Winter Sport Competition:
Course Length and Approximate Winning Times
Plus SAT-ACT type Puzzle

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Time Measurement: Some competitive events can take minutes and others hours.
The table below lists many winter sporting events and the time it may take to win these competitive activities.

Sport
Number of Athletes
Approximate Time
to Win This
Competitive Event
Competitors (M/F)
Course Length
if Applicable
Biathlon
1
23.08 minutes
female
15 kilometers
Biathlon
1
27.16 minutes
male
20 kilometers
Skiing-Downhill
1
1.28 minutes
female
na
Skiing-Downhill
1
1.50 minutes
male
na
Skiing-Slalom
1
1.32 minutes
female
na
Skiing-Slalom
1
1.49 minutes
male
na
Skiing-Combined
1
2.40 minutes
female
na
Skiing-Combined
1
3.08 minutes
male
na
Moguls
1
0.250 minutes
female
na
Moguls
1
0.269 minutes
male
na
Speed Skating
1
1.16 minutes
1.36 minutes
female
1000 meters long track
1000 meters short track
Speed Skating
1
1.10 minutes
1.30 minutes
male
1000 meters long track
1000 meters short track
Speed Skating
1
13.15 minutes
male
10,000 meters - a long race!
Bobsled
2
3.37 minutes
male
Steep, curvy drop
Bobsled
4
2.39 minutes
male
Steep, curvy, FAST drop
Luge - Singles
1
3.23 minutes
female
1 person sled ride!
Cross Country
1
17.37 minutes
female
5k classic
Cross Country
1
27.24 minutes
male
10k classic
Cross Country
1
1 hour & 22 min.
female
30k freestyle
Cross Country
1
2 hours & 5 min.
male
50k freestyle
a 2 hour race!!!
Ice Hockey
6
60 minutes
playing time
25 players on team
male & female
na

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2. Suggest individuals who, in your opinion, participate in sporting events that typify the qualities. Why?
3. What countries have the best "cold weather" athletes? Why?

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#3 - Divagate means? Answer #3:
#4 - Triturate means? Answer #4:
#5 - Confabulate means? Answer #5:
#6 - Vellicate means? Answer #6:
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We want to acknowledge that the word definitions in these puzzles are used with the permission of Random House Inc. and most come from their "Random House Webster's College Dictionary".

Answers to flag puzzle #1 above: 1 - salubrious, 2 - assiduous, 3 - sedulous, 4 - indefatigable
Graphic answer link puzzle #1
Answers to pulldown menu puzzle #2 above: 1 - Siffilate = to whisper, 2 - Ululate = to howl or hoot, 3 - Divagate = to wander or stray, 4 - Triturate = to reduce to a fine pulp; to pulverize, 5 - Confabulate = to converse in an infomal, familiar way, 6 - Vellicate = to cause to twitch or contract convulsively
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