Q 01/05

Simone Biles grew up in Texas, but where was she born?

A) Atlanta, Georgia

B) Baltimore, Maryland

C) Chicago, Illinois

D) Columbus, Ohio

Answer · why

D) Columbus, Ohio

Columbus, Ohio, was her first home: she and her three siblings went into foster care as small children, and she has since become an advocate for child...

Q 02/05

Who owns World Champions Centre, the Texas gym that became Simone Biles's training base in 2014?

A) USA Gymnastics

B) Her family

C) Her longtime coach

D) The Károlyi family

Answer · why

B) Her family

Her family built it: her mother suggested they open a gym of their own, Biles began training there in 2014, and its grand opening followed two years l...

Q 03/05

Which gymnast is the only woman with more Olympic medals than Biles?

A) Nadia Comăneci

B) Olga Korbut

C) Larisa Latynina

D) Věra Čáslavská

Answer · why

C) Larisa Latynina

Biles is tied with Čáslavská for second on the all-time list.

Q 04/05

What nickname was given to the gold-medal-winning 2016 US Olympic team that Biles led?

A) The Magnificent Seven

B) The Golden Girls

C) The Fierce Five

D) The Final Five

Answer · why

D) The Final Five

The Final Five picked the name themselves, for two reasons: Rio was national team coordinator Márta Károlyi's last Olympics, and the last Games before...

Q 05/05

What did Biles call the condition that made her withdraw from most of the Tokyo 2020 competition?

A) Air blindness

B) The twisties

C) The spins

D) The bends

Answer · why

B) The twisties

The twisties made her lose track of her body in mid-air: on her vault in the team final she meant to do two and a half twists and came out after only ...