Ski Quiz is on! Win a free unique polar fleece vest

pavelski wrote:RoseR,
Are Dave's wife? Did you sneak into his computer to get all the answers?

It was very "noble" of you to let others win this time!

Seems Bandit so far is the leader! She is really good! Very perceptive and a person who thinks "outside the box" with unique answers! Unique and on the mark!

A few more hours!!

I bet she was teachers pet at school :evil: :evil: :evil: :wink: :wink: :wink:

Well the dealine is past.
All the answers are in,,,,,and no winner!

Bandit was the very best with great answers, however the minimum score level score was not attained so polar vest is going to a needy person in local shelter!

Till nexst time!

Pav, though I didn't participate in the quiz, I had some fun pondering the questions. I appreciate the time and effort you have put in to it, just to keep us entertained and lessen our withdrawal symptoms at the end of the season.

Trencher

Pavel,
That seems rather hard on Bandit. She won the quiz but yet still doesn't get a prize? How about giving her a small prize for achieving the highest score. It would be an incentive then for more people to take part next year.

And what were the answers?

Ally

Here are my answers....


1.
Rooster - Rossignol Skis
Eagle - K2 Chopper ski
Banana - Armada JJ ski
Bee Cell - Honeycomb - Palmer Honeycomb Board
Javelin - Hart Javelin Ski
Insect - K2 Luv Bug Ski
Predator - T-Rex on Scott Punisher
a rock - Volkl t-rock skis
turtle - Turtle Fur - Lake Champlain - Green Mountains - Vermont
Red Cherry - Dynastar red insert on tip

All connected with skiing or snowboarding

2.
As Slalom is to GS

3.
Grenoble, 1968

Karl Schranz, trying to stop Frenchman Jean-Claude Killy completing his Olympic treble, stopped to avoid a man who had crossed the course, which was shrouded in fog, and was allowed a second run.

4.
In the US Bacteria is added to man made snow to make it last longer.

5.
The object is an edge clamp, used for repairing skis

6.
Longboard ski racers in 19thc California used whale sperm (spermaceti) as a base preparation

7.
Johannes Schnieder and the Arlberg Technique

8.
Q angle - inward rotation of the Femur - which leads to ski's rarely being flat on snow

9.

Torque and Inertia....non engineer!

10.
Anselme Baud and Patrick Vallencant.

Here are my results......

1.You understood well the underlying relationships, however all related to ski products thus

Eagle : Eaglecrest ski resort in Alaska! I still accepyed your answer

Banada : famous Nordica Yellow boot! Still accepted your answer

Insect : Spyder Ski wear but K2 was great

Turtle : turtle fur products from Stowe
In all accpted item one as correct!

2, Slalom to downhill (look at radius size) I am not aware of any GS skis with such a large radius!

3. Correct Great!!!

4. Actually the patente is from Europe and is used in some European resorts! But answer correct
"Pseudomonas Syringae"

5. It is a sidewall reducer! It takes plastic off sidewall so that more ski edges can be "tuned"

6.Correct! Great answer! See on YOUTUBE and great video on topic!

7. Incorrect Mathias Zdarski Lilianfield Technique

8. Right on. Perfect!!

9. Side wise play or lateral play! All ski bindings allow some free -mouvement
tip to tail play All bindings allow flex play within front units and rear units

10. Incorrect Patrick Vallençant Sylvain Sauden

Pavel has said that my answer to 10 is wrong. I have asked him to provide his source data, to check against mine, which is on this page here...
http://www.montagnes.com/skiextreme/2.asp

since there are 2 Couloir Gervasutti's it would seem....

*
Mont Blanc du Tacul (4 248 m)

*
Couloir Gervasutti

* Sylvain Saudan le 17 Octobre 1968
* Denis Bertrand en surf en 1987
* Branche de Gauche (direct au sommet) Pierre Tardivel le 15 Juin 1994

*
Tour Ronde (3 792 m)

*
Couloir Gervasutti

* D. Faivre et J.P Mansart, (Wyllis SNELL et Pierre Carrier) le 31 Mars 1974

*
Face Nord

* Patrick Vallençant le 20 Juin 1971

As the Question asked for

10. The term “extreme skiing” has become a cliché on the modern ski world. However few skiers know that 30 odd years ago two skiers were doing what few skiers can do now. Who were they?

The clues are; Aiguilles Blanches de Peuterey and Gervasutti Coulier

I would have discounted Sylvain Saudan, as for the descents specified, his was over 40 years ago, and outside the time frame of the question.

Apparently I got 9 wrong as well. I should have said

Side wise play or lateral play! All ski bindings allow some free -mouvement
tip to tail play All bindings allow flex play within front units and rear units

I suggest that "play" cannot be considered a dynamic force, but instead a manufactured tolerance.

Thanks for your support Ally :D

I really wanted to enter as I usually do but time was against me. The trouble with me is I get searching for something specific and end up reading every-thing else. Still enjoyable though Thanks Pavel for some entertainment. Judging by Bandits answers I would probably have had only four right, so well done Bandit.

Thanks for giving us your answers Bandit. I wouldn't have got any of them right, so it's just as well I didn't try :P

Ally

Nice little google video here of Vallencant and Baud nailing the Arête de Peuterey for the 1st time..

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4940294562795340866

I think this footage has been posted up by pistehors.com