Q 01/05

Before her 2010 Olympic gold, Lindsey Vonn treated a badly bruised shin by wrapping it in which food?

A) Honey

B) Cheese

C) Cabbage

D) Raw steak

Answer · why

B) Cheese

Cheese was the surprise remedy: Vonn applied a soft curd called topfen to draw out the swelling. A week after revealing it she was Olympic champion.

Q 02/05

After a 2005 downhill win in Val d'Isère, France, Lindsey Vonn chose to keep which unusual prize?

A) A horse

B) A pig

C) A cow

D) A donkey

Answer · why

C) A cow

A cow named Olympe was the prize, and Vonn boarded her with an Austrian farmer. By 2014 she owned a small herd.

Q 03/05

Which Masters champion did Lindsey Vonn date from March 2013 to May 2015?

A) Tiger Woods

B) Rory McIlroy

C) Adam Scott

D) Jordan Spieth

Answer · why

A) Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods and Vonn were together for just over two years, a stretch in which injury kept her out of the Sochi Olympics.

Q 04/05

Lindsey Vonn became the first American woman to win Olympic downhill gold at which Canadian city's Games?

A) Calgary

B) Montreal

C) Quebec City

D) Vancouver

Answer · why

D) Vancouver

Vancouver staged the 2010 Games, with the ski races at Whistler. Warm weather delayed the downhill, giving Vonn's injured shin extra days to heal.

Q 05/05

At the 2009 World Championships, Lindsey Vonn needed thumb surgery after a mishap with which object?

A) A glass trophy

B) A champagne bottle

C) A carving knife

D) A fireworks rocket

Answer · why

B) A champagne bottle

A champagne bottle sliced her thumb during a photo opportunity after her downhill gold. She said she would probably never open one again.