SKI Racing Glove Questions Are IN!!!! (sleepless nights are coming)

SKI Glove QUIZ

1. What is its function and why is it that now in 2008 it is outdated and hardly ever used!



2. What is the function of this item ?



3.What do F1 cars, stealth bombers and the modern ski have in common?
(just one word or sentence will do)




4.How did F. Porsche’s innovative ideas make the modern ski better?
(one word or sentence will do)




5. List 2 ski resorts that are located in different countries/different states/different provinces!
That is, each ski resort geographically is shared by two “states” (country, state, province, county etc,,)
1.
2.



6. What was the source or original idea in designing the modern ski lift?


7. Sum of x divided by 2 = Y
Why is this formula so important to all skiers and what does the value y represent?


8. The following are key numbers which every skiers should know!
They are presented in a specific sequence which will help a skier enjoy his/her time on the slope! What does each number represent and what are their relationship to each other?
3 67 48 255 7



9. Often in alpine ski racing “new” technological discoveries are initially not allowed or seen as “cheating”. List 3 “new” equipment changes which were initially frowned upon yet now have changed skiing!



10. One event,,just one event motivated the very best skiers in North America to be together for more time than just a ski competition! This happen just once in the history of skiing and has never been repeated!
What is this event?

One word or book with less than 500 pages will do

Already a "clarification" for item 6.

Since several "questions" were raised on issue by persons working in industry!

The question relates NOT to first ski lift and where it was installed but rather to the "conception" ,,the inspiration of the idea of a ski lift!
Where did this idea of "towing skiers up a hill" come from?

Now if you really want to impress everyone ,,,give me the name of the person who proposed this means of moving skiers!
No extra points will be given, however!

Well perhaps a free beer at the annual J2SKI end of year party!

Well heres my one post

Rossfra8,


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green with envy

Happy green

grin with knowledge

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Pavel

Pavel,

Please could I ask for some further clarification?

Once a post is made will you be providing a total mark for that post? I understand you wouldn't want to mark each question individually but a total mark might make it more interesting for the rest of us to try and guess which questions gained the marks?

Thanks,

Jan

Happy green

grin with (a fair amount of) knowledge.

Just know I won't be able to dedicate the time/effort to this so bowing out

Jan,
I will give total mark for each posted reply!

At end of quizz I will post complete answers and declare the winner!

I do have to mention to all that it is very important to read all the words in the question! As in all quizes ot tests each word has specific meaning or "guides" the person to the answer! It is like looking at clues in the forest for the path to take! That broken branch to the uninitiated is just a broken branch but to the "knowledgeable" person it leads to the path! So please read each word carefully!

Perhaps my "clarification" post may help some of you find the path! The broken branch is there! Lift up your gaze and look for it!

I’m new on j2ski but needed a break from writing up 3 years worth of lab work and so decided to give this quiz a try, despite knowing pretty much NOTHING about skiing other than what I learnt in my 1st week earlier this year! Little did I know that I would spend hours searching the internet for answers instead of working!

So I know my answers may seen ridiculous to most of you on here who actually know what they are talking about but if I don’t submit my answers now I’m going to keep trying to find the answers on the internet and my thesis is NEVER going to get finished, and plus I don’t have to worry about giving answers away, coz there are people who know waaaay more than me on here….so although the answers are probably laughable to most of you…here goes!

1: Honestly don’t know, did I mention I know nothing about skiing (yet), except that I love it?

2: Same again….

3: All made with Fibreglass?

4: Something to do with Vibration Dampening technology?

5: Finally one Google can help me with:
Heavenly (over the Nevada, California border)
Portes du Soleil (over the French, Swiss border)

6: I think it was based on a design of a mini-hydroelectric/water mill in the hotel of Robert Winterhalden, the transmissions gave him the idea of towing skiers up a hill!

