Quizzing a sport?

Today was boring. I started out watching cheerleading competions (I think you all know why ), then I watched a poker competition. And it got my thinking, ": how can someone say quizzing is not a sport, and yet chess, cheerleading, and poker is." Then I continued to thing, "Is quizzing really a sport? So in mock of the "cheerleading article scandal", I will defend quizzing as a sport (with as little attack on the other sports as possible).

Quizzing is many things. It's a time to learn God's word, an act of worship towards God, a time to socialize with other Christians, and a time to use our God-given gifts. I think it has a sport as well. The dictionary defines it as: "Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively." Now the only physical thing you do in quizzing is press a button. But it's not just that. The second defintion calls a sport: "An active pastime." Perhaps quizzing is that. Quizzing is a strong intellectual sport. It's not a game of chance. It's not like no skill is required. Quizzing takes tons of painstaking, time-consuming studying and practicing. There is as much stragedy in quizzing as in making plays in football, if not more. Quizzing is just as competitive as any sport as well. I have seen and expereinced the great competition in quizzing. It has led quizzers from great joy and laguhter to overcome by tears and sadness (and vice versa). People will do anything to win, some even will cheat (sadly). If this is not competition, I don't know what is. Quizzing also can be considered as a sport because of the great dedication to it. Many quizzers go into matches with great seriousness. Quizzing is too a sport.

Now the more negative side of looking at why quizzing is a sport. Quizzing must be a sport if there are other activities that are also considered sports. Such are chess, poker and cheerleading. Quizzing takes just as much thinking and stratergy as chess. In poker, all you do is bluff, bet and hope the right cards come along. Cheerleading is like being a "profesional fan". All they do is cheer for the team, and occasionally put on a little show. If these are sports, than so is bible quizzing!