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Skiing is a popular winter sport that has been enjoyed by people all over the world for centuries. From the early days of cross-country skiing to the development of modern alpine skiing and snowboarding, skiing has come a long way over the years. Skiing trivia questions are a great way to test your knowledge of this exciting sport and to learn more about its history, techniques, and culture.
This list of skiing trivia questions covers a wide range of topics and is designed to challenge your understanding of the sport. From the basics of skiing equipment and techniques to the latest developments in ski technology and fashion, this list of questions is sure to be both educational and entertaining.
Whether you're a ski enthusiast, a winter sports lover, or simply someone who is interested in learning more about this exciting sport, this list of skiing trivia questions is sure to provide you with hours of enjoyment and learning. So why not put your knowledge to the test and see how you fare? Let's explore the thrilling world of skiing and see how much you really know!
1. What informal term for a rabbit is used for a gentle ski slope suitable for beginners?
Answer: Bunny
2. Mike Wiegele is a pioneer of what kind of skiing, in which slopes that don’t have an infrastructure to get you to the top are bypassed by a certain kind of flying machine?
Answer: Heli Skiing
3. What “C” peak in Queenstown, New Zealand is a skiing mountain, whose name is the same as a crown that is commonly worn by lesser royalties, such as those with peerage?
Answer: Coronet Peak
4. According to the United States National Ski Areas Association, what colored square represents ski slopes designed for intermediate skiers?
Answer: Blue square
5. What ski resort in southwestern Montana proudly claims to host the "Biggest Skiing in America"?
Answer: Big Sky Resort
6. In 1967, Bill Briggs made the first ski descents of the Middle and South peaks of what “T” mountain range in Northwest Wyoming, located in their “Grand” National Park?
Answer: Teton Mountains
7. What is the catch-all term for systems used to transport skiers to the top of a hill or mountain, and includes chairlifts, gondola lifts, cable cars, and aerial tramways?
Answer: Ski Lift
8. What “B” word refers to the devices that attach a skier’s feet to to the ski? It comes from an adjective for attaching to a surface, like bandages or a legal contract.
Answer: Binding
9. What skiing "S" word comes from the Norwegian words for "slope" and "track?"
Answer: Slalom
10. Remi Lindholm is a cross-country skier who competed in the 50 kilometer freestyle as a representative of what nation? Its white flag with a blue cross rises above the arctic Lapland province.
Answer: Finland
11. Originally a term for a herder's humble hut, what French word describes wooden, sloped Alpine houses frequently seen near ski slopes?
Answer: Chalet
12. A rooster rendered in the red, white, and blue of the French flag is the logo of what brand, whose products include skis and the apparel and accessories worn with them?
Answer: Rossignol
13. To train for a race back in the 1970s, Ed Pauls built a static cross country skiing machine in his Chaska, Minnesota garage. That's the origin of what exercise equipment company based in Utah, not Sweden?
Answer: NordicTrack
14. In the Winter Olympics, the biathlon event combines cross-country skiing with the shooting of what specific firearm?
Answer: Rifle
15. What “S” American skier, who won gold medals in the slalom in 2014 and 2018, was the the youngest slalom gold medalist in Olympic history?
Answer: Mikaela Shiffrin
16. Franz Klammer won the downhill skiing gold medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics in dramatic fashion. The games were held in Innsbruck, the capital of the state of Tyrol in what European nation?
Answer: Austria
17. Although sometimes manmade, these mounds of snow form naturally over time on ski slopes that see a lot of traffic. When skiers turn, they gradually push snow into small communal piles better known by what name?
Answer: Moguls
18. The acclaimed ski resort town of Zermatt, Switzerland lies in the shadow of Monte Cervino, an Alpine mountain known in English by what Disney rollercoaster name?
Answer: Matterhorn
19. Time spent socializing and enjoying beverages after a long day on the slopes is frequently referred to by what hyphenated French term?
Answer: Apres-ski
20. Smugglers' Notch and Sugarbush are two of the most adorably named S-word ski resorts in what U.S. state where you can also find Stowe?
Answer: Vermont
21. What Ridge in Washington’s Olympic Park is a popular destination for hiking, skiing, and snowboarding? It shares its name with a weather phenomenon not commonly seen in Washington, more commonly survived in the East Coast and the Florida Gulf region.
Answer: Hurricane Ridge
22. What “K” female Croatian alpine ski racer of the 2000s won four gold medals, last winning gold in alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics?
Answer: Janica Kostelic
23. An analogy often used to teach beginners to ski is "French fries"—meaning keep the skis parallel to each other—and what other fast food that means point the skis together in a wedge shape?
Answer: Pizza
24. What “P” magazine’s website advertises itself as “The Skier’s Magazine,” even as it stopped publishing regular issues in 2021? Its name is slang for fresh snow, and a general term for ground particles.
