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Quiz Questions 41 - 60
Questions 1 - 20
Questions 21 - 40
Questions 61 - 80
Current
Quiz Questions
41. Which famous musher's father was an Episcopal priest? [submitted
by BJP]
Answer: Gareth Wright
| WINNERS |
1. Erik Torgerson, North Branch,
Minnesota
2. Matt Legal, St. Malo, Manitoba
2. Jim Cogan, St. Charles, Illinois |
42. In 1976 in order to raise money for the Iditarod, Joe
Redington Sr. hooked how many dogs to a bus for the bicentennial celebration? [submitted
by Shawn Linendoll, Fort Ann, New York]
Answer: 201. It was going to
be 200 but at the last minute Jerry Riley brought his lead dog and raised the total to
201.
| WINNERS |
1. Jim Cogan, St. Charles, Illinois
2. Tammi Rego, Fairbanks, Alaska
3. Curt Anderson, Southeastern Idaho |
43. In what year did Leonhard Seppala first run
the All-Alaska Sweepstakes? [submitted by Tammi Rego, Fairbanks,
Alaska]
Answer: 1914 was the 1st year Leonhard Seppala ran
the race, however he dropped out after several dogs began suffering from cut feet and lost
toenails.
| WINNERS |
1. Neil Rasmussen, Grand Marais, MN
2. Nancy MacKenzie Bruce Mines, Ontario
3. Erik Torgerson, North Branch, Minnesota |
44. Who won the 1978 Canadian Championship Dog
Derby? [submitted by Carol Beck, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada]
Answer: Grant Beck, of Yellowknife, Northwest
Territories, Canada
| WINNERS |
1. Donny Poulin, The Pas, Manitoba
2. Curt Anderson, Pingree, Idaho
3. Nancy MacKenzie, Bruce Mines, Ontario |
45. Who are the only mother and daughter to finish
the Iditarod?
Answer: Barb and Lisa Moore
| WINNERS |
1. Jennifer Near, Vacaville, California
2. Shawn Linendoll, Fort Ann, New York
3. Kelley Franck, Fairbanks, Alaska |
46. Who has won the most World Championships in The Pas,
Manitoba since the race was revived after the war in 1948? [submitted by Donny Poulin,
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada]
Answer: Richard Beck (6 times)
| WINNERS |
1. Erik Torgerson, North Branch,
Minnesota
2. Janelle Merritt, Prince George, British Columbia
3. Bob Allen, Huntsville, Ontario |
47. Who is the only dog musher in the Canadian
Sports Hall of Fame?" [submitted by BJP]
Answer: Emile St-Goddard of Manitoba (raced in the
1920's).
| WINNERS |
1. Carol Beck, Yellowknife, NWT
2. Erik Torgerson, North Branch, MN
3. Nancy MacKenzie Bruce Mines, Ontario |
48. Name the only European Woman to complete the Canadian
Championship Dog Derby in Yellowknife, NWT and the Iditarod, in Alaska. [submitted by
Carol Beck, Yellowknife, NWT, Canada]
Answer: Monique Bene of France
| WINNERS |
1. Alain Forget, Saint-Paul, Quebec
2. Magali Philip, Nenana, Alaska
3. John Wood, Anchorage, Alaska |
49. Everyone remembers that in 1985 Libby Riddles became
the first woman to win the Iditarod . Who finished second? [submitted by Bob Allen,
Huntsville, Ontario]
Answer: Dewey Halverson
| WINNERS |
1. Jim Cogan, St. Charles, Illinois
2. Scotty Cassens, Hot Springs, South Dakota
3. Cathy Dimon, North Pole, Alaska |
50. How many countries participated in the 2001 IFSS
World Championship in Fairbanks Alaska? [submitted by IN]
Answer: 14
| WINNERS |
1. Mallorie Denney, Redmond, Oregon
2. Nancy MacKenzie, Bruce Mines, Ontario
3. John Wood, Anchorage, Alaska |
51. Who is the musher who won the last Alpirod?
[submitted by Magali Philip]
Answer: Roger Leegaard (Norway) in 1995
| WINNERS |
1. Ivana Nolke, Salcha, Alaska
2. John Wood, Anchorage, Alaska
3. Neil Rasmussen, Grand Marais, Minnesota |
52. Who was the first family to have three generations
run the Iditarod simultaneously? [submitted by Amy Buckendahl]
Answer: The Seavey family, with mushers Dan, his
son Mitch, and Mitch's son Danny all competing in the 2001 Iditarod.
