Sunday 4th January 2026
Difficulty: Hard
Shinty (#1,143)
A shinty game in progress. Photo: Sologoal @ Wikipedia. (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Shinty is a team game played with sticks and a ball. It has a passing similarity to hockey, but with several differences. It was once widespread in Scotland, but is now played mainly in the Scottish Highlands.
1. How big is a shinty ball, compared to a tennis ball?
2. Before leather stitched balls were introduced at the end of the 1800s, a variety of materials had been used to make shinty balls. Which of these is NOT one of them?
3. What is "hacking"?
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