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10 Question Sports Quiz: Nadia Comaneci | Gymnastics

An easy quiz about the marvelous gymnast, Nadia Comaneci.

A multiple-choice quiz by E-Blast. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
E-Blast

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
191,453

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1654

Last 3 plays: pinkiefarina (6/10), Guest 73 (7/10), Guest 118 (3/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who was Nadia's coach? Hint

Stan Cole

Bela Karolyi

Alexander Morel

Ramon Dafin

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Question 2 of 10

2. How old was Nadia when she began training for gymnastics? Hint

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who did she marry on April 27, 1996? Hint

Bart Conner

Luke Bottke

Graham Ackerman

Geoff Corrigan

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Question 4 of 10

4. What was Nadia's nickname as given to her by the media? Hint

The Perfect Romanian

Little Miss Perfect

Miss 10

She had no nickname

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Question 5 of 10

5. During her years as a gymnast, Nadia created a skill performed on the uneven bars. From A-E (A being the easiest) what was the level of her exercise? Hint

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Question 6 of 10

6. How many perfect 10s did she win in the 1976 Olympics in Montreal? Hint

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Question 7 of 10

7. Where was she born? Hint

Onesti, Romania

Budapest, Romania

Moscow, Russia

Kazan, Russia

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Question 8 of 10

8. How many brothers and sisters does she have?
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Question 9 of 10

9. Nadia's first competition was in the Romanian National Junior Gymnastics Championships. What place did she finish in? Hint

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Question 10 of 10

10. How old was Nadia when she won the perfect 10s in the Montreal Olympics? Hint

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was Nadia's coach?

Answer: Bela Karolyi

Bela Karolyi found Nadia in her first year at school. When he first saw her, she and her friend were pretending to be gymnasts. This was in 1968, less then 10 years before she made history.

2. How old was Nadia when she began training for gymnastics?

Answer: 6

She retired when she was 21.

3. Who did she marry on April 27, 1996?

Answer: Bart Conner

She met Bart after she defected to the USA in 1989.

4. What was Nadia's nickname as given to her by the media?

Answer: Little Miss Perfect

Nadia was called Little Miss Perfect because she went through her routines with an unsmiling, ice-cold precision.

5. During her years as a gymnast, Nadia created a skill performed on the uneven bars. From A-E (A being the easiest) what was the level of her exercise?

Answer: E

In the gymnastics world all skills are ranked from A (the easiest) to E (the most difficult). The exercise Nadia invented was considered too dangerous but Nadia performed it anyway.

6. How many perfect 10s did she win in the 1976 Olympics in Montreal?

Answer: 7

Nadia won three gold medals in those events including two for individual routines and one for the overall composition. She said the 10s didn't surprise her much, since, "I've done it 20 times in previous competitions."

7. Where was she born?

Answer: Onesti, Romania

Nadia was born in Onesti on November 12, 1961, and lived there until the government moved the entire team to Budapest.

8. How many brothers and sisters does she have?

Answer: 1

Nadia has only one little brother named Adrian.

9. Nadia's first competition was in the Romanian National Junior Gymnastics Championships. What place did she finish in?

Answer: 13

After the competition her coach, Bela Karoloyi, gave her a doll and told her never to finish 13th again, and she never did.

10. How old was Nadia when she won the perfect 10s in the Montreal Olympics?

Answer: 14

When the scoring for her routine was announced, the screen showed 1.0 because no one ever thought a perfect ten was possible.

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