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Winter Sports

Olympic events. Source: Wikipedia and The International Ski and Snowboard Federation website.
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1. The World Cup of Skiing kicks off in Sölden, Austria, every year. In October. In which sport?
Alpine Skiing
Ski Jumping
Cross Country Skiing
Biathlon
2. What is the "International Ski and Snowboard Federation" typically known as?
ISSF
IBU
FIS
LOTR
3. One of these sports is not a part of the aforementioned Federation
Telemark Skiing
Biathlon
Slopestyle
Ski Flying
4. There are two diciplines in Biathlon. Which two?
Shooting and Cross Country Skiing
Shooting and Ski Flying
Cross Country Skiing and Ski Jumping
Figure Skating and Half-pipe
5. One Freestyle event is defunct. Which one?
Cross Country Downhill skiing
Ski Ballet
Moguls
Moguls Ballet
6. Who has the most wins in World Cup Alpine Skiing races?
Mikaela Shiffrin
Ingemar Stenmark
Marcel Hirscher
Alberto Tomba
7. A Californian community has hosted the Winter Olympics. Which community? (The name of the community has changed since then.)
Lake Placid
Los Angeles
Malibu
Squaw Valley
8. There has been two Winter Olympics in Scandinavia. In which countries or country?
Sweden and Norway
Iceland and Norway
Finland and Norway
Twice in Norway
9. Every January, Arnold Schwarzenegger, is one out of approx. hundred thousand fans in a seriously scary Downhill competition in Austria. Where?
Wengen
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Graz
Kitzbühel
10. Steven Bradbury won a gold medal in Short Track Speed Skating in the Winter Olympics in 2002. Where is he from?
Australia
Jamaica
Great Britain
New Zealand
11. A former Norwegian Winter Olympian has a star on the Hollywood Walk on Fame. Who?
Ingrid Bergman
Vegard Ylvisåker
Henrik Ibsen
Sonja Henie
12. The Hockey Tournament in the Olympics in 1980. USA won the Gold Medal. Which team did they beat in their final game? (Trick question)
Finland
Soviet Union
Sweden
Czechoslovakia
13. Romania is last on the overall Medal Count from the Winter Olympics. They have one Bronze Medal. What is their ranking?
12th
20th
44th
87th
14. The Netherlands typically wins a lot of medals in the Winter Olympics. In which sport do they excell?
Long Track Speed Skating
Downhill Skiing
Tulip Relay
Figure Skating
15. And finally... Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan. What did they do?
Light the Olympic Flame in the Vancouver Olympics
Blood doping
Won three Gold Medals each in Cross Country Skiing
Figure Skate
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