Olympic Lingo
Snow Your History
Winter is Coming (eventfully)
Not Your Grandma's Curlers
By the Numbers
100
We're not watching 30 Rock, but you might see a "Lutz" in this winter event.
What is Figure Skating?
100
Mais oui! This is the City and Country where the first Olympic games were held.
What is Charmonix, France?
100
It's not just for runners. The skiing variety of this activity is a winter games event.
What is "Cross county" skiing?
100
Appropriately, this is where stones have to live to count for a score.
What is the "House"?
100
This is the number of disciplines (not events) that are held during the Winter Olympics.
What is 15?
200
Just because you're using a Broom doesn't guarantee a clean sweep in this event.
What is Curling?
200
Before striking out on their own, this was the last year that the Summer and Winter Olympics were held together.
What is 1992?
200
This event requires a certain kind of skate, which shares a name of a slow kind of this " ", frequently seen in John Hughes movies.
What is a Clap Skate; What is a Clap?
200
You might skip these in the summer time, but in curling they refer to water droplets sprinkled on the ice before play to reduce friction.
What are Pebbles?
200
Oh Canada….has hosted the Winter Olympics this many times.
What is 2?
300
It's not on the McDonalds menu, but you might see a McTwist served up during this Winter Olympic activity.
What is Snowboarding?
300
Name one of the two years in which the Winter Olympics were cancelled.
What is 1940 or 1944?
300
This event originated as a training activity for Norwegian soldiers.
What is the Biathlon?
300
Tom Cruise dropped this in Days of Thunder (over Robert Duval's objections), but in curling it refers to the last stone delivered in the current end.
What is the "Hammer"?
300
There have been 30 Summer Olympic games. How many Winter games have there been?
What is 22?
400
Don't yield. If you're leading a speed skating race you have this.
What is the "Right of Way"?
400
This winter sport gained Olympic acceptance in 1998.
What is Snowboarding?
400
The name of this event is the same as a structure in the human body.
What is the Skeleton?
400
This term doesn't mean that you ordered Chinese and Pizza in the same night, rather it refers to removing two of your opponents stones from play in one throw.
What is a "Double Takeout"?
400
This is the total number of medals that will be given out during these winter games.
What is 98?
500
It's not just for Geese. Ski jumpers keep their feet in this formation during flight.
What is a "V"?
500
This city hosted the first Winter games that weren't held on the same year as the summer games.
What is Lillehammer?
500
This event is "combined" of several activities historically engaged in by these kind of people.
What is Nordic (Nordic Combined)?
500
Don't be "Leary," this acronym refers to the final stone thrown by each team during pre-game practice to determine who starts the match.
What is LSD (Last Stone Drawn)?
500
Though there are many more now, this was the number of countries that participated in the first winter olympics.
What is 16?
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