Across
- 2. Is ski jumping a nordic or alpine event
- 7. when a snowboarder crashes it is a _____
- 9. the year the first ____ olympics were held in 1924
- 11. this event combines skiing and aerial acrobatics
- 14. the amount of people on a nordic combined team
- 17. footholds on the ice from which curlers push off of and throw their stones
- 19. Ancient Greeks invented them to play basketball
- 20. this event is similar to street hockey
- 21. another term for a slope style jump
- 22. which animal was featured in a sledding event in the 1932 Winter Olympics?
- 24. in curling, players wear shoes with different _____ --one slider, one gripper
- 25. the joining of two contests
Down
- 1. this is often called "chess on ice"
- 3. Parabolic skis have a ______ shape
- 4. Alpine skiing includes five events, including: slalom, giant slalom, super giant slalom, combined and _____
- 5. The goddess of victory
- 6. A ____ pipe is a giant version of the half-pipe
- 8. these athletes gracefully dance on ice
- 10. all the events in the Winter Olympics need ____ or ice
- 11. the number of rings on the olympic flag
- 12. the captain of a curling team
- 13. His nickname is "the flying tomato"
- 15. they are held every four years
- 16. This Norwegian olympian won 13 medals in the 2002 biathlon. (hint: Last name Bøjrndalen)
- 18. early alpine and nordic skis were made out of this
- 23. The shape of the ice rink where figure skating takes place