Take The Figure Skating Pop Quiz
J.D. Klein
Here Is A Pop Quiz For All Who Know The Great Sport Of Figure
Skating..
1) Who was the First Woman skater to land a Triple Axel? At What
Event?
2) Who was the First Man Skater to land a Quad? At What Event?
3) Which skater came out of nowhere to win a World Championship at her
First Try? What Year?
4) Who was the first man skater who landed a double axel? At what
event?
5) Which skater won 3 olympic Gold Medals (the only one to date)& then
became
a highly paid movie star?
6) What famous Gold Medal skater became well known for her hairstyle?
7) Which Two Skaters skated to the same music piece in competition? At
what event & year?
8) Who would be considered the best Spinner(s) In Figure Skating? Man
& Woman?
9) Which Female Figure Skater has prior Roller Skating experience?
(There are two answers to this question).
10)Name all the Figure Skaters from The United Kingdom who won Olympic
Gold Medals?
11) Name the Figure Skater who once dated Richard Dean Anderson
(MacGyver On T.V.)?
12) At What World Championship did a USA Ladies sweep occur? Who were
the skaters?
13) Which Figure skater did an illegal backflip at a Olympic
Competition?
14) Which Figure skater(s) has an Olympic Gold, Silver & Bronze Medal
in there collection?
15) This is question that will have many answers (I value your
opinion).
Which performance at what event by any skater is one of the
Greatest performances of all time??
16) Which Figure Skater had the most coaches their Figure Skating
Career?
17) What Figure Skater Married her Agent?
18) Which Figure Skating Relatives stood on a Olympic Podium?
19) Who was the first skater to land a Triple Lutz in Competition? At
What event?
20) Name some Figure Skating movements actually named after a skater
(Past & Present)?
These question were composed by yours Truly,
Jokey
Have fun!
Janice Schnell
>Event?
Midori Ito - at a Japanese Nationals (Junior event, I think)
>2) Who was the First Man Skater to land a Quad? At What Event?
Kurt Browning - 1988 Olympics?
>3) Which skater came out of nowhere to win a World Championship at her
>First Try? What Year?
Oksana Biaul - 1993
>4) Who was the first man skater who landed a double axel? At what
>event?
Dick Button - Olympics?
>5) Which skater won 3 olympic Gold Medals (the only one to date)& then
>became
> a highly paid movie star?
Sonia Henie
>6) What famous Gold Medal skater became well known for her hairstyle?
Dorothy Hamill
>7) Which Two Skaters skated to the same music piece in competition? At
>what event & year?
I imagine there are quite a few, but are you refering to the dueling Carmens?
Debi Thomas and Katerina Witt - 1988 Olympics.
>8) Who would be considered the best Spinner(s) In Figure Skating? Man
>& Woman?
Subjective. Todd Eldredge, Scott Davis, Dick Button, Lucinda Ruh, Nathalie
Krieg, Denise Biellmann
>9) Which Female Figure Skater has prior Roller Skating experience?
>(There are two answers to this question).
Tara Lipinski
>10)Name all the Figure Skaters from The United Kingdom who won Olympic
>Gold Medals?
Torvill and Dean. Madge Swyers. John Curry. Robin Cousins. (I had to check
Skatabase for Madge Swyers name. I knew she won, just couldn't come up with
her name.)
>11) Name the Figure Skater who once dated Richard Dean Anderson
>(MacGyver On T.V.)?
Katerina Witt
>
>12) At What World Championship did a USA Ladies sweep occur? Who were
>the skaters?
Yamaguchi, Harding, Kerrigan. Without looking, I'd guess 1992.
>13) Which Figure skater did an illegal backflip at a Olympic
>Competition?
Surya Bonaly
>14) Which Figure skater(s) has an Olympic Gold, Silver & Bronze Medal
>in there collection?
Klimova/Ponomarenko
>15) This is question that will have many answers (I value your
>opinion).
> Which performance at what event by any skater is one of the
>Greatest performances of all time??
Michelle Kwan 1996 World Championships LP Dante's Prayer at one of those made
for TV competitions.
>
>16) Which Figure Skater had the most coaches their Figure Skating
>Career?
I'm sure there are many, but Bobek has to be right up there.
>17) What Figure Skater Married her Agent?
Kerrigan
>18) Which Figure Skating Relatives stood on a Olympic Podium?
Kitty and Peter Carruthers
>19) Who was the first skater to land a Triple Lutz in Competition? At
>What event?