Answer: Powder
25. What Olympian, nicknamed the "Flying Tomato," was born in San Diego and grew up skiing in the San Bernardino Mountains?
Answer: Shaun White
26. Toss in a dash of Alpine. Mix with a splash of Nordic, stir. Now you've got what skiing technique named for a region of Norway?
Answer: Telemark
27. Ahoy! We like the cut of what three-letter term that refers to riding a snowboard or skis across a non-pisted surface?
Answer: Jib
28. What skier won 6 Olympic medals from 1998 to 2014, as well as 4 world championships, and is considered the greatest American male alpine skier of all time? He is remembered by some for failing to win a gold medal in any of his events at the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics.
Answer: Bode Miller
29. Known for penning notable works including “A Study In Scarlet” and “The Hound of the Baskervilles”, what knighted British author and physician introduced skiing in Switzerland?
Answer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
30. In the 2018 Winter Olympics, the U.S. won their first medal in 42 years in what skiing event that has historically been dominated by Nordic countries? The event has two major techniques: "classic" and "skating."
Answer: Cross country skiing
31. Located at the base of Mont Blanc in the Alps, what French valley is known for its ski resorts like Grands Montets, Les Houches, and Le Brevent?
Answer: Chamonix
32. There's rarely enough powder in Southern Ireland to pull what skiing maneuver with an off-axis spin or inverted horizontal rotation?
Answer: Cork / Corkscrew
33. Patrick Vallencant and Anselme Baud worked together in a variety of extreme skiing stunts in the 1970s and 1980s, including skiing down the face of what “B” Mont, the highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe?
Answer: Mont Blanc
34. The first Indigenous athletes to rep Canada at the Olympics, Sharon and Shirley Firth, competed in what attention span-defying, quad-busting ski event?
Answer: Cross-country skiing
35. The Super-G is the abbreviated form of what three-word skiing event which debuted in the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics?
Answer: Super Giant Slalom
36. What Austrian alpine ski racer, nicknamed the “Herminator,” has a historic track record, with four World Cup titles, two gold medals, and three World Championships? He won both his golds at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
Answer: Hermann Maier
37. What female skier, from Salt Lake City, Utah won gold medals in cross country skiing for Team USA at the 2013 World Championships and the 2018 Winter Olympics? Her “R” last name is the same as the actor who played Felix Ungar in the 1970s “Odd Couple” TV show.
Answer: Kikkan Randall
38. In 1972, Sylvain Saudan, whom some consider the first extreme skier, was the first person to ski descent down the Messner Coulior on what large US mountain?
Answer: Denali
39. Pretty much synonymous with "groomer," what French P-word for "trail" means a marked, usually compacted ski run?
Answer: Piste
40. Who won New Zealand’s first ever Winter Olympics medal, with a silver in the Women’s Slalom skiing at Albertvill in 1992?
Answer: Annelise Coberger
41. The University of Denver holds a record 24 NCAA championship team titles in what sport, earning ten since 2000?
Answer: Skiing
42. In 2008, Bode Miller won his only Olympic gold in what skiing event that kinda sounds like a ginormous piece of farm equipment?
Answer: Super combined
43. What Italian skiier with an “E” last name participated on the Italian Olympic team in 2014 Olympics, and recently made the short film “The Ultimate Run” for Red Bull?
Answer: Markus Eder
44. An alliterative aerial lift which transports skiers on the top of the slopes shares its name with what public transportation vehicle that is symbolically silhouetted within Rice-A-Roni’s logo?
Answer: Cable car
45. Australia might not be the first place on Earth you’d think would make a great destination for a skip trip, but you can hit the slopes in the country's alps. To get a history lesson, which town in New South Wales—the birthplace of Australian skiing—can you visit to learn all about how the snow sport came to the continent in 1861?
Answer: Kiandra
46. In 1963, Josef Kaiser invented a way for Alpine skiers to train during the off-season. What’s the name of his snow-free method?
Answer: Grass skiing
47. Alpine skiing first took place at the Winter Olympics in which year? (Hint: The following Winter Olympics did not take place until 12 years after this year.)
Answer: 1936
48. What “D” American skier, along with her partner Kikkan Randall, won America’s first ever gold medals in cross-country skiing at the 2018 Olympics? She wrote an autobiography called “Brave Enough”, about her career as well as personal struggles with bulimia.
Answer: Jessie Diggins
49. A demonstration sport at the 1988 and 1992 Winter Olympics was which form of skiing very similar to figure skating, combining spins, jumps, and flips in a two-minute routine choreographed to music?
Answer: Ski ballet
50. What six-letter German “S” word is defined by Merriam-Webster as a verb meaning “to ski directly down a slope at high speed”?
Answer: Schuss
51. What Canadian skier of Asian ancestry is a pioneer of freestyle skiing in the 1970s, and is a member of both the Canadian and US Ski Halls of Fame? He invented his own namesake “Banger.”
Answer: Wayne Wong
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