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100
Pushing the sled with one foot.
What is pedaling.
100
What is the command to turn right?
What is gee.
100
What is the command to turn left?
What is haw!
100
Why do dogs wear booties?
What is to protect the pads of the dogs paws.
100
Where does the Iditarod begin and end?
What is Anchorage to Nome.
200
A collection of lines attached to the dogs.
What is rigging.
200
What is the command to request the right of way on trail.
What is Trail!
200
Where are the swing dogs positioned?
What is directly behind the lead dog(s).
200
What does stoved up mean?
What is an injured dog.
200
How many checkpoints are on the Iditarod's Northern Route?
What is 23 checkpoints.
300
What is the gang line?
What is the main line running forward from the sled.
300
What is a lead dog?
What is the dog in front that guides the team.
300
What is a snow hook?
What is a hook that goes in the ground so the team cannot move for a short period of time.
300
What was the Iditarod trail used for in the past?
What is a freight trail.
300
How many checkpoints are on the Iditarod's Southern Route?
What is 24 checkpoints.
400
What is the line that connects the dog's harnesses to the gang line?
What is the tug line.
400
What is a musher?
What is the person that drives the team.
400
What is one definition for mush?
What is to drive a team of dogs or to command a team of dogs to go.
400
What does the Iditarod commemorate?
What is it commemorates the part sled dogs played in the settlement of Alaska.
400
What is the length of the Iditarod?
What is approximately 1049 miles.
500
What is a neck line?
What is the line that connects the dog's collar to the gang line.
500
What is a wheel dog and why are they important?
What are the dogs directly in front of the sled. They help the team make sharp turns.
500
What are the names of the middle dogs on a team?
What are the team dogs and swing dogs.
500
What is the job of the lead dog, middle dogs, and wheel dogs?
What is the lead dogs job is to think and guide the team, the middle dogs are the dogs that need a break or aren't as strong, they also guide the team into turns, and the wheel dogs are the strongest of the team and very agile.
500
How is the order of the Iditarod decided?
What is numbers are drawn out of a boot for the lineup order.