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Skiing Quiz

  Alberto Tomba Can you identify this skier? If so, you can answer question No. 10. Todd Warshaw/Allsport

1. What does the "G" in super-G stand for?
Grade
Giant
Gate
Grandma

2. Which alpine course is the shortest?
Slalom
Combined
Super-G
Downhill

3. The combined consists of one downhill run and how many slalom runs?
Zero
One
Two
Three

4. What is the name for the area between each set of poles on the alpine courses?
Gate
Pole line
Hurdles
Passageway

5. What year did alpine skiing debut at the Olympics?
1900
1936
1980
1998

6. In which skiing event do competitors perform somersaults in the air?
Aerials
Downhill
Moguls
Slalom

7. When did moguls debut at the Olympics?
1936
1958
1992
1998

8. Which American won gold in moguls at the 1998 Games in Nagano?
Eric Bergoust
Paul Wylie
Chris Soule
Jonny Moseley

9. Which of these is not a freestyle ski maneuver?
Back scratcher
Daffy
Spread eagle
Toe toucher

10. At the 1992 Games, which skier became the first to win the same alpine event twice, capturing gold in the giant slalom?
Hermann Maier
Alberto Tomba
Arnold Lunn
Dan Jansen

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