UNSCRAMBLE
UNSCRAMBLE
WORLD RECORDS
Name the sport
TRUE OR FALSE
100
CKYEHO
HOCKEY
Fun Fact:
Hockey has been played for over 4,000 years, with the earliest recorded form of the game played in ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptians played a game that is similar to our present-day hockey. Drawings on tombs at Beni Hassan in Menia Governorate show players holding bats made of long palm-tree branches, with a bent end similar to that of the hockey bat.
Happy Gilmore Scene:
100
HTE UGEL
THE LUGE
100
In 1994 World record winners, Arnie and Lucy, skied every day for a:
A) Week
B) Month
C) Year
A year!
240 resorts in 13 countries. We asked Arnie about the best and worst things about their World Record achievement:
“The best thing I guess was realising that Lucy and I had actually achieved what we’d set out to do – it seemed so surreal! We finished up on December 31 and we were crowned the “King and Queen” of skiing.
The worst thing was the night of July 22 after our borrowed Lada truck had broken down in Bariloche. It took four successive breakdown trucks to get us back over the Andes from Argentina back to its home in Temuco, Chile to get it repaired and then when we got there we realised we hadn’t skied that day yet, so we tried to hire a taxi to get us to the nearest snow – a volcano called Llaima. But the roads were flooded and not a single taxi would take us there. In the end we managed to hire a truck and skied Llaima for just an hour to keep the record going.”
100
An event in which two teams of four players each compete to slide a large stone toward a mark in the center of a circle.
A) Hockey
B) Curling
C) Skeleton
Curling!
Where is curling from? How did the sport begin?
Tara Peterson: Curling was invented in Scotland in the 16th century out on the frozen ponds. It was basically something to do on the pond in the wintertime. They’d take whatever kinds of stones they could find and literally just throw them down the ice sheets. I don't even know what they were using for brooms—whatever they were sweeping their decks with, I guess. Then slowly over time, they made the “house” and they started making better rocks that were all the same standard size.
100
TRUE OR FALSE:
All the events at the Winter Olympics take place in snow and ice!
TRUE!
These frosty competitions include ice skating, skiing, snowboarding and more. Some intrepid athletes venture high into the mountains on amazing cross-country ski races, while others compete indoors at specially-built venues.
200
SIKGNI
SKIING
Where does the word skiing come from?
Skiing - Wikipedia
The word "ski" comes from the Old Norse word "skíð" which means to "split piece of wood or firewood". Asymmetrical skis were used in northern Finland and Sweden until at least the late 19th century.
200
KSATGNI
SKATING
The first skating moves were made on animal bones
Archaeologists have found that skating on frozen lakes and rivers was used to improve transportation in Finland thousands of years ago (to avoid walking all around a lake for example). At the time, there were strapping animal bones to be able to glide. They made holes at each end of the bones and used twine to go through them and attach to their feet. Archaeologists think they were using wooden poles to help with propulsion.
The metal blades appeared only during the 13th century.
200
In 2008, the worlds largest snowman was named:
A) Olympia
B) Buddy
C) Snowflake
Olympia. By the time volunteers finished, Olympia was 122 feet, 1 inch tall (37.21 meters) with a 125-foot diameter at the base.
And she had trees for arms, a mouth made of tyres and skis as eyelashes – genius.
“We actually built the world’s largest snowman (Angus, King of the Mountain) in 1999, and then beat our own record by building the world’s largest snowwoman (Olympia Snowwoman) in 2008.
It took a lot of hands on deck to make these projects happen, but people really banded together, from the school children who made the giant “carrot” nose to the construction company that donated use of their crane!
The funniest thing is that tourists still occasionally ask us and other places around town where we keep our snowman/snowwoman – like they are in a giant freezer somewhere! The look on people’s faces is priceless when they realize that the snowpeople have melted.”
200
A team event in which the athletes have to steer a gravity-powered sleigh at high speed on a long, narrow and twisting track
A) Biathalon
B) Figure Skating
C) Bobsleigh
Bobsleigh
Interesting FactsThe name "bobsledding" came from early racers bobbing their heads backwards and forwards. It didn't work, but the name stayed with the sport. Bobsleigh and bobsledding are both correct names for the large sled made up of two sections linked together.
