2010 Vancouver Trivia

1. The Vancouver 2010 Games logo was a humanoid stone cairn whose name meant "friend". Which of the mascots for the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics was a Bigfoot?

From Quiz Vancouver 2010: With Glowing Hearts

Answer: Quatchi

All four of these images were inspired by the traditions of First Nations people. Quatchi and Miga were the mascots for the 2010 Games, Sumi for the Paralympics, and Mukmuk hung around for both Games as an official sidekick. Quatchi was a sasquatch (a large ape-like being of the Pacific Northwest, sometimes called Bigfoot) who sported blue earmuffs. Miga was a sea bear, a cross between an orca and a Kermode bear, also known as a spirit bear, the official state mammal of British Columbia. Mukmuk was modeled on a kind of marmot endemic to Vancouver Island BC which is critically endangered. Sumi, dressed in green, had the wings of a Thunderbird and the legs of a black bear.

From Quiz One-Athlete Nations in Vancouver

Answer: Algeria

Algeria's Mehdi-Selim Khelifi finished in 84th place, 8:02 out of first. Tucker Murphy of Bermuda finished 88th, 9:02 behind. Robel Zeicichael Teklemariam of Ethiopia finished 93rd, 11:42 behind. And Danny Silva of Portugal was last among those who finished, in 95th place, 15:55 behind. Algeria has participated in three Winter Olympics (1992, 2006, 2010) and won no medals.

From Quiz Vancouver Winter Olympics: Golden Moments

Answer: Torah Bright

She was chosen as the flag bearer for Australia in the Opening Ceremony of the 21st Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada.

From Quiz The 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

Answer: luge

A luge is a small sled on which one races laying down, face up and feet first. The Georgian athlete lost control of his luge going nearly 90 mph through one of the turns, and he was thrown into the air and into an unpadded steel support pole. After the accident the track was modified to decrease the speeds by at least five mph, but further analysis demonstrated that the track was not at fault in the accident.

From Quiz Vancouver 2010: With Glowing Hearts

Answer: BC Place Stadium

Located on the north side of False Creek in Vancouver, BC Place Stadium opened in 1983 with (at the time) the world's largest stadium with an air-supported (inflatable) roof. After the Winter Olympics, the roof was replaced by a cable-supported retractable roof. The opening ceremony, on February 12, was the first indoor opening ceremony for an Olympic Games. The games were officially opened by Governor General Michaëlle Jean. The ceremony included recognition of the four First Nations groups indigenous to the region, and representatives issued a welcome to the world before the parade of athletes. Then followed the usual cultural display featuring a range of famous Canadians highlighting the diversity of the nation, culminating in the athletes' oath, the raising of the Olympic flag and the lighting of the cauldron. This last experienced an equipment failure (only three of the four arms functioning properly) which was incorporated into the closing ceremony.

From Quiz One-Athlete Nations in Vancouver

Answer: 56th

Tola represented Albania at both the 2006 and 2010 winter Olympics. He finished in last place, 56th, among the racers in the Super-G, 13.62 seconds behind winner Kjetil Andre Aamodt of Norway. Tola resides and trains in Cervinia, Italy. Tola also finished last (48th) in the men's Slalom, a full minute and four seconds behind winner Giuliano Razzoli. This was the seventh time Albania participated in the Winter Olympics (1992-2010), without winning a medal.

From Quiz Vancouver Winter Olympics: Golden Moments

Answer: Shaun White

Needless to say, he is a snowboarding legend who pioneered several difficult if not impossible tricks to the sport. He secured the gold medal on his first run, but made an Olympic record score of 48.4 (out of 50) on his second run on which he landed his much anticipated new trick known as the "tomahawk".

From Quiz The 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

Answer: China

Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo are a husband-and-wife team who, though they were in their thirties, came back for one last try and struck gold. With another Chinese team winning the silver medal, and Germany winning the bronze, this was the first time since 1960 that there were no Russian or Soviet Union skaters on the winners podium for this event.

From Quiz One-Athlete Nations in Vancouver

Answer: Senegal

Seck, born in February 1981 in Munich, was the only representative of Senegal at both the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics. Seck's combined time of 3:06.14 was 28.31 seconds behind winner Carlo Janka of Switzerland. Senegal first sent athletes to the Olympics in 1964. They did win a medal in 1988: Amadou Dia Ba won a silver in the 400 meter hurdles.

