Winter Sports quiz

This Winter sports quiz includes some of the more common individual sports include cross-country skiing, Alpine skiing, snowboarding, ski jumping, speed skating, figure skating, luge, skeleton, bobsleigh and snowmobiling.

Common team sports include ice hockey, curling and bandy.

How much do you know about winter sports?

NB This is not a quiz for experts.

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This sport is one of the sports in the winter olympics. What is it called ?

Combined Nordic

Ice- gun

Biathlon

Free style shooting

Alpine shooting

This Olympic sport is called the "Skeleton" in which riders hurtle head first down an icy track. What is the top speed recorded during an Olympic Games ?

100 km/hr

115 km/hr

120 km/hr

125 km/hr

130 km/h

Where is the highest ski resort in the world?

Zermatt, Switzerland

Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, China

Chacaltaya, Bolivia

Chamonix, France

Aspen, Colorado, USA

Curling is often known as "chess on ice". What is the aim of the game?

Teams are awarded points for each of the curling stones resting closest to the centre of the target at the end of each game.

Teams are awarded points for the fastest brushing of the the ice.

The team with a curling stone nearest the centre of the target wins the match.

The team which knocks out all of the opposing team's curling stone wins the match.

The team which makes the nicest pattern of all its curling stones wins the match.

What is the world record for the tallest snowman ever?

20 metres

24 metres

31 metres

37 metres

42 metres

Nerves of steal are needed for this sport and it seems to attract "dare devil" personalities. What is the nick-name of one of the most unusual dare devil competitors who took part in this sport in the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.

Flying François

Barry the Bird

Jumping Julien

Crash Head Chris

Eddie the Eagle

From the following list of winter sports, which list includes an outdoor winter sport?

Ice skating, curling, Ice hockey, figure skating.

Curling, speed skating, figure skating, Skeleton.

Skeleton, ice skating, snowboarding, ice hockey.

What is the name of this particular sport in which competitors take off from a 2 to 4 metre ramp and then they are judged on the degree of difficultly (DD) of their jump maneuvers?

Half Pipe

Ski ballet

Ski cross

Aerial skiing

Slopestyle

The biggest snowball fight took place in Saskatoon, Canada on 31st January 2016. How many people took part?

674

2356

6539

7681

10, 654

One of the nicest films about winter sports is the Disney film "Rasta Rocket". Which country did the bob sleighers represent?

Barbados

Jamaica

Cuba

Martinique

Trinadad and Tobago

Where were the first winter Olympic games held?

Chamonix, France

Stockholm, Sweden

Oslo, Norway

St Moritz, Switzerland

Innsbruck, Austria

From the list below, which move is NOT a real move in figure skating?

Half Lutz

Walley jump

One-foot Salchow

Falling leaf

Chow mein half toe

What is the origin of the word "ski"?

It originates from an Old Norse word,skið, meaning "long snowshoe," literally "stick of wood.

It originates from a Swedish word "skid" meaning to slide.

It originates from a Russian word,"skiov" meaning to cut ice.

It originates from an eskimo word, "skeee" meaning movement.

It originates from a Viking word "skie" meaning travel on iced water.

Snow canons are used these days to boost low snow levels. When was the patent for the artificial snow canon first approved?

1950

1956

1967

1971

1974

This is a new extreme winter sport. The first world championship was held in 2007 in Lienz, Austria. What are the traditional skis replaced with?

A life jacket

A paddle

An oar

A stick made of reinforced composite materials.

A parachute

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