Quiz  /  Gymnastics: Fact or Fiction? Quiz

  • 1. 
    The word gymnastics comes from the Greek word meaning “to exercise naked.”

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  • 2. 
    No exercises practiced in ancient times are still practiced in contemporary gymnastics.

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  • 3. 
    Tumbling was practiced in ancient times in many places beyond just Greece.

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  • 4. 
    The first woman to earn a perfect 10 in an Olympic gymnastics event was Olga Korbut.

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  • 5. 
    Nadia Comăneci as well as American gymnast Mary Lou Retton trained with Romanian gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi.

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  • 6. 
    Soviet gymnast Larisa Semyonovna Latynina holds the record of 18 career Olympic medals.

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  • 7. 
    The first year in which gymnastics was included as a competitive sport in the Olympics was 1912.

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  • 8. 
    Women always competed in Olympic gymnastics.

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  • 9. 
    A “Salto” in gymnastics is a flip.

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  • 10. 
    The pommel horse originated in England in the Middle Ages.

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