88 Skiing And Snowboarding Trivia Questions with Answers
88 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which ski jumper won the Four Hills Tournament five times overall?
Answer
Janne Ahonen
Which skier won the women’s downhill gold medal at the Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics?
Answer
Michela Figini
Who became the first woman to win an Olympic ski jumping gold medal in 2014?
Answer
Carina Vogt
Which skier won the men’s inaugural Alpine Ski World Cup overall title in 1967?
Answer
Jean-Claude Killy
Which American skier won the men’s Olympic moguls title at Calgary 1988?
Answer
Freestyle skiing had no medal event
What is the name of the snowboarding race where four riders compete together on a course?
Answer
Snowboard cross
What is the distance of Sweden’s traditional Vasaloppet cross-country ski race?
Answer
90 kilometres
What is the Olympic alpine skiing event combining downhill and slalom called?
Answer
Alpine combined
What is the name of the ski-flying hill in Vikersund, Norway?
Answer
Vikersundbakken
What is the name of Lillehammer’s Olympic ski-jumping hill?
Answer
Lysgårdsbakken
Which ski resort hosted the alpine skiing events at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics?
Answer
Whistler Blackcomb
Which skier became the first woman to win 82 Alpine Skiing World Cup races?
Answer
Lindsey Vonn
Who won the first Olympic men’s snowboard slopestyle gold medal at Sochi 2014?
Answer
Sage Kotsenburg
Who won the men’s downhill at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics?
Answer
Pirmin Zurbriggen
What is the name of the ski technique and discipline developed in Norway’s Telemark region?
Answer
Telemark skiing
Who won the first Olympic women’s ski cross gold medal at Vancouver 2010?
Answer
Ashleigh McIvor
Which Norwegian won the first Olympic ski jumping gold medal in 1924?
Answer
Jacob Tullin Thams
At which 1924 Winter Olympics was the Fédération Internationale de Ski founded?
Answer
Chamonix 1924
Who is widely known as the father of modern skiing?
Answer
Sondre Norheim
Which two colors alternate on the gates in a standard alpine slalom course?
Answer
Red and blue
Who won the first Olympic snowboarding gold medal, in giant slalom at Nagano 1998?
Answer
Ross Rebagliati