Curling Terminology
A curling competition or tournament
What is a bonspiel?
The nation of the first recognized curling teams
What is Scotland
The Olympic champion in curling as skip of the Canadian team at the 2014 Sochi Games.
Who is Jennifer Jones?
The name of the iconic music festival held in 1969, known for its association with the counterculture and performances by Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin
What is Woodstock?
The name of the curling club in Monroe, WI
What is the Alpine Curling Club?
A stone that is placed in a position so that it may protect another stone
What is a guard?
The first year olympic medals were given to the winning curling teams?
What is 1998?
Two time olympic gold metalist and author of the book Fit to Curl
Who is John Morris?
American actress became known for her role as Princess Leia in the "Star Wars" film series
Who is Carrie Fisher
The year the Alpine Curling Club was incorporated and chartered
What is 1960?
The little bumps on the ice that give the stone traction
What is Pebble?
In 2024 the World Curling Federation changed it name to
What is World Curling
Gold medal olympian who curls out of Madison, WI?
Who is Matt Hamilton?
Swedish actress who starred in films such as "Moonstruck" and "Mask" in the 1980s
Who is Cher?
Long-time ice maker for the Alpine Curling club who is recognized on the ice behind the hack
Who is Bob Rufi?
The rotation applied to the handle of a stone that causes it to rotate in a clockwise direction and curl for a right-handed curler.
What is an in-turn?
The year the first winter olympics were held with men's curling as a demonstration sport
What is 1924?
The Old Bear . . . Canada’s greatest male curler.
Who is Kevin Martin?
The American athlete, known as "The Greatest," won the gold medal in boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Who is Muhammad Ali
Name of the 1966 Alpine women's curling team
What are the Swiss Misses?
A stone in motion touched by a member of either team, or any part of their equipment
What is a burned stone?
The name of the club who wrote the original rules for curling
What is the Grand Caledonian Curling Club?
41 year old, USA 2018 Olympic Gold Metalist from Superior, WI
Who is John Shuster?
Sandra Bullock plays a boss who forces her assistant, played by Ryan Reynolds, to marry her so she can avoid being deported
What is the Proposal
The year of the first Monroe Mixed Bonspiel
What is 1965?