Spearfishing Equipment

Question 1

What is the Hawaiian sling?

Accepted Answer

A wooden tube with an elastic loop at one end.

Answer

A device used to measure water depth.

Answer

A salt-water resistant fishing net.

Answer

A spearfishing gun.

Question 2

How is the spear propelled in an underwater gun?

Accepted Answer

By a compressed spring

Answer

By the force of the water

Answer

By the shaft

Answer

By the user

Question 3

What are spearguns powered by?

Accepted Answer

Natural latex rubber bands

Answer

Pneumatic power

Answer

Battery power

Answer

Solar power

Question 4

Wetsuits for spearfishing are often two-piece and what color?

Accepted Answer

Black or camouflage

Answer

Green

Answer

Blue

Answer

Yellow

Question 5

Why is a knife carried when freediving?

Accepted Answer

In case the diver becomes tangled in a spearline or floatline

Answer

To cut the spearline

Answer

To kill sharks

Answer

To catch fish

Question 6

What is the Japanese term for the process of quickly and humanely killing a fish upon capture?

Accepted Answer

Ikejime

Answer

Dashi

Answer

Conveyance

Answer

Sashimi

Question 7

Which of the following was NOT a type of gun used to propel the spear?

Accepted Answer

Gunpowder

Answer

Carbon dioxide

Answer

Rubber elastic band

Answer

Compressed air