| WINNERS |
1. Neil Rasmussen, Grand Marais,
Minnesota
2. Magali Philip, Nenana, Alaska
3. Ivana Nolke, Salcha, Alaska |
53. What new breed was introduced to the U.S. public for
the first time at the IFSS 2001 Nordic Style World Championships in Fairbanks? [submitted
by Ivana Nolke]
Answer: The Czech Mountain Dog. These dogs were owned
by two Czech Nordic style mushers - Jiri Suchy and Sona Klikarova - and did very well in
the international competition.
| WINNERS |
1. Magali Philip, Nenana, Alaska
2. Cathy Dimon, North Pole, Alaska
3. Nancy MacKenzie, Bruce Mines, Ontario
3. Neil Rasmussen, Grand Marais, Minnesota |
54. Who won the Canadian Championship Dog Derby in
Yellowknife the most consecutive times? [submitted by Trevor Lizotte, Yellowknife, NT]
Answer: Danny McQueen won 5 times in a row from 1963 to 1967.
| WINNERS |
1. Buddy Streeper, Fort Nelson, British
Columbia
2. Donny Poulin, The Pas, Manitoba
3. Magali Philip, Nenana, Alaska |
55: Who was the famous woman musher that placed second in
the Fur Rendezvous in Anchorage in the only year her husband did not run that race in 27
years?
[submitted by Neil Rasmussen]
Answer: Natalie Norris
| WINNERS |
1. Ivana Nolke, Salcha, Alaska
2. Magali Philip, Nenana, Alaska
3. Amanda Crissinger, Wasilla, Alaska |
56. In World War I dog teams carried 90 tons of
ammunition to a French battery that had been cut off in the Vosges Mountain. Another group
of dogs helped string over 20 miles of telephone wire in a single night. What famous
musher selected the dogs and trained the young chasseurs {"Blue Devils"} to
handle the dogs?
[submitted by Neil Rasmussen]
Answer: Scotty Allan
| WINNERS |
1. Scotty Cassens, Rapid City, South
Dakota
2. Ivana Nolke, Salcha, Alaska
3. Magali Philip, Nenana, Alaska |
57. Who was the last musher to drive a dog team to the
summit of Mt. McKinley?
[submitted by anonymous]
Answer: Jacques Philip
| WINNERS |
1. Ivana Nolke, Salcha, Alaska
2. Linda Johnson, Manley Hot Springs, Alaska
3. Amanda Crissinger, Wasilla, Alaska |
58. Who were the only three mushers to take home first
place and rookie of the year in the Iditarod in the same year? [submitted by Amanda
Crissinger]
Answer: 1973, Dick Willmarth; 1974, Carl Huntington; 1975,
Emmitt Peters
| WINNERS |
1. Heather Hardy, Knik, Alaska
2. Neil Rasmussen, Grand Marais, Minnesota
3. Bob Allen, Huntsville Ontario
3. Jacques Philip, Nenana, Alaska |
59. When was the first sled dog derby held in Laconia,
New Hampshire? [submitted by Cindy Molburg, Center Harbor, NH]
Answer: 1929
| WINNERS |
1. Magali Philip, Nenana, Alaska
2. Matt Legal, St. Malo, Manitoba
3. Neil Rasmussen, Grand Marais, Minnesota |
60. During the late 1950's a non-typical sled dog
leader was racing in the New England Circuit on Keith Bryar's Open team. What was
the leader's name and what breed of dog was he? [submitted by Steve & Deb Serbousek]
Answer: KIM and he was a Border Collie
| WINNERS |
1. Cindy Molburg, Center Harbor, New
Hampshire
2. Sara Weik, Outing, Minnesota
3. Jim Cogan, St. Charles, Illinois |
Congratulations
to all the winners!
Current
Quiz Questions
Questions 1 - 20
Questions 21 - 40
Questions 61 - 80
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