2. Iditarod!

8. 15 20 25 510 Checkpoints Traditions & Legends History Odds & Ends Jr. Iditarod 5 5 5 5 10 15 20 25 20 Team One Team Two Team Three Team Four

9. The Iditarod is a commemoration of this event Show Answer

10. What is the Serum Run? Back to Board

11. It’s the year the Iditarod Sled Dog Race first ran to Nome Show Answer

12. What is 1973? Back to Board

13. It’s what the Iditarod Trail was originally Show Answer

14. What is a mail and freight route? Back to Board

15. He is the only five time winner of the “Last Great Race” Show Answer

16. Who is Rick Swenson? Back to Board

17. This Air Force Colonel was Admiral Bryd’s dog handler in Antarctica in 1928 Show Answer

18. Who was Norman Vaughan ? Back to Board

19. These cities are the ceremonial start and the official finish of the Iditarod Show Answer

20. What are Anchorage and Nome? Back to Board

21. It’s a type of sock made to protect the dogs paws Show Answer

22. What are booties? Back to Board

23. These dogs are placed directly in front of the sled. Their job is to pull the sled out, and around corners or trees Show Answer

24. What are Wheel Dogs? Back to Board

25. It’s an area with many burnt tree stumps from a fire in 1976 Show Answer

26. What is the Farewell Burn? Back to Board

27. It is the city where the Iditarod Trail originally started Show Answer

28. What is Seward? Back to Board

29. This is the checkpoint where they restart the race Show Answer

30. What is Wasilla? Back to Board

31. This checkpoint is the highest point on the Iditarod Trail Show Answer

32. Where is Rainy Pass? Back to Board

33. This checkpoint, 77 miles from Nome, is where the mushers take their mandatory 8 hour layover Show Answer

34. Where is White Mountain? Back to Board

35. It is the name of the award given to the first musher to reach McGrath Show Answer

36. What is the Spirit of Alaska Award? Back to Board

37. The name of this Eskimo checkpoint means “place where the east wind blows” Show Answer

38. Where is Unalakleet? Back to Board

39. It’s the country the Sami herders came from, and the animal they herded. Show Answer

40. Where is Norway, and what are reindeer? Back to Board

41. This is awarded to the last musher to finish Show Answer

42. What is the Red Lantern? Back to Board

43. Each musher is greeted by the fire siren when they arrive in this city Show Answer

44. Where is Nome? Back to Board

45. Attached to the Burled Arch, this will remain lit as long as there are mushers on the trail Show Answer

46. What is the Widow’s Lamp? Back to Board

47. Coming from an Ingalik and Holikachuk Indian word, it means “distant place” Show Answer

48. What is Iditarod? Back to Board

49. It is the age range to be eligible for entry in the Jr. Iditarod Show Answer

50. What is 14 to 17? Back to Board

51. It is the year the first Jr. Iditarod Trail Race took place Show Answer

52. What is 1978? Back to Board

53. It is the length of the Jr. Iditarod race Show Answer

54. What is 160 miles? Back to Board

55. It is when the Jr. Iditarod is held Show Answer

56. What is the weekend immediately before the start of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race? Back to Board

57. Show Answer It is the country where the first international entrant in the Jr. Iditarod is from

58. What is Czechoslovakia? Back to Board

59. Show Question

60. This 4 time Iditarod champion placed in the Top Ten 15 times Show Answer

61. Who was Susan Butcher? To End Photo by Jeff Schultz http://www.iditarod.com/2-11-1.html

62. End It Created by: Julie Howard 2007 Iditarod Curriculum Challenge © 2007

63. Resources All information used in this game was located on www.iditarod.com Official website of the Iditarod – The Last Great Race on Earth. www.iditarod.com