Mushing Terminology Quiz For Dog Lovers!
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Mushing is a transport method powered by the dog which includes carting, pulka, dog scootering, sled dog racing and weight pulling to pull on snow or a rig on dry land. This is a short quiz to assess if students know common sled dog terms. So, let's try out the quiz. All the best!
- 1.What is a wheel dog?
- A.
A dog that is attached to a line just before the sledge runners. They are the strongest dogs, used to free up the sledge and get it started or help pull the sledge around objects.
- B.
The smartest, most respected dogs in a dog team. They are very good at keeping to the trail.
- C.
Dogs that must run next to the runners as if the runners were wheels.
- D.
Dogs that can turn the teams by their strength and ability to follow commands.
- E.
Dogs that have been hit by car wheels and are no longer able to pull the sleds.
- 2.What is an ice hook
- A.
A small metal hook used for fishing through holes cut on the ice.
- B.
A small hooked piece of metal that when heated, can be threaded through snow blocks to strengthen ice shelters.
- C.
A hook used to dig into blocks of ice and carry them to the desired location.
- D.
A large ice hook used to drag behind a sled and slow the sled down.
- E.
A rare form of icicle that is curved at the end because it was formed in high wind conditions.
- 3.What is a musher?
- A.
Someone who leads a dog sled team. The driver of a dog sled team.
- B.
The person who has to walk through very mushy, wet snow when the dogs won't pull the sledge anymore and need a human at the head of the line to get them going again.
- C.
A machine that breaks up hard, ice packed snow so that it is like mush which then can be cleared off the trails.
- D.
The member of a dance team that performs a special Inuit dance called the Mushee Step Dance.
- E.
The person who tales care of the dogs that have been dropped from the race and must pick up the mush from the dog yard. (yuck)
- 4.the curved piece out in front of the main body of a sled, designed to stop brush from damaging the sled.
- 5.A fabric bag carried on a race sled, used to put a sick or injured dog into in order to carry him to a place where he can be cared for
- 6.The main line that the dogs and sled are attached to
- 7.The command to get the dog team moving
- 8.The main chain with separate short chains to attach several dogs to. Maybe strung between the front and back bumpers of a truck, or between two trees.
- 9.The upright pieces that attach the runners to a sled
- A.
Stanchions
- B.
Tack
- C.
Wheel Dogs
- D.
Snub Line
- 10.All the gear used to attach dogs to a sled
- A.
Rigging
- B.
Pedaling
- C.
Mush
- D.
Tack
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