Q 01/05

At which Portuguese town did Sebastian Steudtner surf a record 86-foot wave in October 2020?

A) Ericeira

B) Nazaré

C) Peniche

D) Sagres

Answer · why

B) Nazaré

An underwater canyon off Nazaré's Praia do Norte funnels and focuses Atlantic swells into monsters, which is why big-wave surfers descend on the town ...

Q 02/05

Peʻahi, the Maui break where jet skis tow surfers into giant waves, goes by which nickname?

A) Pipeline

B) Cloudbreak

C) Jaws

D) Mavericks

Answer · why

C) Jaws

Jaws got its name in 1975 from three Maui surfers who watched it turn huge and dangerous without warning and thought of that year's shark film.

Q 03/05

Snowboarding made its Olympic debut in 1998 at the Winter Games in which city?

A) Lillehammer

B) Nagano

C) Salt Lake City

D) Albertville

Answer · why

B) Nagano

Nagano's first giant slalom champion, Canada's Ross Rebagliati, was stripped of his gold after testing positive for cannabis, then got it back two day...

Q 04/05

Which peak's 1865 first ascent by Edward Whymper's party ended with four deaths on the descent?

A) Matterhorn

B) Eiger

C) Mont Blanc

D) Monte Rosa

Answer · why

A) Matterhorn

Whymper's party reached the Matterhorn's summit on 14 July 1865, but a rope broke on the way down and Croz, Hadow, Hudson and Lord Francis Douglas fel...

Q 05/05

Which country is widely recognized as the origin of modern commercial bungee jumping?

A) New Zealand

B) United States

C) Australia

D) South Africa

Answer · why

A) New Zealand

A.J. Hackett opened the world's first permanent commercial bungee site at New Zealand's Kawarau Gorge bridge near Queenstown in 1988, a year after his...