The 2022 Winter Games is being held in Beijing. How much do you know about the Winter Games?
Winners: None
Q1. The four letter sliding event is French for ‘sled.’ What is this only sliding event where participant begins the race already positioned on the sled?
ANS: Luge
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Q2. The movie, I, Tonya. What Figure skating jumps routine did she make famous?
ANS: Two triple Axel jumps
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Q3. Ulrich Salchow with his namesake signature move, earned the first-ever Olympic medal in men’s figure skating at the 1908 Games in London. What was odd about these Games?
ANS: Figure skating was in the Summer Games then
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Q4. Like you’d do a wheelie on a bike, what is transferring weight from the front to the back foot to snap the board up off the ground in snowboarding called?
ANS: Ollie
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Q5. Which utterly inexplicable winter sport is dubbed Chess on Ice or The Roaring Game?
ANS: Curling
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