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Vancouver 2010 Olympics
This category is for questions about the XXI Olympic Winter Games which were held in Vancouver, Canada in 2010.
211 Questions
What are the rules of ice dancing?
am doing a poster in the ice dancing so answers.com has not even answered me not even one single question
What does the olympic torch look like?
It depends on the games, each Olympic games has a different design for the torch.
this year it is a triangle. it has 8000 holes 2 represent the ppeople who r carrying it
Are the 2010 olympic medals made from recycled parts?
Medalists at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will celebrate with circuit boards hanging from their necks.
That's right. Gold, silver, and bronze medals for the upcoming games will contain metal from recycled TVs, computers, and keyboards that might have otherwise ended up as e-waste. Vancouver metals giant Teck Resources is producing and supplying the medals along with the Royal Canadian Mint.
The 2010 medals are undulating rather than flat.(Credit: Vancouver2010.com)
To acquire the metal for the medals (with great mettle, no doubt), Teck is recovering materials from cathode ray tube glass, computer parts, and circuit boards through smelting. The process involves shredding, separating, and heating electronic components, then combining the byproducts with metals from other sources.
More than 1,000 medals are currently being produced for the 2010 games. But geekiness isn't the only thing that makes them distinct.
They feature contemporary Aboriginal artwork by Corrine Hunt, a Canadian designer of Komoyue and Tlingit heritage. Also, the medals are wavy rather than flat, a form inspired by the ocean waves, drifting snow, and mountainous landscapes found in the Games region and throughout
What has Torah Bright achieved?
One of Torah Bright's achievements is a gold medal for Snowboarding, Ladies' Half Pipe, achieved at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
What is the song the Canadian Tenors sang at the Olympics in Vancouver?
they sang "your moment is here"
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What ethnicity is Meryl Davis?
Davis is of English, Irish, Scottish and German ancestry according to Wikipedia.
Where are the 2010 and 2014 Olympics?
The 2010 Winter Olympics were held in Vancouver, Canada. The 2014 Winter Olympics are being held in Sochi, Russia.
It depends. It was fair because they could use any material in their costume. It was not fair because they are not allowed to take advantage in other people because other people did not use it.
During the men's gold medal hockey game in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, the crime rate in Canada went down almost to zero, because virtually everyone was watching the game. Exactly the same thing happened in 1972 during the hockey "Super Summit" series between Canada and the Soviet Union.
Immediately after the games, people flooded into the streets and the crime rate soared.
What are the 14 events in the 2010 Winter Olympics?
the fourteen winter olympic events are alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsled, cross-country skiing, curling, figure skating, free style skiing, ice hocky, luge, nordic combined, skeleton, ski jumping, snowboarding, and speed skating.
