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Quiz about WAG at the 2012 Olympic Games
Quiz about WAG at the 2012 Olympic Games

WAG at the 2012 Olympic Games Trivia Quiz

Remember what went down in Women's Artistic Gymnastics (WAG) at the 2012 Olympics? Well, this quiz will test your knowledge on the interesting events that occurred in this unpredictable sport.

A multiple-choice quiz by jaygirl106. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
jaygirl106
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
372,759
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
129
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which defending World All Around champion failed to qualify to the All-Around finals at the 2012 Olympic Games? Hint


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Question 2 of 10
2. Which of the following persons DID NOT share a tied score with Aliya Mustafina (Russia) at the 2012 Olympic Games? Hint


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Question 3 of 10
3. Which team gave an unexpected performance in the team final at the 2012 Olympic Games, to edge out Great Britain for a historic 5th place finish? Hint


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Question 4 of 10
4. This gymnast gave a repeat performance by falling on vault two Olympics in a row both in qualifications at the 2008 Olympics and in the All-Around final at the 2012 Olympics. Who is she? Hint


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Question 5 of 10
5. Team USA won the competition by a whopping ______ points at the 2012 Olympic Games. Of course, it helped that their nearest rivals made mistake after mistake. Hint


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Question 6 of 10
6. There were many ties at the 2012 Olympic Games most of which were broken according to rules set before the competition even started. What tie breaker rule was implemented to break the tie for third place in the All-Around final? Hint


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Question 7 of 10
7. Who became the first person of African descent to win the Olympic All-Around title, when she won gold at the 2012 Olympic Games? Hint


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Question 8 of 10
8. This top qualifier was the only gymnast to maintain the top spot after the events finals at the 2012 Olympic Games. Who is she? Hint


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Question 9 of 10
9. During floor qualifications at the 2012 Olympic Games, there were a lot of gymnasts who went out of bounds and got a penalty. Which country was the only one from the Big 4 whose gymnasts did not go out of bounds? Hint


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Question 10 of 10
10. Which athlete was the only gymnast to get a full set of medals (gold, silver and bronze) at the 2012 Olympic Games? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which defending World All Around champion failed to qualify to the All-Around finals at the 2012 Olympic Games?

Answer: Jordyn Wieber

 Jordyn Wieber (USA) actually qualified 4th out of 24 top qualifiers. However, in artistic gymnastics there's a two per country rule, which states that only two gymnasts from each country can advance to a final. Therefore, if two of your teammates qualify ahead of you then you cannot qualify to the same final no matter how high your score is. Both of Jordyn's teammates, Gabby Douglas and Aly Raisman qualified ahead of her and so Jordyn was left out of the finals.
2. Which of the following persons DID NOT share a tied score with Aliya Mustafina (Russia) at the 2012 Olympic Games?

Answer: Larisa Lordache

 Aliya Mustafina actually had a tied score with four persons on four different occasions at the 2012 Olympic Games. They are Elizabeth Tweddle on floor in qualifications, Aly Raisman (USA) in the All-Around final, Vanessa Ferrari (Italy) on floor in event finals and Jordyn Wieber (USA) on beam in qualifications.

At the 2012 Olympic Games all ties had rules in which they can/should be broken and only one winner emerges. It's interesting to note that Aliya won every single tie breaker she was in at the Olympic Games except for the one with Jordyn where that tie remained as they had the same execution and difficulty scores.
3. Which team gave an unexpected performance in the team final at the 2012 Olympic Games, to edge out Great Britain for a historic 5th place finish?

Answer: Canada

 Only the top 8 teams qualify to the team final. Team Canada actually qualified in the last spot (8th position), a whole 2.96 points behind Great Britain who qualified in 5th position. But, they improved on that and managed to edge out team Great Britain by a slight margin of .309.
4. This gymnast gave a repeat performance by falling on vault two Olympics in a row both in qualifications at the 2008 Olympics and in the All-Around final at the 2012 Olympics. Who is she?

Answer: Hannah Whelan

 It is a requirement that all gymnasts land feet first for them to get any score at all. Therefore, if a gymnast lands on her hands first or any other body part she would be credited with a zero because the vault would be considered invalid. At the 2008 Olympics, gymnasts lost an automatic .8 points off their scores if they fall but still land feet first.

At the 2008 Olympics Hannah Whelan fell on vault and got a score of 13.5 (that means she would've gotten a 14.3 without the fall). However, in 2012 she did not meet the requirement of falling feet first and so was given a score of zero as the vault was considered invalid. Because of it she finished dead last in the All-Around final when she actually qualified in 17th position out of 24 finalists.
5. Team USA won the competition by a whopping ______ points at the 2012 Olympic Games. Of course, it helped that their nearest rivals made mistake after mistake.

Answer: 5.066

 The five US gymnasts who managed this were dubbed the "Fierce Five" after their accomplishment at the 2012 Olympics.
pts
183.596 USA
178.530 Russia
176.414 Romania
174.430 China
170.804 Canada
170.495 Great Britain.
6. There were many ties at the 2012 Olympic Games most of which were broken according to rules set before the competition even started. What tie breaker rule was implemented to break the tie for third place in the All-Around final?

Answer: Drop the lowest score and use the sum of the three remaining scores.

 Both Aly Raisman and Aliya Mustafina who tied for bronze position were able to drop their lowest scores. Each of their lowest scores were from the balance beam as they both made very costly errors. By dropping those scores Aliya emerged the winner with 45.933 over Aly's 45.366.
7. Who became the first person of African descent to win the Olympic All-Around title, when she won gold at the 2012 Olympic Games?

Answer: Gabby Douglas

 Gabby Douglas qualified 3rd to the All Around final behind teammate Aly Raisman and top qualifier Victoria Komova. She put up some really impressive scores across the four events and managed to win title of Olympic All-Around Champion by .259. Her overall score of 62.232 was the highest all around score recorded at a major international competition for the quadrennium 2009-2012.
8. This top qualifier was the only gymnast to maintain the top spot after the events finals at the 2012 Olympic Games. Who is she?

Answer: Aly Raisman

 All the other gymnasts who qualified in the number one spot on their best events fell in the rankings in the finals. Victoria Komova was the first one. She qualified first to the all around but made a costly error on her first event that she never recovered from and had to settle for second place.

Then, in vault final Mckayla Maroney, dubbed "the best vaulter in the world", fell on her second vault and had to settle for second place. On uneven bars, Beth Tweddle performed an excellent routine but took some big costly steps on landing that bumped her to a third place finish. Finally, Sui Lu who qualified first on beam was beaten by her teammate Deng Linlin who had .1 difficulty ahead of her and both of them were awarded the same execution score.
9. During floor qualifications at the 2012 Olympic Games, there were a lot of gymnasts who went out of bounds and got a penalty. Which country was the only one from the Big 4 whose gymnasts did not go out of bounds?

Answer: China

 According to sports commentator and former artistic gymnast, Tim Daggett, athletes complained that the floor was "bouncy". They, however, got used to it as their performances on floor improved throughout the games.
10. Which athlete was the only gymnast to get a full set of medals (gold, silver and bronze) at the 2012 Olympic Games?

Answer: Aliya Mustafina

 Aliya Mustafina not only got the full set but she won an extra bronze. She also became the most decorated gymnast at the 2012 Olympic Games.
Gold: Uneven Bars
Silver: Team
Bronze: All-Around
Bronze: Floor Exercise.
Source: Author jaygirl106

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