault course which requires participants to complete “ditch jump, wall climb, net crawl, a-frame steps- monkey bars, balance wall, tyrolean traverse with full release and regain, balance beam, 4ft wall 6ft fence, tunnel crawl, cargo net” all  whilst carrying 14kg of kit and rifle.

Workout Of The Week

Jessie - Vertical mile at Bukit Timah Hill.

Sean - Beach workout on Sentosa:

1 mile run 

100 Burpees

100 Sandbag Thrusters 

100 Push Ups

100 GTOH

100 Lunges per leg

10x200m Sprints

100 Butterfly Sit Ups

100 Air Squats

100 Leg Raises

10 Card Picks, each card = 10 reps

♠️ = Push Ups

♣️ = GTOH

♥️ = Burpees

♦️= Sprint

Ilona - Stair workout: 

5 flights running, 5 flights with 15kg sandbag

At the end of each carry 10 of:

R1 burpees

R2 squats

R3 v-ups

R4 push-ups

R5 lunges

R6 burpees

Jay - ‘Socially distant’ wakeboarding off the north coast of the island.