Dick Button - Olympics
>20) Name some Figure Skating movements actually named after a skater
>(Past & Present)?
Biellmann, Hamill Camel, Besti Squat ;), Lutz, Rittberger, Axel, Salchow,
Button Camel, Ina Bauer, Roaz's Triple Oops.
>These question were composed by yours Truly,
>Jokey
>Have fun!
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Janice
"Michelle's a nice person. When I was younger, she was always warm toward me.
It's nice with someone you've looked up to your whole life that they don't
disappoint you." Sarah Hughes on Michelle Kwan quoted from a Newsday article on
2/3/2002.
MJsk8
>became
> a highly paid movie star?
Well Irina Rodnina did not become a movie star, but she does have 3 Olympic
Gold medals in pair skating.
>9) Which Female Figure Skater has prior Roller Skating experience?
>(There are two answers to this question).
Tara and Marina Kielman
>5) This is question that will have many answers (I value your
>opinion).
> Which performance at what event by any skater is one of the
>Greatest performances of all time??
>
Underhill and Martini "Have You Ever Been In Love" at Too Hot to Skate
>18) Which Figure Skating Relatives stood on a Olympic Podium?
Duchanays, lots of married couples. Isn't Katarina Witt related to Annette
Peotche somehow? sister-in law?
MaryJo
Socrtescuz
>Event?
>2) Who was the First Man Skater to land a Quad? At What Event?
Kurt Browning, the original quad king, maybe '89 or '90 worlds
>
>3) Which skater came out of nowhere to win a World Championship at her
>First Try? What Year?
Oksana Baiul, 1993 in Prague
>
>5) Which skater won 3 olympic Gold Medals (the only one to date)& then
>became
> a highly paid movie star?
Sonja Henie '28, '32 and '36
>
6) What famous Gold Medal skater became well known for her hairstyle?
Dorothy hamill's wedge cut
>
>7) Which Two Skaters skated to the same music piece in competition? At
>what event & year?
Katarina Will and Debi Thomas at Calgary Olympics, skated to Carmen
>
>8) Who would be considered the best Spinner(s) In Figure Skating? Man
>& Woman?
Todd- mens, any female swiss skater,- denise beillman, lucina, the one who
skated in lillehammer (don't remember her name)
>
>9) Which Female Figure Skater has prior Roller Skating experience?
>(There are two answers to this question).
Ms. Lipinski, wasn't there a German skater a few years back who skated to
phantom of the Opera who was a roller skater?
>10)Name all the Figure Skaters from The United Kingdom who won Olympic
>Gold Medals?
Off the top of my head, torvill and dean, john curry, and robin cousins
>12) At What World Championship did a USA Ladies sweep occur? Who were
>the skaters?
1991 in Munich, kristi, tonya and nancy
>13) Which Figure skater did an illegal backflip at a Olympic
>Competition?
Surya Bonaly in nagano
>14) Which Figure skater(s) has an Olympic Gold, Silver & Bronze Medal
>in there collection?
Marina Klimova and Sergei ponomorenko, '84-bronze, '88-silver, and '92-gold
>15) This is question that will have many answers (I value your
>opinion).
> Which performance at what event by any skater is one of the
>Greatest performances of all time??
Gordeeva and Grinvok's Moonlight Sonata on Lillehammer, despite a few flaws,
the most beautiful thing on ice i have ever seen
>16) Which Figure Skater had the most coaches their Figure Skating
>Career?
probably ms. nicole bobek, it seemed like every competition she had a different
coach
>17) What Figure Skater Married her Agent?
Nancy kerrigan married her agent jerry soloman
>18) Which Figure Skating Relatives stood on a Olympic Podium?
at the same time? i can think of the jenkins brothers, i think hayes in '56
and david in '60, correct me if i'm wrong, i just recall from books
>19) Who was the first skater to land a Triple Lutz in Competition? At
>What event?
woman- denise beillman at '81 worlds, not sure about men, dick button maybe?
>20) Name some Figure Skating movements actually named after a skater
>(Past & Present)?
Salcow, lutz, axel, charlotte, ina bauer, beillman, tano lutz, the "sasha
spiral" hamill camel, tara scream
Mary Wehmeier
On question 9
> 9) Which Female Figure Skater has prior Roller Skating experience?
> (There are two answers to this question).
>
Tara was the United States Tiny Tot Singles Champion and Denise Bielman was
the three (?) time World Ladies Singles Champion on Rollers. (I was at the
year Tara won and saw Denise win at least twice.)
