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Quiz about Golden Girls of the Winter Games
Quiz about Golden Girls of the Winter Games

Golden Girls of the Winter Games Quiz


Though all of these ladies may not be household names, their accomplishments have paved the way for future generations of young athletes.

A multiple-choice quiz by brewster76. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
brewster76
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
349,146
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
483
Last 3 plays: cms4613 (5/10), Guest 136 (9/10), slay01 (10/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Norway's queen of the ice, Sonja Henie, set a record as the first Olympian (man or woman, Summer or Winter games) to achieve which feat? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Which figure skating gold medalist from the 1948 games in St. Moritz was known as "Canada's Sweetheart"? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Two-time Olympic champion Lyudmila Belousova and her partner Oleg Protopopov of the USSR are credited with creating three variations on which move, that is unique to pairs figure skating? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Together with her partner Christopher Dean, this Brit rocked the ice dancing competition at the Sarajevo games of 1984. Their free program danced to "Bolero" earned the pair twelve perfect 6.0 scores for artistry. Can you name this English lass? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. One of the most decorated Olympians in history, Bonnie Blair of the USA, competed in four consecutive Winter Games, capturing a total of six medals. In which sport did she dominate? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. At the 1992 Albertville games, Antje Misersky of Germany and Anfisa Reztsova of EUN made history as the first women to capture gold medals in this sport that combines cross-country skiing and riflery. Which sport? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Prior to the 1994 Winter Games, the husband of American figure skater Tonya Harding conspired with two others to club the knee of her rival Nancy Kerrigan. What is lost in the notoriety surrounding this event is who went on to win the gold medal that year. Who took home the gold from Lillehammer? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. The winner of skiing's Super G at the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano had a most unusual name. What was it? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. At the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Canadian Jamie Sale and her partner David Pelletier shared the gold medal in figure skating with a Russian pair. What was notable about their win? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. In 2006, which Croatian became the first woman to claim four Olympic gold medals in alpine skiing?
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Norway's queen of the ice, Sonja Henie, set a record as the first Olympian (man or woman, Summer or Winter games) to achieve which feat?

Answer: Win a gold medal at three different Olympic games

Sonja Henie won Olympic titles at St. Moritz, Switzerland (1928), Lake Placid, USA (1932), and Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria (1936). Her father was a wealthy Oslo furrier who was able to provide Sonja with skating teachers in Germany, England, Switzerland and Austria, as well as studying ballet in London.

Hungarian Aladar Gerevich won fencing gold medals at six games - he took the championship in Team Sabre in 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956 and 1960 and the Individual Sabre gold in 1952.
2. Which figure skating gold medalist from the 1948 games in St. Moritz was known as "Canada's Sweetheart"?

Answer: Barbara Ann Scott

Barbara Ann Scott was the first non-European to win a World Championship in figure skating and the first woman to land a double lutz in competition. In her 40s, Scott became an accomplished equestrienne.

Australia's Evonne Goolagong won 14 Grand Slam tennis tournaments in the 1970s and 80s. Peggy Fleming is the women's figure skating champion from the 1968 Winter Games in Grenoble, France - the only US athlete to win a gold medal at those games.
3. Two-time Olympic champion Lyudmila Belousova and her partner Oleg Protopopov of the USSR are credited with creating three variations on which move, that is unique to pairs figure skating?

Answer: The death spiral

In a death spiral the man holds the lady's hand to support her while her body is almost parallel to the ice with her head dropped back so it is almost touching the surface. The Protopopovs, as they were known after they married, are cited as inventing the Cosmic, Life and Love spirals.

Their Olympic wins were in 1964 and 1968 in Innsbruck, Austria and Grenoble, France, respectively. They continued to perform well into their 60s.
4. Together with her partner Christopher Dean, this Brit rocked the ice dancing competition at the Sarajevo games of 1984. Their free program danced to "Bolero" earned the pair twelve perfect 6.0 scores for artistry. Can you name this English lass?

Answer: Jayne Torvill

After their gold medal performance at Sarajevo, Torvill and Dean became professional dancers. They also won a bronze medal at the 1994 games in Lillehammer when rules on professional participation were changed. Jayne Torvill was named an OBE (Officer Of the Order of the British Empire) in 2000. Six years later she and Dean began starring in the British television program "Dancing on Ice."

