• 1. 
    Which game is similar to ice hockey and is played almost exclusively in the Scandinavian countries, the Baltic states, and Mongolia?

  • curling
  • jai alai
  • bandy
  • lacrosse
  • 2. 
    Which game is similar to lawn bowls but is played on ice?

  • bagatelle
  • tossing the caber
  • bandy
  • curling
  • 3. 
    Which of these is a form of small-sled racing in which the sled is ridden in a supine position (lying on the back) and steered by subtle leg and shoulder movements?

  • bobsledding
  • dogsled racing
  • lugeing
  • skeleton
  • 4. 
    What was the first organized international competition involving winter sports?

  • Winter Olympic Games
  • Commonwealth Games
  • Nordic Games
  • Highland Games
  • 5. 
    Where did speed skating originate?

  • Canada
  • Russia
  • Norway
  • the Netherlands
  • 6. 
    What sport consists of sliding down an ice-covered natural or artificial incline on a four-runner sleigh?

  • slalom
  • snowboarding
  • lugeing
  • bobsledding
  • 7. 
    Which kind of ski race follows a winding course between pairs of poles topped with flags?

  • freestyle
  • slalom
  • ski jumping
  • cross-country
  • 8. 
    What winter sport evolved from skateboarding and surfing?

  • snowboarding
  • bobsledding
  • ski jumping
  • slalom
  • 9. 
    What winter sports event combines cross-country skiing with rifle marksmanship?

  • downhill
  • biathlon
  • skeet shooting
  • Nordic skiing
  • 10. 
    What figure skater of the 1970s, known for his balletic style, was nicknamed “the Nureyev of the ice”?

  • John Curry
  • Gillis Grafström
  • Brian Boitano
  • Scott Hamilton
  • 11. 
    Which of these sports involves acro, aerials, and moguls?

  • hockey
  • freestyle skiing
  • freestyle swimming
  • freestyle skating
  • 12. 
    Who dominated dogsled racing in the 1980s and early 1990s, winning the Iditarod four times?

  • Dallas Seavey
  • Mitch Seavey
  • Libby Riddles
  • Susan Butcher
  • 13. 
    Who won gold medals for the downhill, slalom, and giant slalom races for men at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France?

  • Vegard Ulvang
  • Jean-Claude Killy
  • Anton Sailer
  • Henri Oreiller
  • 14. 
    What is the name of the sledding sport that requires riders to travel headfirst with their faces just inches above the icy course?

  • snowboarding
  • lugeing
  • skeleton
  • bobsledding
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