Winter+Olympics

Winter Olympics Quiz 1. Which city is hosting the 2010 Winter Olympic Games? 2. Name five of the fifteen sports being contested at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. 3. Who carried the Australian flag at the Opening Ceremony? 4. How many athletes are representing Australia at these Games? 5. The Opening Ceremony celebrations were marred by the death of a competitor from which country? 6. Who won the first gold medal of the 2010 Winter Olympics? 7. Which two components comprise the biathlon. a. downhill skiing and cross country skiingb. cross-country skiing and shootingc. cross-country skiing and bob-sleddingd. downhill skiing and jumping 8. Which country will defend its gold medal in the men's ice hockey? 9. If it is midday on Sunday in Sydney (AEDST), what time is it in Vancouver? 10. Who were the two Australians who were in charge of designing and presenting the Opening Ceremony? 11. Which event is Scotty James, Australia's youngest competitor at these Games, competing in? 12. Who is Australia's only competitor in the figure skating events? 13. Which Australian competitor is representing the country for the 5th time at a Winter Olympic games? 14. In curling, what is the target for the stones which are slid across the ice? 15. Which three events come under the umbrella of 'freestyle skiing'? 16. When and where did Australia first compete at a Winter Olympic Games? [|Australia] first competed in the [|Winter Olympic Games] in [|1936] in [|Garmisch-Partenkirchen], []

17. Who was the first Australian to win an individual medal at a Winter Olympic Games? [|Zali Steggall] gained Australia's first individual medal in 1998, when she won bronze in the slalom event. []

18. What does it mean to "do a Bradbury" and why? To be an unlikely winner, after Stephen Bradbury won a skating competition in 2002 as everyone else fell over []

19. Who, leading into these Winter Olympic Games, is the only Australian to have two Olympic medals? Steve Bradbury and [|Alisa Camplin] []

20. Which city will host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games? Sochi Russia []