Virginia Wade is a former professional tennis player from the U. K. and a member of the Tennis Hall of Fame. Tenley Albright won the figure skating gold in 1956 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, the first American to do so. Australian Margaret Smith Court is one of professional tennis' most lauded players.
5. One of the most decorated Olympians in history, Bonnie Blair of the USA, competed in four consecutive Winter Games, capturing a total of six medals. In which sport did she dominate?

Answer: Speed skating

Blair made her Olympic debut in 1984, though she did not medal. She won gold in the 500 meters race in 1988, 1992 and 1994. She also won the 1000 meters in 1992 and 1994, as well as a bronze in that event in 1988. When Blair was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame (2004) she was the most decorated Winter Olympian of all time.
6. At the 1992 Albertville games, Antje Misersky of Germany and Anfisa Reztsova of EUN made history as the first women to capture gold medals in this sport that combines cross-country skiing and riflery. Which sport?

Answer: Biathlon

Misersky won the Individual 15 km biathlon and Reztsova took the gold in the Sprint 7 km comptetion. The Pursuit (10 km) and Mass Start (12.5 km) events were added to the women's competition in 2002 and 2006, respectively.

EUN (French for Equipe Unifiée), or The Unified Team, was made up of 15 eastern European countries formerly in the Soviet bloc. Skijoring, a sport involving an athlete on skiis being pulled by horses, dogs or a machine, was demonstrated the 1928 Winter Olympics. There is no such event as Alpine combined, though the Nordic combined is a combination of cross country skiing and ski jumping.
7. Prior to the 1994 Winter Games, the husband of American figure skater Tonya Harding conspired with two others to club the knee of her rival Nancy Kerrigan. What is lost in the notoriety surrounding this event is who went on to win the gold medal that year. Who took home the gold from Lillehammer?

Answer: Oksana Baiul

Kerrigan placed second at the '94 games while Harding came in a distant eighth after more drama when she stopped her freestyle program to re-tie her skate laces. Ukranian Oksana Baiul was only 16 years old when she edged out Kerrigan for the gold medal. Following the '94 Games she moved to the USA and skated professionally.

Midori Ito of Japan was the first woman to land a triple/triple jump combination and a triple axel in competition; she placed second behind Kristi Yamaguchi at the '92 Games in Albertville. American Michelle Kwan won the World Championships five times and garnered silver In Nagano and bronze In Salt Lake City, but never claimed Olympic gold. Austria's Beatrix Schuba was the figure skating winner at the 1972 games in Sapporo.
8. The winner of skiing's Super G at the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano had a most unusual name. What was it?

Answer: Picabo Street

Pronounced "Peek-a-boo", Street was named for the town of Picabo, Idaho, USA. She also took the silver medal in the Slalom at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. A ski run at the Sun Valley resort in Idaho is named "Picabo's Street."
9. At the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Canadian Jamie Sale and her partner David Pelletier shared the gold medal in figure skating with a Russian pair. What was notable about their win?

Answer: It was awarded only after the French judge admitted to cheating

Sale and Pelletier skated a flawless long program at the '02 Games while their rivals, the Russian pair of Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze, had an obvious stumble. When the latter was announced as having captured the gold the arena erupted in boos. After an investigation, it was determined that the French judge had given her first place vote to the Russians in exchange for a first-place vote for the French ice dancing team.

When her vote was thrown out, a tie resulted and both pairs were awarded the gold medal.
10. In 2006, which Croatian became the first woman to claim four Olympic gold medals in alpine skiing?

Answer: Janica Kosteliæ

Janica Kosteliæ was also the first woman to win three gold medals and four total medals in alpine skiing at one Olympic game. She took the gold in the Slalom, Grand Slalom and Combined, as well as a silver in the Super G at the 2002 games in Salt Lake City. At Turin in 2006 Kosteliæ captured her record setting fourth Olympic gold when she won the Combined.

Illya Kuryakin was David McCallum's character in the 1960s television spy show "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." Slobodan Milosovic was the president of Serbia and Yugoslavia. Maria Sharapova is a top ranked Russian tennis player.
Source: Author brewster76

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