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The Easy Questions Gymnastics Quiz!

10 Questions - Developed by: - Updated on: 2009-11-15 - 93,978 taken - User Rating: 3.0 of 5 - 77 votes - 28 people like it

Everyone has heard of the gymnastics greats starting back in the day with Nadia Comaneci to Mary Lou Retton, all the way up to Simone Biles's domination. There will always be a new and improved gymnast to adore. But how much do you know about the sport itself? Seriously, if you do badly on this quiz, I just might cry! Give it a try!

1

What is the correct gymnastics definition for balance beam?

Like a light beam?
Part of gymnastics where a gymnast does skills then ends the routine doing something off it
An event in which a female gymnast performs acrobatic and dance elements finishing with a dismount

2

What is the correct gymnastics definition for the floor exercise?

An event in gymnastics where people dance and tumble to music
An event in which either a male or female gymnast performs gymnastics, acrobatics, and dance elements, with or without music, for a period of time between 30 seconds and 1 minute and 30 seconds
The thing on which you walk - now I know I got that one right

3

What is the correct gymnastics definition for the uneven parallel bars?

An event in gymnastics which requires lots of upper body strength, where you perform circling skills with or without bar switches
An event in gymnastics where you do weird stuff like flips and jumps
The place you go to have drinks

4

What is the correct gymnastics definition of vault?

An event in gymnastics where they do a thing over something
The thing bank people keep money in
An event in gymnastics consisting of four elements: a run, a jump on and off a springboard, a skill performed on either a table or ressi mat, and a stuck landing. In a meet, a gymnast will perform two vaults and the one with the higher score will be counted

5

What is the correct gymnastics definition of the rings?

Two rings hanging
An event participated in only by male gymnasts involving lots of upper arm strength, where the gymnast will hold themselves in different positions and do acrobatic elements while only holding onto two rings connected to the ceiling by a rope
A wicked hard event in gymnastics

6

What are the events in gymnastics that both boys and girls do?

Floor exercise and vault
All of them
Balance beam and uneven parallel bars

7

What is another word for a competition that is used in many different sports, including gymnastics?

Competition
Fight
Meet

8

What is the name of the gymnastics skill where a gymnast jumps backwards onto their hands and then springs back up to their feet?

Backflip
Front handspring
Cartwheel
Back handspring

9

Is gymnastics in the Summer Olympics, the Winter Olympics, or is it even an Olympic sport?

Gymnastics is in the Winter Olympics
Gymnastics is in the Summer Olympics
Gymnastics is not an Olympic sport

10

What is the name of the gymnastics skill where a gymnast holds themselves upside down while hanging from the rings?

Inverted hang
Planche
Iron cross
Muscle-up

Comments (6)

Bella labrin (11443)

248 days ago

This was so hard and some I did not even know

finkledorf (79686)

1412 days ago

people think it is beam but for me it is bars. i think people assume beam is the hardest event because of the way it looks. but that is just me

Quinn (37169)

1603 days ago

I am a level three gymnast and I have something to say about this quiz. On question #8 every gymnast has a different opinon.

Louise Wat (59775)

1923 days ago

It's not too easy, but I'm a gymnast !

Jessica (85514)

1957 days ago

It was really fun I loved it gymnastics is the best thing ever I'm gonna be in the olimpics I go Salto 🏋🏽‍♀️ My teacher is called abby

Mia (49944)

2335 days ago

I got them all right

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