Mary Lu Wehmeier
http://radio.weblogs.com/0100243/
taf1
18) Which Figure Skating Relatives stood on a Olympic Podium?
Didn't the Jenkins brothers stand on the 1956 podium together? Hayes
with the gold & David with the bronze, I think. Is this the one you
were thinking of?
BOY1230
2) Who was the First Man Skater to land a Quad? At What Event?((Kurt Browning -
Can.Nat'l Champs ??))
3) Which skater came out of nowhere to win a World Championship at her
First Try? What Year?((???))
4) Who was the first man skater who landed a double axel? At what
event?((Dick Button - Olympics ))
5) Which skater won 3 olympic Gold Medals (the only one to date)& then
became
a highly paid movie star?
((Sonja Heine))
6) What famous Gold Medal skater became well known for her hairstyle?
((Dorothy Hamill))
7) Which Two Skaters skated to the same music piece in competition? At
what event & year?((Katarina and Debi 88))
8) Who would be considered the best Spinner(s) In Figure Skating? Man
& Woman?
((Denise Bielman - Todd Eldredge))
9) Which Female Figure Skater has prior Roller Skating experience?
(There are two answers to this question).
((Linda Frattiane))
10)Name all the Figure Skaters from The United Kingdom who won Olympic
Gold Medals?((Robin Cousins,John Curry, Toller Cranston, Torvil & Dean ))
11) Name the Figure Skater who once dated Richard Dean Anderson
(MacGyver On T.V.)?((Katarina Witt))
12) At What World Championship did a USA Ladies sweep occur? Who were
the skaters?
((1991 !! Kristi, Tonya, and Nanci ))
13) Which Figure skater did an illegal backflip at a Olympic
Competition?
((Surya Bonally))
14) Which Figure skater(s) has an Olympic Gold, Silver & Bronze Medal
in there collection?((Klimova & Ponomarenko))
15) This is question that will have many answers (I value your
opinion).
Which performance at what event by any skater is one of the
Greatest performances of all time??((1984 Olympics Torvil & Dean ))
16) Which Figure Skater had the most coaches their Figure Skating
Career?
17) What Figure Skater Married her Agent?
((Nanci Kerrigan))
18) Which Figure Skating Relatives stood on a Olympic Podium?
19) Who was the first skater to land a Triple Lutz in Competition? At
What event?
20) Name some Figure Skating movements actually named after a skater
(Past & Present)?
((Bielman - Natalia's spin{pairs}- Hammil Camel))
These question were composed by yours Truly,
Jokey
Have fun!
((It was awesome thanx !! ))(How did I do ???)
~Geoffrey
BaleofAKS
>Competition?
>((Surya Bonally)
Actually....didn't a US male do a backflip at the '76 Olympics? (Of course, I
can't remember if it was illegal back then....)
LB
Bale...@AOL.com
J.D. Klein
> Ladies & Gents, Boys & Girls,
>
> Here Is A Pop Quiz For All Who Know The Great Sport Of Figure
> Skating..
>
>
> 1) Who was the First Woman skater to land a Triple Axel? At What
> Event?
but that's the first time I saw a woman doing a Triple Axel on T.V.
>
> 2) Who was the First Man Skater to land a Quad? At What Event?
> Kurt Browing. I thought at the 1989 Worlds but I am not sure when,
can anyone help me on this one?
> 3) Which skater came out of nowhere to win a World Championship at her
> First Try? What Year?
Oksana Bauil. 1993 Worlds In Prague. Wasn't it great to see her beat
Nancy?
>
> 4) Who was the first man skater who landed a double axel? At what
> event? Dick Button. His Second Olympics 1956.
>
> 5) Which skater won 3 olympic Gold Medals (the only one to date)& then
> became
> a highly paid movie star?
Sonia Henie. She was under contract for 20th Century Fox & stared
in movies which showed her skating. My favorite is Sun Valley
Serenade.
>
> 6) What famous Gold Medal skater became well known for her hairstyle?
> Dorothy Hamill's wedge cut (I remember how popular that was).
> 7) Which Two Skaters skated to the same music piece in competition? At
Katarina Witt & Debbie Thomas skated to Carmen at the 1988 Olympics
in Calgary.
> what event & year?
>
> 8) Who would be considered the best Spinner(s) In Figure Skating? Man
> & Woman?
> Lucinda Ruh, Denise Biellmann, Ronnie Robertson, Scott Davis, Todd Eldredge.
