Q 01/05

Henie won her Olympic titles for Norway, then became a citizen of which country in 1941?

A) Canada

B) Switzerland

C) United States

D) Netherlands

Answer · why

C) United States

United States: she had settled in Hollywood, and when asked to help Norway's war effort she declined, saying her interests now lay in America; she gav...

Q 02/05

How many Olympic gold medals did Henie win in women's singles?

A) Two

B) Three

C) One

D) Four

Answer · why

B) Three

She won in 1928, 1932 and 1936, a haul no ladies' singles skater has matched since.

Q 03/05

Henie's ten world titles equalled the record of which Swedish champion, whose name lives on in a skating jump?

A) Axel Paulsen

B) Alois Lutz

C) Ulrich Salchow

D) Werner Rittberger

Answer · why

C) Ulrich Salchow

Ulrich Salchow won his ten between 1901 and 1911; Henie's came in one unbroken run from 1927, which ended only because she turned professional in 1936...

Q 04/05

Henie's father Wilhelm had been a world champion in which sport?

A) Rowing

B) Ski jumping

C) Wrestling

D) Cycling

Answer · why

D) Cycling

Cycling: Wilhelm Henie won a track world title in 1894 and also raced at the European speed skating championships, and he drove his daughter just as h...

Q 05/05

As she turned professional in 1936, Henie said she wanted to do with skates what which star did with dancing?

A) Gene Kelly

B) Fred Astaire

C) Ginger Rogers

D) Bill Robinson

Answer · why

B) Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire was the model she named to a reporter a month after her third Olympic title, and by the end of that year her first skating musical was in...