Skiing, Ski Resorts, Skiers, and All Things Ski by SchwartzD

Champion(s):

StaleyO


Runner(s)-Up:

WendellA
If someone asks you if you are a god, you say "Yes."


Quiz Description

With winter finally here, it's time to test your knowledge on all things "ski" related. This will be a general knowledge quiz that hopefully will hit the sweet spot. And no, there will be no snowboarding questions.

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Questions:

Nicknamed "The Beast of the East", NAME THIS SKI RESORT, which is also the largest one in the Eastern United States.

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Killington Ski Resort

At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, these two brothers won gold and silver in the slalom. What is the LAST NAME that the brothers share?

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Mahre

Besides Colorado, what are the remaining TOP FOUR STATES by skier visits in 2014? (three answers required, order not important)

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Vermont, California, Utah

Born in 1924 and credited for over 750 sports films, NAME (first and last name required) THE AMERICAN SKI AND SNOWBOARDING FILMMAKER, who is best known for his promotion of skiing and is perhaps THE iconic figure in ski movie filmmaking.

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Warren Miller

Located in Austria, a mountain that is part of the ski resort of Kitzbuhel, hosts one of the most famous ski races in the world, and a fixture of the men's World Cup since 1967. It is typically raced on the Streif course. NAME EITHER the MOUNTAIN or the SKI RACE which takes it name from the mountain.

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Hahnenkamm, Hahnenkammrennen

In THIS MOVIE, the character Lane ultimately wins a ski race down the dangerous "K-12" slope despite losing one ski and being pursued by Johnny the paperboy. NAME THE MOVIE.

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Better Off Dead

Two ski resorts in the United States tend to battle it out for most skier visits. Based on the 2013-2014 ski season and averaging about 1.6 million annual visits, name EITHER of these ski resorts.

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Breckenridge, Vail

NAME THE WOMAN who became the first American female skier to win the gold medal at the Winter Olympics in the Downhill race.

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Lindsay Vonn (2010 Vancouver)

Also the name of an iconic 1980s ski movie starring Patrick Houser, what's the TERM of a person who performs showy acrobatic maneuvers while skiing?

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Hot Dog

In North America, green circles are typically designated as beginner trails, while black diamonds are typically designated as difficult or expert trails. What COLOR and SHAPE is designed for intermediate skiing at most resorts?

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Blue Squares

Mount Lemmon Ski Valley is, according to most, the southernmost ski destination in the continental United States. WHAT STATE is it located in?

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Arizona

From Norway, NAME THE PERSON who is the only alpine skier to win 8 Olympic medals, 3 of which were gold medals in the Super-G.

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Kjetil Andre Aamodt