9) Which Female Figure Skater has prior Roller Skating experience?
Marina Kielmann & Tara Lipinski
> (There are two answers to this question).
>
> 10)Name all the Figure Skaters from The United Kingdom who won Olympic
> Gold Medals? The Late John Curry, Robin Cousins, & Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean.
>
> 11) Name the Figure Skater who once dated Richard Dean Anderson
> (MacGyver On T.V.)?
Katarina Witt. The press made a big deal out of that one!
>
> 12) At What World Championship did a USA Ladies sweep occur? Who were
> the skaters? 1991 World Championship.
Gold: Kristi Yamaguchi
Silver: Tonya Harding
Bronze: Nancy Kerrigan
P.S. I would like to thank Mr. Robert Dister For mailing me a copy
of that on VHS tape. Thanks, Bob, your a peach!
>
> 13) Which Figure skater did an illegal backflip at a Olympic
> Competition?
Surya Bonaly. 1998 Olympics, Nagano. She figures no medal so what
the heck.
>
> 14) Which Figure skater(s) has an Olympic Gold, Silver & Bronze Medal
> in there collection?
Russian Ice Dancers Marina Klimova & Serghi Ponomarenko.
1984: Bronze. 1988: Silver 1992: Gold
>
> 15) This is question that will have many answers (I value your
> opinion).
> Which performance at what event by any skater is one of the
> Greatest performances of all time??
Rudy Galindo 1996 US Figure Skating Championship In San Jose &
Worlds That
Same Year. Todd Eldredge also at the 1996 Worlds. Michelle Kwan also
at the
1996 Worlds (1996 was a good year).
Tara Lipinski at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano.
Kristi Yamaguchi at the 1992 U.S. Championship. She skated clean as
a whistle.
My Top 2 Picks Thus Far:
Russian Pair Skaters Natalia Mishkutenok & Artur Dmitriev. The Long
Program
at the 1994 Winter Olympics. Superb!
Sara Hughes. The Long Program at the 2002 Olympics. Outstanding.
16) Which Figure Skater had the most coaches their Figure Skating
> Career?
Nicole Bobek. She has had several coaches including Frank Carroll.
> 17) What Figure Skater Married her Agent?
Nancy Kerrigan married her agent Jerry Solomon. She was previously
engaged.
>
> 18) Which Figure Skating Relatives stood on a Olympic Podium?
The Jenkins' Brothers (Hayes & David). Bother & Sister Pairs Team
Kitty & Peter Carruthers, Brother & Sister Ice Dance Pair Paul &
Isabelle Duchesnay.
Married couples could be included, but the list would be way too long.
> 19) Who was the first skater to land a Triple Lutz in Competition? At
> What event?
On The Men's side I am actually not sure, Dick Button perhaps?
On The Woman's side Denise Biellmann 1981 Worlds.
>
> 20) Name some Figure Skating movements actually named after a skater
> (Past & Present)?
Tano Lutz. Lutz. Salchow. Charlotte. Biellmann. Ina Bauer. Axel.
Thank You All Who Took This Pop Quiz. You All Are Very Smart.
Please Let Me know Of Any Corrections. Thank You Very Much.
I Had Lots Of Fun & Perhaps Will Come Up With Another Quiz Soon.
Yours Truly,
Jokey Jo
Janice Schnell
>> Event?
> Midori Ito. 1988 Olympics In Calgary, Canada. She did one prior,
> but that's the first time I saw a woman doing a Triple Axel on T.V.
It was at a Japanese competition. I believe you will find the answer on one of
Midori Ito's fan sites.
>> 10)Name all the Figure Skaters from The United Kingdom who won Olympic
>> Gold Medals? The Late John Curry, Robin Cousins, & Jayne Torvill &
>Christopher Dean.
You forgot Madge Swyers. The ones I listed on mine were double checked with
the Skatabase web site.
Murray Peterson
>> 2) Who was the First Man Skater to land a Quad? At What Event?
>> Kurt Browing. I thought at the 1989 Worlds but I am not sure when,
> can anyone help me on this one?
>
March 25, 1988 Worlds in Budapest, Hungary
--
Murray Peterson
Email: murray_...@shaw.ca (remove underscore)
URL: http://members.shaw.ca/murraypeterson/
whynot189
There was anther gold medalist from the UK everyone missed, Jeanette Altwegg.
Carla Jenkins
Which performance at what event by any skater is
one of the Greatest performances of all time??
Kurt Browning--As Time Goes By. It think it was Worlds FS in 1989 or
1990.
