41. Which famous musher's father was an Episcopal priest? [submitted
by BJP]
Answer: Gareth Wright
WINNERS
1. Erik Torgerson, North Branch,
Minnesota
2. Matt Legal, St. Malo, Manitoba
2. Jim Cogan, St. Charles, Illinois
42. In 1976 in order to raise money for the Iditarod, Joe
Redington Sr. hooked how many dogs to a bus for the bicentennial celebration? [submitted
by Shawn Linendoll, Fort Ann, New York]
Answer: 201.It was going to
be 200 but at the last minute Jerry Riley brought his lead dog and raised the total to
201.
WINNERS
1. Jim Cogan, St. Charles, Illinois
2. Tammi Rego, Fairbanks, Alaska
3. Curt Anderson, Southeastern Idaho
43.In what year did Leonhard Seppala first run
the All-Alaska Sweepstakes? [submitted by Tammi Rego, Fairbanks,
Alaska]
Answer: 1914 was the 1st year Leonhard Seppala ran
the race, however he dropped out after several dogs began suffering from cut feet and lost
toenails.
WINNERS
1. Neil Rasmussen, Grand Marais, MN
2. Nancy MacKenzie Bruce Mines, Ontario
3. Erik Torgerson, North Branch, Minnesota
44.Who won the 1978 Canadian Championship Dog
Derby? [submitted by Carol Beck, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada] Answer: Grant Beck, of Yellowknife, Northwest
Territories, Canada
WINNERS
1. Donny Poulin, The Pas, Manitoba
2. Curt Anderson, Pingree, Idaho
3. Nancy MacKenzie, Bruce Mines, Ontario
45. Who are the only mother and daughter to finish
the Iditarod? Answer: Barb and Lisa Moore
WINNERS
1. Jennifer Near, Vacaville, California
2. Shawn Linendoll, Fort Ann, New York
3. Kelley Franck, Fairbanks, Alaska
46. Who has won the most World Championships in The Pas,
Manitoba since the race was revived after the war in 1948? [submitted by Donny Poulin,
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada]
Answer: Richard Beck (6 times)
WINNERS
1. Erik Torgerson, North Branch,
Minnesota
2. Janelle Merritt, Prince George, British Columbia
3. Bob Allen, Huntsville, Ontario
47. Who is the only dog musher in the Canadian
Sports Hall of Fame?" [submitted by BJP] Answer: Emile St-Goddard of Manitoba (raced in the
1920's).
WINNERS
1. Carol Beck, Yellowknife, NWT
2. Erik Torgerson, North Branch, MN
3. Nancy MacKenzie Bruce Mines, Ontario
48. Name the only European Woman to complete the Canadian
Championship Dog Derby in Yellowknife, NWT and the Iditarod, in Alaska. [submitted by
Carol Beck, Yellowknife, NWT, Canada]
49. Everyone remembers that in 1985 Libby Riddles became
the first woman to win the Iditarod . Who finished second? [submitted by Bob Allen,
Huntsville, Ontario]
Answer: Dewey Halverson
WINNERS
1. Jim Cogan, St. Charles, Illinois
2. Scotty Cassens, Hot Springs, South Dakota
3. Cathy Dimon, North Pole, Alaska
50. How many countries participated in the 2001 IFSS
World Championship in Fairbanks Alaska? [submitted by IN] Answer: 14
WINNERS
1. Mallorie Denney, Redmond, Oregon
2. Nancy MacKenzie, Bruce Mines, Ontario
3. John Wood, Anchorage, Alaska
51. Who is the musher who won the last Alpirod?
[submitted by Magali Philip] Answer: Roger Leegaard (Norway) in 1995
WINNERS
1. Ivana Nolke, Salcha, Alaska
2. John Wood, Anchorage, Alaska
3. Neil Rasmussen, Grand Marais, Minnesota
52. Who was the first family to have three generations
run the Iditarod simultaneously? [submitted by Amy Buckendahl] Answer: The Seavey family, with mushers Dan, his
son Mitch, and Mitch's son Danny all competing in the 2001 Iditarod.
WINNERS
1. Neil Rasmussen, Grand Marais,
Minnesota
2. Magali Philip, Nenana, Alaska
3. Ivana Nolke, Salcha, Alaska
53. What new breed was introduced to the U.S. public for
the first time at the IFSS 2001 Nordic Style World Championships in Fairbanks? [submitted
by Ivana Nolke] Answer: The Czech Mountain Dog. These dogs were owned
by two Czech Nordic style mushers - Jiri Suchy and Sona Klikarova - and did very well in
the international competition.
WINNERS
1. Magali Philip, Nenana, Alaska
2. Cathy Dimon, North Pole, Alaska
3. Nancy MacKenzie, Bruce Mines, Ontario
3. Neil Rasmussen, Grand Marais, Minnesota
54. Who won the Canadian Championship Dog Derby in
Yellowknife the most consecutive times? [submitted by Trevor Lizotte, Yellowknife, NT] Answer: Danny McQueen won 5 times in a row from 1963 to 1967.
WINNERS
1. Buddy Streeper, Fort Nelson, British
Columbia
2. Donny Poulin, The Pas, Manitoba
3. Magali Philip, Nenana, Alaska
55: Who was the famous woman musher that placed second in
the Fur Rendezvous in Anchorage in the only year her husband did not run that race in 27
years?
[submitted by Neil Rasmussen] Answer: Natalie Norris
56. In World War I dog teams carried 90 tons of
ammunition to a French battery that had been cut off in the Vosges Mountain. Another group
of dogs helped string over 20 miles of telephone wire in a single night. What famous
musher selected the dogs and trained the young chasseurs {"Blue Devils"} to
handle the dogs?
[submitted by Neil Rasmussen] Answer: Scotty Allan
WINNERS
1. Scotty Cassens, Rapid City, South
Dakota
2. Ivana Nolke, Salcha, Alaska
3. Magali Philip, Nenana, Alaska
57. Who was the last musher to drive a dog team to the
summit of Mt. McKinley?
[submitted by anonymous] Answer: Jacques Philip
WINNERS
1. Ivana Nolke, Salcha, Alaska
2. Linda Johnson, Manley Hot Springs, Alaska
3. Amanda Crissinger, Wasilla, Alaska
58. Who were the only three mushers to take home first
place and rookie of the year in the Iditarod in the same year? [submitted by Amanda
Crissinger] Answer: 1973, Dick Willmarth; 1974, Carl Huntington; 1975,
Emmitt Peters
WINNERS
1. Heather Hardy, Knik, Alaska
2. Neil Rasmussen, Grand Marais, Minnesota
3. Bob Allen, Huntsville Ontario
3. Jacques Philip, Nenana, Alaska
59. When was the first sled dog derby held in Laconia,
New Hampshire? [submitted by Cindy Molburg, Center Harbor, NH] Answer: 1929
WINNERS
1. Magali Philip, Nenana, Alaska
2. Matt Legal, St. Malo, Manitoba
3. Neil Rasmussen, Grand Marais, Minnesota
60. During the late 1950's a non-typical sled dog
leader was racing in the New England Circuit on Keith Bryar's Open team. What was
the leader's name and what breed of dog was he? [submitted by Steve & Deb Serbousek] Answer: KIM and he was a Border Collie
WINNERS
1. Cindy Molburg, Center Harbor, New
Hampshire
2. Sara Weik, Outing, Minnesota
3. Jim Cogan, St. Charles, Illinois