From Quiz Vancouver Winter Olympics: Golden Moments

Answer: Germany

Sliding her way to the finish belly fist, Anni Freisinger-Postma was relieved to see that her team made it to the finals. Germany defended their gold medal win from 2006 Turin Olympics, and Anni Freisinger was a member of both winning teams. She formerly held world records in the 1500 meters event.

From Quiz The 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

Answer: Switzerland

The Austrian team protested that Ammann's ski bindings gave him an unfair aerodynamic advantage, but the international ski federation rejected the complaint. Amman proceeded to win two gold medals, thereby becoming the most decorated Swiss Olympic athlete of all time.

From Quiz One-Athlete Nations in Vancouver

Answer: Ski Cross

Kerr was born in the United States (Truckee, CA in April 1986) but raced for Jamaica, the homeland of his father. Kerr was a past member of the US Ski Team, and has raced in skiing competitions since he was 11 years old. He was knocked out during the first heat of the quarter-finals, losing to eventual gold medalist Michael Schmid. Jamaica is perhaps best noted for sending several bobsled teams to the Winter Olympics, beginning in 1988.

From Quiz Vancouver Winter Olympics: Golden Moments

Answer: Evan Lysacek

He placed second in the short program but skated to a near flawless performance to grab the gold from old rival Russian Evgeni Plushenko. The controversial quadruple toe loop of which Plushenko landed, grabbed attention in both entertainment and political media in the US and Russia to question the existing judging system used.

From Quiz The 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

Answer: Kim Yu-Na of South Korea

Kim Yu-Na skated flawlessly to win with an incredible total of 228.56 points, breaking her own world record by 18 points. This gave South Korea its first-ever gold medal in a Winter Olympics other than in speed skating. The other choices are the winners of the women's figure skating event at the prior three Olympics.

From Quiz Vancouver 2010: With Glowing Hearts

Answer: Whistler

Whistler Creekside was the site of the alpine skiing events - downhill, slalom, giant slalom, Super-G and super combined. The Whistler Sliding Centre (on Blackcomb Mountain) was the venue for luge, bobsleigh and skeleton competition. The Nordic events (biathlon, cross-country skiing and ski jumping) were held at the Whistler Olympic Park, which was actually located a bit south of Whistler Mountain, in the Callaghan Valley. Freestyle skiing and snowboarding events were held at Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver.

From Quiz One-Athlete Nations in Vancouver

Answer: Colombia

Cynthia "Cici" Denzler was born in Santa Ana, California in 1983. She grew up in Switzerland, where she learned to ski. Her parents emigrated to Colombia in 2000. She was the first athlete in Colombia's history to compete at a Winter Olympics. In the slalom, Denzler finished 51st of 55 skiers, with a time of 2:02.39, some 19.5 seconds behind winner Maria Riesch of Germany. Denzler did not finish in the giant slalom.

From Quiz Vancouver Winter Olympics: Golden Moments

Answer: Xue Shen & Hongbo Zhao

The husband and wife tandem of Zhao and Shen started skating together in 1992, and was the forefront of winning firsts for China in their sport. They were the first to medal in the world championships (a silver in 1999), the Winter Olympics (a bronze in 2002), and the Olympic gold medal in figure skating pairs. They also broke the Russian hold of the Olympic gold medals in the event.

From Quiz The 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

Answer: Shaun White

White has enjoyed corporate sponsorship since the tender age of seven, and, according to Forbes magazine, had parlayed his fame to endorsements totaling nine million dollars a year by the time of the 2010 Winter Games.

From Quiz Vancouver 2010: With Glowing Hearts

Answer: Skiing - freestyle aerials

Aleksei Grishin had previously represented Belarus in 1998 (Nagano), when he finished in eighth place, 2002 (Salt Lake City), when he won Belarus' only medal with a bronze, and 2006 (Turin) when he came fourth. In 2014 (Sochi) he was the Belarusian flagbearer, but failed to qualify for the finals in the aerials event, which was won by his compatriot Anton Kushnir. Vancouver also saw Slovakia win their first gold medal at a Winter Olympics, when Anastasiya Kuzmina won the women's biathlon sprint.