Alexis Yagudin--Winter. It was his SP in 2001 at one of the GP Events.
Was he in Cup of Russia? I'll have to check the tape.
Irina Slutskaya--Tosca. It was her FS at the Goodwill Games, August,
2001.
Tonia Kwaitkowski--Firebird. It was her SP at 1995 US Nationals
Carla
Trudi Marrapodi
bale...@aol.com (BaleofAKS) wrote:
That was Terry Kubicka, and no, it wasn't illegal then.
--
Trudi
"If stupid remarks were an Olympic event, you'd be a gold-medal winner."--Mike Stivic to Archie Bunker
NNRathbun
event?
*****
Has anyone answered this yet? Sorry if I've overlooked it. It's Donald
Jackson in the '62 (???) world championships. They were in
then-Czechoslovakia.
And of FAR more importance, Jackson's performance led directly to the earliest
documented example of a Dick Button splutter. He was so thrilled he was almost
totally incoherent.
Nancy (Feeling impelled to make it known she wasn't born then, but has seen it
on Wide World of Sports clips.)
bagelpuss
>
> Here Is A Pop Quiz For All Who Know The Great Sport Of Figure
> Skating..
>
>
> 1) Who was the First Woman skater to land a Triple Axel? At What
> Event?
Midori Ito, Japanese Nationals?
>
> 2) Who was the First Man Skater to land a Quad? At What Event?
Kurt Browning, 1988 Worlds
>
> 3) Which skater came out of nowhere to win a World Championship at her
> First Try? What Year?
Oksana Baiul, 1993
>
> 4) Who was the first man skater who landed a double axel? At what
> event?
Dick Button, 1948 Olympics
> 5) Which skater won 3 olympic Gold Medals (the only one to date)& then
> became
> a highly paid movie star?
Sonia Henie
>
> 6) What famous Gold Medal skater became well known for her hairstyle?
Dorothy Hamill
>
> 7) Which Two Skaters skated to the same music piece in competition? At
> what event & year?
Lots, but I'm guessing you're thinking of the Battle of the
Carmens--Kat Witt and Debi Thomas
>
> 8) Who would be considered the best Spinner(s) In Figure Skating? Man
> & Woman?
Ronnie Robertson and Lucinda Ruh
>
> 9) Which Female Figure Skater has prior Roller Skating experience?
> (There are two answers to this question).
Tara Lipinski
>
> 10)Name all the Figure Skaters from The United Kingdom who won Olympic
> Gold Medals?
Madge Syers, John Curry, Robin Cousins, Torvil & Dean
>
> 11) Name the Figure Skater who once dated Richard Dean Anderson
> (MacGyver On T.V.)?
Kat Witt?
>
> 12) At What World Championship did a USA Ladies sweep occur? Who were
> the skaters?
1991 Kristi Yamaguchi, Tonya Harding, and Nancy Kerrigan, in that
order.
>
> 13) Which Figure skater did an illegal backflip at a Olympic
> Competition?
Surya Bonaly
>
> 14) Which Figure skater(s) has an Olympic Gold, Silver & Bronze Medal
> in there collection?
Klimova & Ponamarenko
>
> 15) This is question that will have many answers (I value your
> opinion).
> Which performance at what event by any skater is one of the
> Greatest performances of all time??
Michelle Kwan, 1998 Nationals
>
> 16) Which Figure Skater had the most coaches their Figure Skating
> Career?
Nicole Bobek
>
> 17) What Figure Skater Married her Agent?
Nancy Kerrigan
>
> 18) Which Figure Skating Relatives stood on a Olympic Podium?
David and Hayes Jenkins, the Carruthers, the Duchesnays
> 19) Who was the first skater to land a Triple Lutz in Competition? At
> What event?]
Don Jackson, 1961 Worlds
>
> 20) Name some Figure Skating movements actually named after a skater
> (Past & Present)?
the axel, lutz, and salchow, the Hamil's Camel, the Biellmann spin,
the Tano Lutz....
> These question were composed by yours Truly,
> Jokey
> Have fun!
Thanks, that was fun! Did I win? ;o)
Janice Schnell
in early November 1988, at the Aichi Prefecture Championship. It also stated
that she landed another one a week later at the NHK Trophy.
http://www.mountaindragon.com/midori/
do...@pacifier.com
Mary W
Trudi Marrapodi
> Donald Jackson did the first triple lutz at Worlds in 1961
>
> Mary W
Oops, almost. That would be '62.