Ski Trivia
Mike Wiegele is a pioneer of this kind of skiing, in which slopes that don’t have an infrastructure to get you to the top are bypassed by a certain kind of flying machine.
What is Heli Skiing?
The first Home Alone movie released in 1990 was filmed and set in this US state.
What is Illinois?
He's the elf who became a human and loves syrup on his spaghetti!
Who is Buddy the Elf?
This ski mountain is known for being studded with hidden shrines to deceased musicians, among other people and pets.
What is Aspen, CO?
In “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer,” Grandma had been drinking too much of this festive holiday beverage.
What is eggnog?
An alliterative aerial lift which transports skiers on the top of the slopes shares its name with this public transportation vehicle that is symbolically silhouetted within Rice-A-Roni’s logo.
What is a Cable Car?
In The Santa Claus (1993), Scott Calvin and his son Charlie go to this American restaurant chain after Scott burns the turkey on Christmas Eve.
What is Dennys?
This reindeer shares a name with another famous holiday mascot.
Who is Cupid?
This U.S. ski resort holds the world record for most snowfall in any season.
What is Mt. Baker, WA?
Spotify has a playlist featuring 100 different versions of this holiday bop, which was originally written and recorded by 1980s Brit Pop duo Wham!
What is “Last Christmas”?
During this year the first ski lift was built by German Robert Winterhalder in Schollach/Eisenbach, Hochschwarzwald.
What is 1908?
In Elf (2003) the people in Central Park sing this Christmas song to raise the amount Christmas spirit to power Santa's sleigh.
What is 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town'?
The fairy tale that inspired gingerbread houses.
What is Hansel and Gretel?
This state boasts the most ski resorts in the U.S. with 52 resorts.
What is New York?
This ex-Beatle wrote and recorded “Wonderful Christmastime” in 1980 for his second solo album.
Who is Paul McCartney?
In 1963, Josef Kaiser invented this snow-free method for Alpine skiers to train during the off-season.
What is Grass Skiing?
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) won this award at the Oscars.
What is Best Makeup?
An old silk hat brought this iconic snowman to life.
Who is Frosty the Snowman?
This resort saved a mining outpost that was nearly a ghost town when it opened in 1963. You can still ski through old mines right on the slopes.
What is Park City, UT?
In “A Holly, Jolly Christmas,” singer Burl Ives suggests that you say hello to these two classifications of people.
What are folks you know and everyone you meet?
Toss in a dash of Alpine. Mix with a splash of Nordic, stir. Now you've got a skiing technique named for a region of Norway.
What is Telemark?
In Love Actually (2003), during the beginning voiceover of the film, David says that whenever he feels sad about the state of the world, he thinks about the arriving terminals at this airport to feel better
What is London Heathrow Airport?
This is the family name of Tiny Tim and his father Bob in Dicken’s “A Christmas Carol.”
What is Cratchit?
This resort famously used a nuclear blast to create a crater for more vertical drop.
What is Mount Snow, VT?
These barnyard beasts kept time for a humble percussionist in the Christmas carol, “The Little Drummer Boy”.
What are the ox and lamb?