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Johnny Weir: King of the Ice Trivia Quiz

This interesting and talented young man has attracted much attention both on and off of the ice. Do you think you know all there is to know about Johnny? Well then, take this quiz and put your knowledge to the test.

A multiple-choice quiz by mmscfdcsu. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
mmscfdcsu

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
237,174

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
248

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Question 1 of 10

1. Johnny Weir accomplished a major achievement during the 2006 U.S. National Figure Skating Championships which took place in St. Louis, Missouri. What was this accomplishment? Hint

Johnny won his second consecutive Senior Men's title at this event

Johnny won this third consecutive Senior Men's title at this event

Johnny landed a quadruple lutz, quadruple toeloop combination at this event

Johnny regained his Senior Men's title at this event, having come in second place in the Senior Men's event in 2005

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Question 2 of 10

2. Johnny had been with the same coach throughout most of his ice skating career. Who was Johnny's primary coach? Hint

Carlo Fassi

Lee Prancer - Sharpie

Priscilla Hill

Don Laws

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Question 3 of 10

3. How old was Johnny when he first began to ice skate? Hint

12 years old

9 years old

6 years old

10 years old

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Question 4 of 10

4. Johnny skated a strong short program during the Winter Olympics of 2006 in Torino, Italy. Where did he finish in the Short Program? Hint

2nd

3rd

1st

5th

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Question 5 of 10

5. Johnny was known for his strong jumping technique and his superior landing positions. Johnny jumped clockwise.

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. Johnny first competed in the senior division at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in which year? Hint

1999

2000

2001

2002

7. When Johnny began to get serious about ice skating, he had to make a choice. He was already involved as a participant in another sport at the time. What sport did Johnny have to quit in order to become a competitive ice skater? Hint

Tennis

Equestrian

Bowling

Gymnastics

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Question 8 of 10

8. Johnny won the World Junior Championship in the year 2001. Where did these championships take place? Hint

Harbin, China

Paris, France

Sophia, Bulgaria

Calgary, Canada

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Question 9 of 10

9. Johnny had not always competed solely as a singles ice skater. In which other ice skating discipline has Johnny trained. Hint

Pairs

Synchro

Ice Dance

Ice Hockey

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Question 10 of 10

10. Johnny had one extremely difficult U.S. Nationals competition. During the 2003 event, which took place in Dallas, Johnny chose to withdraw. Why? Hint

The airline lost his skates

He was injured while skating his long program

There was a death in his family

Johnny developed a bad case of the flu

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Johnny Weir accomplished a major achievement during the 2006 U.S. National Figure Skating Championships which took place in St. Louis, Missouri. What was this accomplishment?

Answer: Johnny won this third consecutive Senior Men's title at this event

Johnny held on to win his third consecutive Senior Men's title, despite a somewhat subpar performance in the Long Program. His lead after a brilliant Short Program turned out to be enough to hold off a strong challenge from Evan Lycacek. Johnny had struggled with his Long Program all season. Following this National Championship, Johnny abandoned the program and returned to the Otonal long program that he had performed with great success during the previous skating season.

2. Johnny had been with the same coach throughout most of his ice skating career. Who was Johnny's primary coach?

Answer: Priscilla Hill

Johnny and Priscilla had developed a strong working relationship during their 10 years together -- 1996 to 2007. Ms. Hill was the first United States Senior Ladies competitor to land the triple loop jump in competition.

3. How old was Johnny when he first began to ice skate?

Answer: 12 years old

He was given a pair of skates as a Christmas present. He tried them out on a frozen cornfield near his house. It became evident early on that he was extremely talented. It took Johnny only five years to become the Junior Men's World Figure Skating Champion.

4. Johnny skated a strong short program during the Winter Olympics of 2006 in Torino, Italy. Where did he finish in the Short Program?

Answer: 2nd

Johnny skated a clean performance which earned him high marks. He looked to be a sure bet for a medal in these Games, but fell to fifth place after making errors in the long program. There was much speculation regarding whether his extensive media interactions and shopping trips contributed to the errors in the long program.

5. Johnny was known for his strong jumping technique and his superior landing positions. Johnny jumped clockwise.

Answer: True

Johnny had been a strong jumper since he first took to the ice. He was landing jumps during his first year of skating, that take most skaters several years to master. After only three learn-to-skate group lessons he was identified as talented and ws encouraged to begin private lessons.

6. Johnny first competed in the senior division at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in which year?

Answer: 2001

Johnny placed 6th in this event which took place in Boston. This was a very good showing for a first timer in the senior competition.

Answer: Equestrian

Johnny was doing well in equestrian events. However, both ice skating and equestrian are expensive and time consuming sports. Johnny comes from a family with limited resources and it did not take long at all before he was forced to chose one sport over the other.

8. Johnny won the World Junior Championship in the year 2001. Where did these championships take place?

Answer: Sophia, Bulgaria

The American men made a very strong showing at this competition. Johnny came in 1st while teammate Evan Lycacek claimed 2nd place.

9. Johnny had not always competed solely as a singles ice skater. In which other ice skating discipline has Johnny trained.

Answer: Pairs

Johnny started out skating Pairs with partner Jodi Rudden. They competed together at the juvenile and intermediate levels.

10. Johnny had one extremely difficult U.S. Nationals competition. During the 2003 event, which took place in Dallas, Johnny chose to withdraw. Why?

Answer: He was injured while skating his long program

Johnny was well placed after skating his short program. He experienced problems within the first 30 seconds of performing his long program. While skating backwards, Johnny ran into the boards and fell. He was permitted to begin the program again from the point of the fall.

He appeared shaken as he continued to skate. Johnny fell again while attempting to complete a triple axel jump. The fall injured his knee. At that point Johnny made the decision to stop the program and to withdraw from the event.

The following year, Johnny using the same long program music, won his first Senior Men's Championship.

Source: Author mmscfdcsu

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