200
TRUE OR FALSE:
The winter olympics happen every 3 years
FALSE!
Like the summer olympics, the winter olympics happen every 4 years.
300
URCLING
CURLING
300
The tiniest snowman ever made was only:
A) 1cm
B) 3 Micrometers
C) 2 Inches
3 micrometers! carved with a scanning electron microscope
Western University's small snowman took the world record from the National Physical Laboratory in London, the previous record holder for their snowman who came in at about 0.01 millimeters, or 10 micrometers. The new record is less than half the size, which is pretty remarkable given the scale on which these labs are working.
300
An event in which the athletes have to slide a small sledge in high speed down a long, narrow and twisting track whilst lying down and facing forward.
A) Skeleton
B) Toboganning
C) Snowboarding
300
TRUE OR FALSE:
The next Winter Olympics will be held in 2026
TRUE!
The 2026 Winter Games will be held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. How many athletes will compete in the 2026 Winter Olympics? About 2,900 of the world's best athletes will participate in the 2026 Winter Games.
400
Longest time juggling three snow balls with bare hands:
A) 5 minutes and 30 seconds
B) 11 minutes and 45 seconds
C) 45 minutes
Juggler extraordinaire Nate managed to juggle for a whacking great 11 minutes and 45 seconds.
“My hands are very sensitive to cold, so this was a tough record for me to set. The fact that my hands went numb after about a minute was both a blessing and a curse. On the bright side, I didn’t have to worry about the painful cold anymore. On the negative side, it’s difficult to maintain control of the juggle when you can’t feel your hands.”
400
An event in which the athletes attempt to achieve the longest jump from a ramp up on a hill.
- Skiing
- Ski jumping
- Luge
Ski Jumping!
400
TRUE OR FALSE
The first winter olympics took place in the snowy & cold mountains of Russia.
False!
The first Winter Olympics were held in 1924 Chamonix, France.
500
SKEELNOT
SKELETON
500
The 2013 Largest swimwear parade on skis (& snowboards) included:
A) 10 crazy frat boys
B) 40 employees from Facebook
C) 500 people
500 bonkers participants took to the chilly Siberian slopes of Sheregesh (in Russia) in their swimmers – never before had the world seen so many bikinis on the slopes.
2013:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_95z8tSE8mI
2015:
500
An event in which the athletes wearing ice skates have to perform artistic routines to music in a skating rink.
A) Figure Skating
B) Speed Skating
C) Gymnastics
Figure Skating
500
TRUE OR FALSE:
Animals once participated in the Winter Olympics!
TRUE!
While they haven’t been invited to join in with official sports, horses and dogs have both played a role in ‘demonstration events‘. Dog-sledding featured in the 1932 Winter Olympics, while in the 1928 Olympics, horses demonstrated skijoring – an event that involves athletes being towed on skis behind riderless horses.
600
NOWS SHINGEO
SNOW SHOEING
Snowshoeing has a long and rich traditionSnowshoes have been around for perhaps as many as 4,000 to 6,000 years, and were probably first used in central Asia. Essential for mobility over deep snow, snowshoes would have been common gear for trappers, traders, and anyone who lived in the far north.
600
The biggest indoor ski resort is in:
A) Dubai
B) Russia
C) USA
Dubai!
This picture is just a fraction of the whole place, which is HUGE (22,500 square metres) and also bags the claim of the first indoor ski resort in the Middle East. There are five slopes, and you’ll also find a snowpark, which just so happens to be the biggest indoor park on the planet. Then you’ll find a giant ball run, tube slides, oh and real life PENGUINS.
600
An event which involves cross country skiing and target shooting with a rifle.
A) Hockey
B) Alpine Skiing
C) Biathlon
Biathlon!
Biathlon is an official Winter Olympics individual and team event. The skiing distance is from 7 to 20 km. The athletes are equipped with rifles with which they have to shoot targets placed at a range of 50 m at four stations. At each stop, they have 5 bullets to hit 5 targets. If they miss, a 150 m penalty loop is imposed. Each miss in an individual event adds 1 minute to final time of the athlete.
600
TRUE OR FALSE:
In the first Winter Olympics, women were only allowed to compete in figure skating.
This continued until 1948, when skiing also became a competitive women’s sport. Thankfully, women can now compete in all sports at the Winter Olympics!