From Quiz One-Athlete Nations in Vancouver

Answer: Montenegro

Bojan Kosic Of Montenegro finished 61st with a time of 2:59.27, 20.20 seconds out of first. Samir Azzimani of Morocco was 74th [3:06.63 (28.80)], Hubertus von Hohenlohe of Mexico was 78th [3:11.47 (33.64)] and Muhammad Abbas of Pakistan was 79th [3:20.58, 42.75 seconds out of first]. Montenegro is part of the former Yugoslavia. When Yugoslavia broke up in 1992, Serbia and Montenegro formed an alliance that lasted until 2006. Montenegro voted for independence in May 2006, and declared their independence on June 3, 2006. Between 1952 and 2004, Montenegrins won Olympic medals participating for Yugoslavia or Serbia/Montenegro.

From Quiz Vancouver Winter Olympics: Golden Moments

Answer: Shani Davis

He also won a silver medal on the 1500 meters, same finish as in 2006 Torino Olympics. He used to skate in both the long and short track speed skating at junior level competitions. He is a close friend of Apolo Anton Ohno.

From Quiz The 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

Answer: United States

The U.S. sled, nicknamed "Night Train", was driven to victory by its team led by Steven Holcomb.

From Quiz Vancouver Winter Olympics: Golden Moments

Answer: Alexandre Bilodeau

He won the freestyle skiing men's moguls event in front of his family, including his older brother Frederic whom he stated was his inspiration. Frederic has cerebral palsy. His win triggered a national celebration and an unprecedented gold medal haul by host nation, Canada.

From Quiz The 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

Answer: Sweden

With King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia looking on, Sweden edged Canada in an exciting gold medal game, tying the score with two points in the tenth end, and then scoring a point in the 11th end to win. Interestingly, the King and Queen had met 38 years earlier at an Olympic games, the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics.

From Quiz One-Athlete Nations in Vancouver

Answer: Snow Leopard

Nkrumah is known as the "Snow Leopard." He wore a special leopard print ski suit - the dots were sponsored by fans so he could attend the Olympics. Nkrumah-Acheampong only started skiing in 2004. But he was able to accumulate enough points in FIS-sponsored events to qualify for the Olympics. The Ghanian was warmly embraced by ski fans in Vancouver, who opened their homes to Kwame and his support team. Nkrumah-Acheampong finished 47th in the Men's Slalom, with a time of 2:22.60, 43.28 seconds behind winner Giuliano Razzoli of Italy.

From Quiz Vancouver Winter Olympics: Golden Moments

Answer: Kim Yu-Na of South Korea

Yu-Na Kim posted new world record scores with the ISU scoring format in the short program (78.50), free skate (150.06) and the combined total score (228.56). Her mother did not watch her skate during her performances due to nervousness. With her win, she was the first South Korean to medal in figure skating in the Winter Olympics.

From Quiz The 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

Answer: Canada

The listed teams were the four semi-finalists. The United States and Canada each comfortably won their semi-final game, then in the finals Canada won a thrilling 3-2 victory over the U.S. in overtime. This represented considerable redemption for the Canadian hockey team, as they had failed to win any medal at all at the 1988 Calgary games, the only prior time the Winter Games had been held on Canadian soil.

From Quiz Vancouver 2010: With Glowing Hearts

Answer: 14

Canada won 14 gold, 7 silver and 5 bronze medals, for a total of 26. The previous highest number of gold medals won by any country was 13, shared by the Soviet Union (at Innsbruck in 1976) and Norway (at Salt Lake City in 2002).

From Quiz One-Athlete Nations in Vancouver

Answer: Super G

Drygin finished 44th in the Super G, with a time of 1:38.03, 7.69 seconds away from gold. In the Men's Downhill, he finished 59th (last place), with a time of 2:04.44,. 10.13 behind the winner. And in the Giant Slalom, Drygin posted a time of 1:25.82, for 63rd place. He did not finish the race in Men's Slalom. Drygin was the flag-bearer in Vancouver and only representative of Tajikistan at the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics as well.

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