- 1. What is the most popular winter sport in Switzerland?
A) Snowboarding
B) Ice skating
C) Skiing
D) Bobsleigh
- 2. Which Swiss city hosts the world-famous Lauberhorn downhill ski race?
A) Zermatt
B) Wengen
C) Davos
D) St. Moritz
- 3. What is the traditional Alpine sport that involves racing down a track sitting on a sled without brakes?
A) Ice climbing
B) Tobogganing
C) Luge
D) Curling
- 4. Which game played with a wooden stick and a puck is a traditional Alpine pastime in Switzerland?
A) Ice hockey
B) Field hockey
C) Golf
D) Hornussen
- 5. In the game of Tchoukball, how many players are typically on each team?
A) Five
B) Nine
C) Eleven
D) Seven
- 6. In Swiss wrestling (Schwingen), what is the objective of the match?
A) To outrun the opponent
B) To score points with strikes
C) To pin the opponent's shoulders to the ground
D) To perform acrobatic moves
- 7. Which Swiss card game is similar to Euchre and involves declaring a trump suit?
A) Poker
B) Jass
C) Bridge
D) Blackjack
- 8. In which decade did Switzerland host its first Winter Olympic Games?
A) 1920s
B) 1960s
C) 1980s
D) 1940s
- 9. Which Swiss sport features teams competing to throw rocks on a sheet of ice towards a target area?
A) Ski jumping
B) Bobsleigh
C) Curling
D) Ice hockey
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