The 80's
Science & Nature
A Hill to Die On
Skijoring
100

What year was the first Apple Macintosh first sold?

1984

100

What is the world's fastest bird? 

The Peregrine falcon.

100

This extreme elevation, found at altitudes above approximately 8,000 meters (26,247 feet), is referred to as the what?

Death Zone

100

There are 2 types of Sijoring involving animals.  Horses is one, the other is done with what animal?

Dogs

200

What band was known as "The Most Dangerous Band in the World?"

Guns N' Roses

200

What animal hibernates the longest? 

Snails can hibernate up to 3 yrs

200

What mountain, located in Nepal is considered the world's most deadliest mountain?

Annapurna (8,091 meters / 26,545 feet) – Nepal

200

The 1st Skijoring event was held in what city in New York in 1915.  Also the name of a horror film about a carnivorous reptile living in a fresh water body.

 Lake Placid

300

What game, meaning “to build” in Swahili, was created by British game designer Leslie Scott in the 1980s?

Jenga

300

What is the name of the deepest place in the ocean?

Mariana

300

This mountain range known as Savage Mountain has 233 death per 100 successful summits

K2 (8,611 meters / 28,251 feet) – Pakistan/China Border

300

What war brought the modernized version of Skijoring to Jackson Hole, WY & Steamboat Springs, CO, popularized by cowboys who returned after seeing it in Germany but with motorcycles.  

WWII - The 1st race was head in Leadville, CO in 1949 where the national championships are still held today

400

What American TV show from the 1970s and 1980s still holds the record for the most-watched finale ever, with more than 100 million households tuning in?

M*A*S*H

400

 Where would you find your pinna?

Ear

400

While this mountain captures global attention for being the tallest peak on Earth, it ranks relatively lower in terms of fatality rate at approximately 6.5 deaths per 100 successful summits.

Mount Everest

400

Skijoring was first done with the Nordi people in 1901, 1905 & 1909 and the tradition is still held today.  What animal do these countries compete with?  

Reindeer

500

 Which technological innovation was proposed by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989?

The World Wide Web
500

 In what year was the structure of DNA discovered?

1953

500

What group became trapped by heavy snowfall in the winter of 1846-1847 while e attempting to reach California during westward expansion across the Sierra Nevadas?

The Donner Party

500

What is the name of Melinda's rescued Hanoverian she's currently training as her Skijoring horse?

Honey

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