Q 01/05

In luge, how does the athlete lie on the sled?

A) Face down, head first

B) Seated upright

C) Kneeling, head first

D) Face up, feet first

Answer · why

D) Face up, feet first

Face up, feet first: lugers lie flat on their backs and hold the head low to cut air resistance, which helps them reach speeds above 140 km/h.

Q 02/05

Which body part does a luger mainly use to steer the sled?

A) The calves

B) The elbows

C) The hips

D) The neck

Answer · why

A) The calves

The calves: a luge sled has no steering gear and no brakes, so the slider presses a calf against one of the runners and adds small shifts of the shoul...

Q 03/05

Which sliding sport puts the athlete face down and head first, unlike luge?

A) Bobsleigh

B) Toboggan cross

C) Skeleton

D) Monobob

Answer · why

C) Skeleton

Skeleton shares tracks with luge and bobsleigh but is governed by a different federation and uses a running start.

Q 04/05

Times in artificial-track luge are measured to what precision?

A) One tenth of a second

B) One hundredth of a second

C) One thousandth of a second

D) One ten-thousandth of a second

Answer · why

C) One thousandth of a second

One thousandth of a second: luge is the only sliding sport timed so finely, and in 1994 the men's Olympic title was settled by just 0.013 seconds.

Q 05/05

The word "luge" came into English from which language?

A) German

B) Norwegian

C) French

D) Italian

Answer · why

C) French

French: it was an Alpine dialect word for a small sled, used in Savoy and French-speaking Switzerland, while the German-speaking nations that dominate...