Cultural Meanings Associated with Sports

Can you identify which sports are associated with which cultural meanings?

Try to match the sport in the list (left) with the cultural meanings associated with that sport (right). Click on any sport or group of associations to test your answers.

1. Polo a. primarily blue-collar participants, male and female participants, associated activities include gambling, smoking, and drinking beer
2. Skateboarding b. primarily white-collar participants, male and female participants, associated activities include conducting business while playing
3. Golf c. upper-class participants (including royalty), primarily male participants, associated activities include fox hunting
4. Bowling d. blue- or white-collar participants, primarily teen or pre-teen male participants, associated activities include hanging out in shopping malls
5. Gymnastics e. white-collar or upper-class participants, primarily young female participants, associations include the young age of the competitors and the Olympic Games

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