news bulletin – answers

Finns scoop wife-carrying title

true/false

1. The couples need to be very fond of each other. T: they need to be ‘devoted to one another’
2. The course is quite easy. F: it is ‘not for the faint-hearted’ i.e. difficult
3. Couples come from all over the world. T
4. The reward for the winer is a cash prize. F: the prize is the woman’s weight in beer
5. The competition was held in Finland. T: the winners were Finnish who ‘won on home soil’
6. The winning couple achieved a world record. F: their just over 1 minute result was not a record
7. The couple have competed in all 14 championship; events. F: all but 2, so 12
8. The husband found the competition very difficult. T: ‘the hardest thing (what) I have done’
9. The contest is associated with the historic practice of wife stealing. T: this seems to be the origin
10. Finland also hosts the swamp football competition. T: among other competitions such as sauna sitting and mobile phone throwing