History of skating
When did ice skating develop?
a) 5000 BCE
b) 2000 BCE
c) 1000 BCE
d) 1000 AD
c) 1000 BCE
How many rotations does the quintuple jump require?
Five
Which force allows a skater to propel forward?
a) jet propulsion
b) air resistance
c) gravity
d) friction
d) friction
What is the next number in the fibonacci sequence 1,1,2,3,5,8,13, 21,34,55,89, ....... ?
144
What were the first ice skates made out of?
a) metal
b) bones
c) plastic
d) wood
b) bones
(the shank or rib bones of elk, oxen, reindeer, and other animals)
What is the main difference between a figure skating blade and a hockey skate blade?
a) Toe pick
b) Blade material
c) Inner and outer edges
a)Toe pick
When a figure skater pulls her arms in, she spins faster. This is an example of conservation of______.
a) angular momentum
b) inertia
c) potential energy
d) linear momentum
a) angular momentum
What is the next prime number after 79?
83
In 1742, where was the first skating club formed?
a) Edinburgh, Scotland
b) Stockholm, Sweden
c) Kiev, Ukraine
d) Hamburg, Germany
a) Edinburgh, Scotland
Which of the following is NOT a jump allowed in competitive Olympic-level figure skating?
a) Triple flip
b) Double loop
c) Back summersault
d) Quadruple axel
c) Back summersault
The trajectory of a skater while in the air is ______.
a) elliptical
b) spiral
c) parabolic
d) hyperbolic
c) parabolic
What is the perimeter of a rectangle with dimension 12 x 7 feet?
42 feet
Where did ice dancing grow from?
a) Latin dance
b) The Waltz
c) The Tango
d) Swing dance
b) The Waltz
For maximum control, the blade of an ice skate is machined in the shape of a _______.
a) V
b) U
c) H
d) flat line
b) U
When water freezes, it's density ________.
a) increases
b) decreases
c) remains the same
b) decreases
For a closed system, when the moment of inertia is halved, the total angular momentum is ________.
a) halved
b) doubled
c) quadrupled
d) constant
d) constant
On January 7th 1876, the first ice skating rink opened in London. What was the name of the rink?
a) aquarium
b) iciarium
c) terrarium
d) glaciarium
d) glaciarium
Which jump in figure skating requires the use of a toe pick to vault into the air?
a) Axel
b) Salchow
c) Lutz
d) Loop
c) Lutz
In order for the skater to do more turns in the air, they must:
a) increase speed going into the jump
b) jump higher into the air
c) pull their arms and legs in tighter
d) all of the above
d) all of the above
What do we call a quadrilateral with exactly two opposite sides parallel?
A trapezoid