Balance Beam

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. In 1972, Olga Korbut dazzled the world at the Olympic Games in Munich. Her signature move was a trick that she performed on the balance beam. What move was that? aerial cartwheel layout stepout aerial back tuck back handspring

2. The unflappable Nadia Comaneci is considered by many to have been the greatest beam worker of all time. However, what was unusual about her beam performance in the optional part of the team competition at the 1979 World Championships? she left in the middle of it because of a judging controversy she fell and lost her chance at a spot in event finals she sat it out because of an injury she competed a one-handed routine

3. The Chinese have long been considered to be the greatest beam workers in the world, but not until 2000 in Sydney was one of them able to hold it together in an Olympic Games to become the balance beam gold medalist. Which Chinese gymnast won that event? Ling Jie Liu Xuan Dong Fangxiao Yang Yun

4. Who was the first American to win a world medal on the beam? Kristie Phillips Phoebe Mills Cathy Rigby Mary Lou Retton

5. She is considered to have been "the best beam worker who never won beam." Always an innovator, she set a new standard for beam in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Her namesake move is a split leap with the head thrown back, making it that much more difficult. Who was this Chinese gymnast? Lu Li Yang Bo Li Li Mo Huilan

6. Many people remember Romanian-American gymnast Dominique Moceanu's somewhat odd mount for her beam exercise. It was a shoulder roll with a turn to shoulder stands. However, this move was not unique to Moceanu. The inventor of this shoulder roll skill was a Romanian Olympic gold medalist in balance beam herself. Who was she? Simona Pauca Ecaterina Szabo Daniela Silivas Gabriela Potorac

7. How much of a deduction is it if a gymnast falls off the beam (or even on to the beam)? 0.05 0.5 0.005 5.0

8. What is the term for a back handspring with 3/4 of a twist that lands in a side handstand? Onodi Silivas Omelianchik Rulfova

9. And what do you call a 1/2 twist to handspring forward? Omelianchik Rulfova Miller Onodi

10. Everyone knows that the balance beam is four inches wide. About how long is it (in feet)? 16 feet 17 feet 18 feet 14 feet