The PT Ski Quiz – Answers

Day 1: General Knowledge

1. Who is featured on the new £50 note (since July 2019)? Alan Turing 2. Who were the winners of Love Island 2019? Amber Gill and Greg O’Shea 3. What are the three main ingredients of a bechamel sauce? Butter, flour and milk 4. Who won the best actress award at the 92nd Academy Awards earlier this year? Renee Zellweger (Judy) 5. Which planet is closest to the sun? Mercury 6. What sportswear brand takes its name from the winged Goddess of Victory in Greek mythology? Nike 7. How many sides does a pentagon have? 5 8. What does GPS stand for? Global Positioning System 9. The wine Chablis is traditionally made with which variety of grape? Chardonnay 10. Who was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean? Amelia Earhart 11. In the Book of Exodus, which was the first of the 10 plagues of Egypt? Water turning to blood 12. Who is Farrokh Bulsara better known as? Freddie Mercury 13. What were “Little Boy” and “Fat Man”? The codenames for the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively 14. A Nebuchadnezzar of champagne would equate to how many standard 0.75l bottles? 20 15. What is the collective noun for polar bears? Aurora 16. How many yards are there in a mile? 1760 17. Who won the first series of Pop Idol in 2002? Will Young 18. What was the name of the first cloned sheep? Dolly 19. What is the national flower of Wales? Daffodil 20. The 50 stars on the US flag represent the 50 states of the United States. What do the 13 stripes represent? The thirteen British colonies that declared independence from Great Britain and became the first states in the US.

Day 2: Lines from the movies

1. No, Mr Bond, I expect you to die! Goldfinger 2. Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn Gone with the Wind 3. My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next. Gladiator 4. If you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price. It's not tragic to die doing what you love. Point Break 5. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die. The Princess Bride 6. I’ll have what she’s having. When Harry met Sally 7. My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get. Forrest Gump 8. You’re gonna need a bigger boat. Jaws 9. To infinity and Beyond! Toy Story 10. Here’s Johnny! The Shining 11. You were only meant to blow the bloody doors off! The Italian Job (or St Trinians!) 12. I am your father. Starwars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (or Toy Story!) 13. Hasta La Vista, baby. Terminator 2, Judgement Day 14. Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. The Godfather Part II 15. Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary. Dead Poets Society 16. They call it a Royale with cheese. Pulp Fiction 17. That’ll do, pig. That’ll do. Babe 18. I’m also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her. Notting Hill 19. I’m the king of the world! Titanic 20. I love the smell of napalm in the morning. Apocalypse Now

Day 3: Sport and leisure

1. In which sport (not skiing!) would you find a piste? Fencing 2. Since Roger Federer won his first grand slam title at Wimbledon in 2003, apart from Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic only 7 other players have won grand slam singles titles. Can you name them? Andy Murray, Stan Wawrinka, Juan Martin del Potro, Marin Cilic, Marat Safin, Andy Roddick, Gaston Gaudio 3. By what name is the footballer Edson Arantes do Nascimento better known? Pele 4. Who is the only batsman to face the first ball and the last ball of a completed World Cup cricket match? Martin Guptil in the 2019 World Cup final (the first ball of the NZ innings and the last ball of the deciding Super Over). 5. Which is the oldest British flat classic race? St Leger 6. In which sport might you win the Solheim Cup? Golf 7. How many players are there in a baseball team? 9 8. In which athletic event might you find a Frosbury Flop? High jump 9. What events are involved in a biathlon? Cross country skiing and shooting 10. In darts, what is the only number under 100 that it is not possible to finish with 2 darts? 99 11. In which sport might you see a Crucifix? Gymnastics (the rings) 12. Can you name the mother and daughter who won the BBC British Sports Personality of the year respectively in 1971 and 2006? Princess Anne and Zara Phillips 13. How many jumps are there in the Grand National? 30 jumps 14. Name the four stations in Monopoly. Fenchurch St, Liverpool St, Kings Cross, Marylebone 15. Which annual sporting event attracts easily the most spectators (present, not watching on TV) of any in the world with approx. 10 million? The Tour de France 16. In which country is the Interlagos F1 circuit? Brazil 17. Where were the Olympic Games held in 1996? Atlanta 18. How many hurdles are there in a 110m hurdles athletics race? 10 19. In which city was tennis legend Martina Navratilova born? Prague 20. Which British sailor is the most successful sailor in Olympic history? Ben Ainslie

Day 4: Art

Name the artist:

1. Raphael Santi

2. Johannes Vermeer 3. Edvard Munch 4. Vincent van Gogh

5. Augustine Rodin 6. Michaelangelo Buonaretti

7. William Hogarth 8. Jackson Pollock

9. Giovanni Antonio Canaletto 10. Thomas Gainsborough

11 Leonardo da Vinci 12. J.M.W Turner

13 Pablo Picasso 14. George Stubbs 15. Rene Magritte

16. Sandro Botticelli 17. Salvador Dali

18. Hans Holbein 19. Jan van Eyck

20 Claude Monet

Day 6: Klosters and Switzerland Trivia

1. What is the number of the solitary red bubble on the schiferbahn? 1001 2. What 2 animals are synonymous with PT Ski kids courses? Pandas and marmots 3. What is furthest west out of top of Madrisa, top of Jakobshorn and top of Rinerhorn? Rinerhorn 4. What is higher out of top of Gotschna (2285m), Parsennhutte (2200m) and Hohnweg (mid station of the red train) (2219m)? 5. Name all the countries which share a border with Switzerland? , Austria, Lichtenstein, Germany, France 6. What is the name of the river that flows through Klosters? River Landquart 7. What is the name of the dog (huski) that resides at the Munggahutte? Ice 8. What is the maximum capacity (number of people) of the first Gotschna lift? 125+1 9. What is the name of the Canton in which Klosters is situated? Graubunden 10. Piste number 1 on the piste map (Parsenn) takes you from where to where? Gipfel – Kreuzweg

