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Caleb Flaxey and his team are part of this sport where a person throws a rock and the other teammates sweep to help the rock change direction or go faster.
What is curling.
100
The IOC is a short form for this.
What is the International Olympic Committee.
100
This town is considered a resort town, and it's climate is subtropical. It's still quite warm in the winter, when temperatures are not often below 12 degrees Celsius. Which town are we thinking of?
What is the warmest city to host an Olympic Winter Games, Sochi, Russia.
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The special Olympics started in the 1950's and early 60's. It began in this persons backyard as a summer camp. This person was the driving force to include people with physical and mental disabilities in The Olympic Games. This passionate person is named...
Who is Eunice Kennedy Shriver.
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This light represents a number of things, including the journey for perfection. In the past it used to be lit at the ancient site of Olympia by women wearing ancient-style robes. The woman used a curved mirror and the sun to light it. Today it is passed from runner to runner from the ancient site of Olympia to the Olympic stadium in the hosting city. The flame is kept lit until the Games have finished.
What is The Olympic Flame or The Olympic Torch.
200
A half cylinder-shaped snow tube is used for this Olympic event. Riders are judged on the height and the style of their tricks.
What is the halfpipe.
200
Created by Pierre de Coubertin in 1914, this object that waves in the wind, represents the five significant continents and are interconnected to symbolize the friendship to be gained from these international competitions.
What is the Official Olympic Flag.
200
The northern Greater Caucasus Mountain Range is quite a bit chillier, averaging 5 degrees in the winter. This town will host the events requiring snow and is 40 km and 45 minutes away from Sochi.
What is Krasnaya Polyana, located valley in the Caucasus Mountains.
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The Special Olympics now offers 32 Olympic individual and team sporting events. Some examples are wheel chair curling, blind skiing and __________ hockey.
What is sled hockey.
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How many countries are participating in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games?
What is 88 countries are participating.
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This sporting event is named after the way racers 'bob' or move back and forth at the start to make their sleigh go faster.
What is bobsleigh.
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In 1921, Pierre de Coubertin borrowed a Latin phrase from his friend, Father Henri Didon, for the Olympic motto: Citius, Altius, Fortius.These words mean...
What is "Swifter, Higher, Stronger".
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This name could be have come from the term "sshatche" which was used by the local people to mean "place by the sea" or "shacha" which locals used to mean "sell a head" because it used to be where slave markets were held.
What is Sochi.
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Eunice Kennedy Shriver did not like how people with disabilities were treated. They weren't allowed to particpate in sports with normal people. Eunice represents this character trait well. It is our February character trait.
What is inclusiveness! To include others and make them feel a part of the team.
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There are a variety of events to compete in. They are alpine skiing, biathlon (cross-country skiing and target shooting), bobsled, cross-country skiing, curling, figure skating, freestyle skiing, ice hocky, luge, Nordic combined (ski jumping and cross-country skiing), skeleton, ski jumping, snowboarding, and speed skating.
What is The Winter Olympics sports.
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This sport is all about speed. It's name is a French word for sled. Racers lie on their backs on a sled, point their toes and hold their heads low.
What is the luge.
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The first offical winter olympics began in 1924 in the city of...
What is Chamonix, France.
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Name the three mascots for the Sochi Winter Olympics games.
What are the Polar Bear, the Hare and the Leopard.
400
Another word or synonymn for The Special Winter Olympics is...
What is the Paralympics.
400
This country has received the most medals in the Olympics with 98 gold, 98 silver and 84 bronze.
What is Norway.
500
This event includes a short track race and a long track race. These super skaters race around a track at up to 60km per hour!
What is speed skating.
500
The last Winter Olympics was held in this part of Canada and it was held in what year.
What is Vancouver, British Columbia in the year 2010.
500
Sochi grows these types of trees as it is considered a resort area and has subtropical temperatures.
What is the palm tree.
500
Competing in the Paralympics for her country is an emotional honour for any athlete but for the USA’s __________ her time on the slope at Sochi will be even more special. Already the winner of 10 Paralympic medals, the Russian-born athlete, who was adopted by an American family, is trying her hand at cross-country skiing, and will be competing for the first time in front of her birth mother.
Who is Tatyana McFadden.
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This movie was inspired by the Jamaican bobsled team who competed in the 1998 Olympic Games.
What is Cool Runnings.