Boxing Day Quiz
Fingers on buzzers! Test your knowledge of outdoor swimming with our Boxing Day Swim Quiz of the Year.
![1 Ross Edgley](https://outdoorswimmer.com/assets/site/_850xAUTO_crop_center-center/1-ross-edgley.jpg)
1. How many bananas did Ross Edgley consume during his Great British Swim?
394
649
947
![2 Agnes Beckwith](https://outdoorswimmer.com/assets/site/_850xAUTO_crop_center-center/2-Agnes-Beckwith.jpg)
2. Where did Agnes Beckwith swim 20 miles in 1878?
River Thames
English Channel
North Channel
3. An ice mile is a mile swum in water of what temperature and under?
5 degrees C
10 degrees C
1 degree C
![4 Captain Matthew Webb](https://outdoorswimmer.com/assets/site/_850xAUTO_crop_center-center/4-Captain_Matthew_Webb.jpg)
4. How did Captain Webb die?
Drowned attempting to go down Niagara Falls in a barrel
Drowned in the Niagara River Whirlpool Rapids
Drowned attempting to tightrope walk across Niagara Falls
![5 Farallon Island](https://outdoorswimmer.com/assets/site/_850xAUTO_crop_center-center/5-Farallon_Island.jpg)
5. The Farallon Islands to San Francisco is considered to be one of the world’s toughest swims. The waters around the Farallon Islands are a breeding ground for which creatures?
Komodo Dragons
Great White Sharks
Giant Squid
![6 Gladys Pugh](https://outdoorswimmer.com/assets/site/_850xAUTO_crop_center-center/6-Gladys-Pugh.jpg)
6. Who is the UN Patron of the Oceans?
Lewis Pugh
Lewis Hamilton
Gladys Pugh
![7 Mermaid](https://outdoorswimmer.com/assets/site/_850xAUTO_crop_center-center/7-Mermaid.png)
7. Linsey Cole recently swam down the Thames collecting litter. What mythical creature was she dressed as?
Unicorn
Mermaid
Cyclops
![8 Victoria Wood](https://outdoorswimmer.com/assets/site/_850xAUTO_crop_center-center/8-victoria-wood.jpg)
8. In the Victoria Wood sketch Swim the Channel, which pop star did Chrissie want to meet?
Bonnie Tyler
Taylor Dayne
Diana Ross
![9 Tom Gregory](https://outdoorswimmer.com/assets/site/_850xAUTO_crop_center-center/9-Tom-Gregory.jpg)
9. How old was Tom Gregory when he swam the English Channel?
11
12
13
![10 Vorderman](https://outdoorswimmer.com/assets/site/_850xAUTO_crop_center-center/10-Vorderman.jpg)
10. Pannier Yankee is an anagram of which open water Olympian?
Answers
1. 649
2. River Thames
3. 5 degrees C
4. Drowned in the Niagara River Whirlpool Rapids
5. Great White Sharks
6. Lewis Pugh
7. Mermaid
8. Bonnie Tyler
9. 11
10. Keri-anne Payne
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