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100
This breed of dog is used by almost all mushers in the Iditarod, due to its speed, stamina, and endurance.
What is the Alaskan Husky?
100
These mushing terms tell the dog team to turn to the left or right.
What is haw and gee?
100
This musher won the Iditarod by the largest margin in race history.
Who is Lance Mackey?
100
This method is used to decide on the starting order of the Iditarod.
What is drawing names out of a hat?
100
This disease outbreak in Nome led to the Great Serum Race to deliver medicine to prevent people from dying of the disease.
What is diptheria?
200
The official mileage of the Iditarod race from Anchorage to Nome.
What is 1049 miles?
200
Mushers put this piece of equipment into the snow to keep them stopped.
What is a snowhook?
200
This woman was the first female musher to win the Iditarod.
Who is Libby Riddles?
200
Mushers have to start with this number of dogs, and must finish with at least this many dogs.
What is 16 and 5?
200
These two dogs were the most famous heroes of the 1925 Great Serum Race.
Who are Balto and Togo?
300
These three mushers have won the Iditarod the most times in a row, winning 3 consecutive races each.
Who are Susan Butcher, Doug Swingley, and Lance Mackey?
300
This man started the modern Iditarod race during the 1970s and is called the "Father of the Iditarod."
Who is Joe Reddington, Sr.
400
After the introduction of these two inventions, the use of sled dogs in Alaska dramatically decreased.
What are airplanes and snowmobiles?
500
Following the discovery of gold there in 1909, this important town in the Iditarod was once the largest town in Alaska.
What is Iditarod?