Yokozuna Quiz

["Nashinokawa" <nashinokawa@parbrook.free-online.co.uk>]

since we have been discussing Yokozuna's recently I thought I'd put together
the following quiz:

1. What is the Yokozuna Hawser made from?

2. Who makes it?

3 How often does a yokozuna get a new one?

4. The rope is usally cut to fit. What happens to the excess and what is
their peculiar reputed lucky property

6. How do the two dohyo-iri styles differ, (both in performance and in the
hawser) and what is the irony in their nomenclature.

7. What are the zig-zag strips called and how many are there.

8. Who was the first modern yokozuna to perform the shiranui style and who
is reputed to have taught him.

9. What is to stop a new Yokozuna coming up with his own style.

10. What would an early yokozuna be most surprised about if he looked at the
modern Yokozuna's hawser.

11. Which family traditionally had the right to grant Yokozuna licences.

12. Who is the only rikishi to have joined the precursor to the present sumo
association as a Yokozuna and how did he do it.

13.  Where is the tradition of using a rope around a yokozuna said to have
come from (note there are many stories to this -- so there are no correct
answers in my view -- but it is a chance to look at the possiblities.)