Ski racing and Winter Olympics Trivia

1. Can you name the reigning male and female Olympic champions in Downhill, GS and slalom?

In no particular order the gold, silver and bronze medalists in Pyeongchang were as follows:

• Men downhill: Kjetil Jansrud/ Aksel Lund Svindal/Beat Feuz • Men GS: Marcel Hirscher/Henrik Krostoffersen/Alexis Pinturault • Men slalom: Michael Matt/Ramon Zenhausem/Andre Myhrer • Ladies downhill: //Ragnhild Mowinckel • Ladies GS: Federica Brignone/ Ragnhild Mowinckel/ • Ladies slalom: Frida Hansdotter/Katharina Gallhuber/ 2. Which city will host the next winter Olympics in 2022? Beijing 3. For what unique achievement did Ester Ledecka of the Czech Republic make Winter Olympic history in Pyeongchang in 2018? Gold medals in different sports using different equipment at the same games – SuperG and snowboard parallel GS 4. Which are the only two cities/towns to have hosted the Winter Olympics on two separate occasions? St Moritz (1928 and 1948) and Lake Placid (1932 and 1980) 5. GB won a solitary gold medal in the inaugural Winter Olympics in Chamonix 1924. In which event was this? Men’s curling 6. In which ski resort would you find the infamous Lauberhorn downhill race course? Wengen 7. First held in 1924 what is the name of the annual downhill race in the Davos Klosters area which was traditionally run from the Weissfluhgipfel down to Kublis (but which nowadays is raced over a shorter course)? Parsenn Derby 8. Who are the 2 presenters of Ski Sunday? Graham Bell and Ed Leigh 9. What are the 4 disciplines of Alpine ski racing? Downhill, Super G, , Slalom 10. Which famous downhill course features the Mausefalle, Steilhang and Zieischuss? The Streiff or Hahnenkamm in Kitzbuhel

Day 6: Easter Day

1. In holy week the Friday is called Good Friday, what is the Thursday called? Maundy Thursday 2. A simnel cake, usually eaten on Easter Sunday, is traditionally decorated with eleven marzipan balls. What do those balls represent? The eleven apostles remaining after Judas’ betrayal 3. Who sentenced Jesus to be scourged and crucified? Pontius Pilot 4. Which English company made the first chocolate Easter egg in 1875? Cadbury’s 5. In 1888 Chile annexed which Polynesian island with his now a UNESCO World Heritage site? Easter Island 6. Passover celebrates the night the Israelites were told to mark their doors with the blood of a spring lamb. What would be killed if they did not do this? Their first born son 7. What, according to Mark and Luke, was it that the soldiers wrote on the sign which they fixed to the top of Jesus’ cross? The King of the Jews 8. What were the names of Peter Rabbit’s siblings? Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail 9. In England how many bank holidays are there in a normal year? 8 10. What is the name of the garden where Jesus was arrested? Gethsemane 11. What spiced roll is traditionally eaten on Good Friday? Hot Cross Bun 12. Which famous book about rabbits was written by Richard Adams? Watership Down 13. What is the name of the Sunday that precedes Easter Sunday which commemorates Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem? Palm Sunday 14. What is the name of the ‘scwewy wabbit’ that Elmer Fudd hunts? Bugs Bunny 15. What did the traitorous Apostle Judas Iscariot do to Jesus to identify him to those coming to arrest him? He kissed him 16. Which non-extinct species lays the largest eggs? Ostriches 17. What food is normally eaten on the day before Ash Wednesday? Pancakes 18. What is the name of the feast to celebrate Jesus going up to heaven after he rose from the dead? The Ascension 19. What was the first name of the man described by his mother as ‘He’s not the Messiah, he’s a very naughty boy’? Brian 20. Which actress, recently the subject of a biopic for which Renee Zellweger won an Oscar, starred in Easter Parade alongside Fred Astaire? Judy Garland

Day 7: First lines from books

Name the book and author from the following first lines:

1. The carriage arrived at the outside gate of the Bastille. A soldier on guard stopped it, but d’Artagnan had only to utter a single word to procure admittance, and the carriage passed on without further difficulty. The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas 2. When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle, everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 3. Roger, aged seven, and no longer the youngest of the family, ran in wide zigzags, to and fro, across the steep field that sloped up from the lake to holly Howe, the farm where they were staying for part of the summer holidays. Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome 4. Last night I dreamt I was at Manderlay again. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier 5. He sat, in defiance of municipal orders, astride the gun Zam-Zammah on her brick platform opposite the old Ajaib-Gher – the Wonder House, as natives call the Lahore Museum. Kim by Rudyard Kipling 6. It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful. Matilda by Roald Dahl 7. The pretty little Swiss town of Mayenfeld lies at the foot of the mountain range, whose grim rugged peaks tower high above the valley below. Heidi by Johanna Spyri 8. Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S Lewis 9. Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the galaxy lies a small, unregarded yellow sun. The Hitchhiker’s guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams 10. It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. 1984 by George Orwell 11. All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 12. In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. Whenever you feel like criticising any one, he told me, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 13. The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there. The Go Between by L.P Hartley 14. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 15. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 16. Mr. and Mrs. Dursley of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J. K Rowling 17. All children, except one, grow up. Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie 18. Call me Ishmael. Moby-Dick by Herman Melville 19. Somewhere in la Mancha, in a place whose name I care not to remember, a gentleman lived not long ago, one of those who has a lance and ancient shield on a shelf and keeps a skinny nag and a greyhound for racing. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes 20. When Mr Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventyifirst birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R Tolkein