Olympic Ice Skating

Ice skating first started . . .

• in ancient Greece

• in medieval Russia

• in Scotland

• in the Netherlands

Olympic skating has how many events?

• Five

• Three

• Four

• Seven

Skating improved enormously with the introduction of

• laced boots

• the turn stop method

• ridged toe edge

• the steel blade

Figure Skating firsat appeared in the Olympics in . . .

• 1923

• 1954

• 1908

• 1894

At the end of the "short program" there is something called a . . .

• run through

• free skate

• free run

• skate through

The section for two dancers is known as the

• dual skate

• pairs comp

• dual event

• pairs event

Ice Dancing was introduced to the Olympics in . . .

• 1892

• 1908

• 1935

• 1976

In 2014, a new event was added called . . . in which teams worked together for points.

• Group Scoring

• Group event

• Team Event

• Team totals

The scoring system changed after a scandal in . . .

• 1820

• 1912

• 1957

• 2004

There was a huge controversy when two dancers showed up as aboriginal people . . .

• carrying clubs

• spouting gibberish

• howling at the moon

• wearing loins cloths