History of skateboarding

History of skateboarding

Assessment

Interactive Video

English

1st - 5th Grade

Hard

Created by

Katarzyna Smoleńska

FREE Resource

8 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What activity inspired the creation of the first skateboards?

Roller skating

Surfing

Skiing

Cycling

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The first skateboards were created by attaching wheels from what existing item to a wooden board?

Bicycles

Roller skates

Shopping carts

Wagons

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which two major innovations in the early 1970s significantly advanced skateboarding?

The kicktail and the polyurethane wheel

The twin-tip board and clay wheels

Electric motors and remote controls

Lighter decks and wider trucks

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What unique environment did the Z-Boys and other skaters utilize during a California drought to develop "vert skating"?

Empty parking garages

Abandoned warehouses

Dried-up swimming pools

Construction sites

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What year did Rodney Mullen adapt the Ollie trick to work on flat ground?

1978

1980

1982

1984

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many copies did "The Bones Brigade Video Show" actually sell, compared to its initial expectation of 300 copies?

3,000 copies

30,000 copies

300,000 copies

3 million copies

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which film, released in 1985, featured a young man named Marty McFly using a skateboard, inspiring many future professional skateboarders?

Thrashin'

Back to the Future

Gleaming the Cube

Police Academy 2

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In what year did Tony Hawk successfully land the first-ever competition 900 trick at X Games 5?

1995

1997

1999

2001