Prompt 6 of 7
Name a sport or discipline ever contested or demonstrated at the Winter Olympics
38 accepted answers across 6 rarity tiers.
100 ptsOne in a Krillion2 answers
The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.
- Ice stock sport— Bavarian curling with a stick, demonstrated in 1936 and again in 1964.
- Skijoring— A 1928 demonstration event in which skiers were towed across the snow by galloping horses. Gloriously discontinued.
85 ptsDeep Cut8 answers
Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.
- Bandy— Only ever a demonstration sport, in 1952.
- Combined
- Military patrol— The 1924 forerunner of the biathlon, contested only once for medals.
- Ski ballet— A demonstration sport in 1988 and 1992. Exactly as wonderful as it sounds.
- Sled dog racing— Demonstrated at Lake Placid 1932, with real mushers and real dog teams.
- Speed skiing— A 1992 demonstration event where a competitor died in training.
- Team figure skating
- Winter pentathlon— A one-off 1948 St. Moritz demo: cross-country, shooting, downhill, fencing, and horse riding.
60 ptsRare14 answers
Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.
- Big air
- Halfpipe
- Ice dance
- Mass start
- Nordic combined
- Pair skating
- Parallel giant slalom
- Ski cross
- Ski mountaineering
- Slalom
- Slopestyle
- Snowboard cross
- Super-G
- Team pursuit
30 ptsSchooler7 answers
A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.
- Bobsled
- Cross-country skiing
- Downhill— Alpine skiing's marquee event, and the fastest way down the mountain without a sled.
- Freestyle skiing
- Luge
- Ski jumping
- Speed skating
15 ptsToo Clever3 answers
An overthought pick that scores below the middle of the board.
- Biathlon— Skiing plus rifle shooting. The 'weirdest combo in sports' flex, right on cue.
- Curling— 'The one with the brooms.' Everyone rediscovers it every four years.
- Skeleton— Headfirst down the ice at 80 miles an hour. The 'craziest Olympic sport' pick, deployed on schedule.
10 ptsPlankton4 answers
The most common answer on the board.
- Figure skating
- Ice hockey
- Skiing
- Snowboarding