7: I think this is how you calculate the flex of a ski? If it is then Y would represent the flex of the ski

8: This one I was completely stuck on, Google doesn’t help with numbers, the only thing I had to go on was a previous competition on here about the 5 magic numbers every skier should know…….but I pretty sure they don’t match up but I’m going to say that’s what they are anyway (although I’m not sure what order they should be in!!!)

DIN settings, Ski length, Turning radius, Sidecut, Mark-up price

9: Again, I’m new to this (that’s my excuse for my ignorance) but I’m going to hazard a guess….don’t laugh to much if they are ridiculous!!!

Lightweight ‘non-wood’ skis…not exactly a ‘new’ invention I know but…
Shaped skis
‘Fat’ skis


10: I have absolutely no idea, Google let me down on this too….the only thing I could find was a North American Alpine event that the top level skiers attended because the World Cup championships in Spain had been cancelled so the North American and Canadian ski teams went to train and compete in, even though it’s usually attracts the ‘B’ level team members…..
I realise this is still a competition so doesn’t answer the question, but I spent so long trying to find the answer that I had to put SOMETHING to justify it to myself!


Well, like I said I had to submit this now so that I can get back to writing up instead of searching Google for the answers, the title of the thread doesn’t quite fit for me….it should have read ‘workless days’ instead of ‘sleepless nights’!

1. Its an old piece of Lego from the 70s which you cant use anymore because of the sloping single holes on the outside. You used to be able to connect them to the old Lego sets.

2. This is a set of stocks once used by Professor Yaffle on Bagpus, when Charlie Mouse was particularly badly behaved when Emily brought home a condom, and Charlie Mouse thought it was a mouse raincoat.

3. None of them have been used by Basil Brush.

4. He put a Seat engine on them to make them go faster (system Porsche - you see it written on old Seat Ibiza's). Jeez, they could move....

5. I know this one: Vialattea and The Milky Way

6. To get you up the mountain.

7. X is the amount of beer you should drink in a week at home, but divided by 2 is the amount of beer you should drink whilst having some apres ski. Therefore, half the normal amount of beer is Y, and this is important because if you exceed Y, you are buggered for the next days skiing. This is not recommended, except of course on the day of arrival in resort when no one cares about anything except the next drink.

8. Its the padlock combination number to the ski locker I used in Verbier in March, and without it I couldnt get my skis out.

9. Ipod, Mobile Phone, Red Salopettes

10. I reckon that was that mad night you were on about when all those people turned up on that wild goose chase and had such a great time at that lovely resort that you won't tell us the name of. It had something to do with consuming ridiculous amounts of alcohol I believe. Surprisingly.



What do I win?

Oh no you have beaten me thats exactly the same answers I was going to give

Gordieski,
Welcome to the wonderful world of skiing.

Welcome now to the world of real skiers who are so fanatic that in the Summer they do these crazy mind twisting quizzes just to "keep skiing alive" in the mind!

Also congratulations for being the first person to have tried to answer all the questions.
Your score is 1/10 ,,however you did get some answers very close to "target"

You have also discovered the "weaknesses" of Google and all internet search engines! You have to know what to ask! In other words you must have some "basic knowledge" of the subject matter! The first two items Google can not yet "compute" them ,,unless you work for CIA or such agencies!

The numbers are not numbers! It is the relationship and order which is meaningful to all "knowledgeable" skiers! I know that at least Mike, Ellistine and even Jan are going to slap themselves on the forehead if they do not get this item! They just have to think and get away from Google!

Great first try Gordie!

As always I make silly mistakes that may cause 'problems" so please accept this "clarification.
I stated, "the numbers are not numbers......"

What I meant to state is, "The numbers IN THEMSELVES are not that important. It is their relationship to each other and their placement or order that is important" That will give away the answer!

It is that knowledge of the order and the relationships which separates the "real skier fanatic" from the weekend skier!

Once you get it,,,,you will all say, """"ha,,,,, yes yes so easy,,so clear"!!!