Thank you to all 1133 of you who took part in our 2019 Christmas Quiz - our highest number of entries ever! Congratulations to Lemony who placed 1st with a score of 80%. Raffle winners will be selected at random from the list of entrants and contacted this week. You can still take part in the quiz if you missed it...just stop scrolling now!
(Apologies for anyone who had issues with the drag and drop bird questions, we wanted to mix up the way you answer questions a bit, but clearly it doesnt work on every device!)
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1. Which climber repeated Magic Line (5.14c) in Yosemite this year to become only the second person to redpoint it? (choose one)
Emma Twyford
Dave MacLeod
Beth Rodden
Hazel Findlay
2. Which climber redpointed Neanderthal 9b earlier this year (choose one)
Jakob Schubert
Domen Skofic
Seb Bouin
Adam Ondra
3. Greg Boswell made the third ascent of which route in February? (choose one)
Banana Wall
The Hurting
Anubis
Pink Panther
4. Who became the 8th person to free The Nose this autumn (choose one)
Nico Favresse
Sébastien Berthe
Jacopo Larcher
Jorg Verhoeven
5. Emma Twyford made the first British female ascent of a 9a this year, with The Big Bang. How many repeats (excluding the first ascent) has the route had? (choose one)
2
5
3
4
6. Janja Garnbret (SLO) had an incredible boulder season on the IFSC World Cup Circuit. How many events did she win? (Boulder only) (choose one)
5
8
7
6
7. Which of the following was a First Ascent by James McHaffie this year? (choose one)
Global Catastrophe
The Inconvenient Truth
Climate Crisis
The Invisible Girl
8. Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell established a new free line on El Capitan this year. Which existing route did it start up? (choose one)
Salathe Wall
Dawn Wall
New Dawn
Passage of Freedom
9. Which of these is an E10 7a climbed by Dave MacLeod this year? (choose one)
Mind Riot
Hard Drive
The Apocalypse
Hunger
10. Which British climber ticked their 2nd Font 8B with an ascent of Fat Lip at Raven Tor? (choose one)
Mina Leslie Wujastyk
Steve McClure
Shauna Coxsey
Frances Bensley
11. The world's second Font 9A was proposed by Charles Albert earlier in the year. Which area was the boulder problem? (choose one)
Rocklands
Fontainebleau
Cresciano
Zillertal
12. 13-year-old Japanese climber Mishka Ishi made the 3rd female ascent of a Font 8C in May. Who was the first to tick this grade? (choose one)
Shauna Coxsey
Janja Garnbret
Kadi Lehmann
Ashima Shirashi
Trivia
13. Which climbing YouTuber has over 500,000 subscribers? (choose one)
Adam Ondra
Magnus Midtbø
Eric Karlsson
Dave MacLeod
14. Which climber has won the most women's lead word cups? (choose one)
Akiyo Noguchi
Janja Garnbret
Jain Kim
Mina Markovič
15. The women's Speed climbing world record was broken this year by Aries Susanti Rahayu. What is the time to beat now? (choose one)
7.96
6.96
7.99
6.99
16. How many World Cups has Janja Garnbret won in total? (choose one)
18
32
23
26
17. With which drink did Emma Twyford celebrate her 9a success? (choose one)
G&T
Prosecco
Red Bull
Champagne
18. What is the name for the fashion trend involving outdoor wear/gear being embraced by designers and worn on the street? (choose one)
Hardcore
Gorpcore
Normcore
Radcore
19. In the past decade, who was the first climber to solo Freerider on El Capitan (choose one)
Alex Honnold
Pete Whittaker
Andy Kirkpatrick
Jorg Verhoeven
20. Which discipline of climbing was identified as an Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO? (choose one)
Everest climbing
Bouldering
Speed Climbing
Alpinism
21. What was the name of Tom Livingstone and Ally Swinton's first ascent on Koyo Zom (choose one)
The Great Gogarth Extravaganza
Head Games
The Waiting Game
The Great Game
22.Which climbing legend, sadly deceased, owned this guidebook?
Andy Pollitt.
Birds
23. Ring Ouzel - Stanage Popular
24. Fulmar - Old Man of Hoy
25. Raven - Raven Crag - Threshthwaite Cove
26. Peregrine - Raven Crag - Thirlmere
27. Golden Eagle - Sron Ulladale (Harris)
28. Eagle Owl - Wainstones
Anagrams
29. clip my so - Olympics
30. eton limes - limestone
31. fool net - Lofoten
32. Elton gin vomits - Tom Livingstone
33. hat grog - Gogarth
34. running sofa woes - Wings of Unreason
Guidebook Topos
35. Flaky Wall
36. Eliminate 'A'
37. Splitstream
38. Anvil Chorus
39. Martello Buttress
Olympics
40. How many athletes are now confirmed as having quota places for Tokyo 2020 (ignoring Russia's unsettled WADA situation)? (choose one)
16
13
26
28
41. Adam Ondra lost out on taking an Olympic quota spot in Hachioji. What was the drama that ultimately cost him a ticket? (choose one)
Missing a clip
Powerscreaming
Stepping out of bounds
Stepping on a bolt
42. Which countries have just one quota place remaining for the Olympics? (choose one)
Slovenia and the USA
France and the USA
Japan and Slovenia
Slovenia and France
43. Which sibling pair has qualified for Tokyo 2020? (choose one)
Magnus and Hannah Midtboe
Jakob and Hannah Schubert
Jernej and Julia Kruder
Michaël and Bassa Mawem
44. What went wrong at the Toulouse selection event? (choose one)
A volume was pulled off the wall
A bolt was stepped on
A hold spun
A rope snapped
45. Which UKC staff member is going to Japan next year to report on the Olympics? (choose one)
Martin Mckenna
Paul Phillips
Rob Greenwood
Natalie Berry
Body Parts
Who's crack climbing hands are these? (choose one)
Pete Whittaker
Danny Parker
Alex Honnold
Tom Randall
47. Which climber does this neck belong to? (choose one)
Alex Honnold
Adam Ondra
Domen Skofic
Jan Hojer
48. To whom do these strong shoulders belong? (choose one)
Lucka Rakovec
Fanny Gibert
Danny Parker
Miho Nonaka
49. Whose forearms are curshing the route? (choose one)
Lynn Hill
Gwen Moffat
Robyn Erbesfield
Catherine Destivelle
50. Who is the owner of this powerful back? (choose one)
Nalle Hukkataival
Tommy Caldwell
Jakob Schubert
Matt Groom
51. Which climber's hands are these? (choose one)
Nigel Vardy
Voytek Kurtyka
Tommy Caldwell
Greg Boswell
Comments
In my best Letters to the Editor voice...
Some well sneaky questions in there! 5 and 19 particularly so.
Can anyone show me where I'm going wrong with Q5? The big bang has had three ascents according to the original article. Carson, McHaffie and Twyford. So repeats is then two, but it looks like the answer is three?
You're right, thought I'd changed it before posting but it's 2. The right answer was set to 2 in the quiz anyway.
I thought you were being cheeky since Caff climbed it twice.
Thanks for the reply. Thought I was losing the plot! 😁