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Figure Skating · Level 10: Professional · Sub-level 10.5

The Team Event and Legends

2 tests · 20 facts · updated 20 October 2026 · markdown

The Olympic team event and what legends did next.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1The team eventTake a test

  1. The mixed team event was added as a fifth Olympic event at Sochi 2014.

    Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating overview · recall

  2. Canada finished second at the first Olympic team event, with Virtue and Moir in the side.

    Source: Olympic.ca, Tessa Virtue · recall

  3. Four years after their silver, the Canadian team stood on the top step.

    Source: Olympic.ca, Tessa Virtue · recall

  4. Men, women, pairs, ice dance and the team event make five.

    Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating overview · recall

  5. Ice dance was added as the fourth event in 1976, the team event as the fifth in 2014.

    Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating overview · recall

  6. Silver in 2014 and gold in 2018 came in the team event, besides their three ice dance medals.

    Source: Olympic.ca, Tessa Virtue · recall

  7. Virtue and Moir skated for Canada in both team events, winning silver and then gold.

    Source: Olympic.ca, Tessa Virtue · recall

  8. Singles open the list in 1908; ice dance followed decades later, and the team event most recently.

    Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating overview · applied

  9. Three events in 1924, four once ice dance joined in 1976, five with the team event in 2014.

    Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating overview · applied

  10. A shows silver in 2014 and gold in 2018. The other rows do not match Canada's record.

    Source: Olympic.ca, Tessa Virtue · applied

Test 2Legends and their programsTake a test

  1. Browning's Casablanca carried him to his last World title before he moved into shows.

    Source: Olympic.ca, Kurt Browning · recall

  2. He performed in Stars on Ice in the United States and Canada for almost another two decades.

    Source: Olympic.ca, Kurt Browning · recall

  3. His artistry makes difficult moves like the Biellmann spin and the doughnut spin look simple.

    Source: Olympics.com, Yuzuru Hanyu · recall

  4. Ito turned professional after the Olympics and won the pro world title in 1993.

    Source: Olympics.com, Midori Ito · recall

  5. After illnesses as a child she was taken to a rink to improve her health.

    Source: Olympics.com, Irina Rodnina · recall

  6. After success as an actress, she returned to compete at Lillehammer 1994.

    Source: Olympics.com, Katarina Witt · recall

  7. She returned briefly in the 1995/96 season and placed seventh at the World Championships.

    Source: Olympics.com, Midori Ito · recall

  8. Button at St. Moritz 1948, Rodnina at Sapporo 1972, Witt at Sarajevo 1984, Virtue at Vancouver 2010.

    Source: Olympics.com, Richard Button; Olympics.com, Irina Rodnina; Olympics.com, Katarina Witt; Olympic.ca, Tessa Virtue · applied

  9. Witt acted after 1988, Ito turned professional in 1992, Browning toured after 1994.

    Source: Olympics.com, Katarina Witt; Olympics.com, Midori Ito; Olympic.ca, Kurt Browning · applied

  10. C stands at 1984, Sarajevo. A is 1948, B 1972 and D 2010.

    Source: Olympics.com, Katarina Witt · applied

Sources

Olympics.com athlete pages (Button, Ito, Hanyu, Witt, Rodnina); Olympic.ca athlete pages (Browning, Virtue); ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (2026); Olympedia, Figure Skating overview. Every fact is recorded with its source in docs/FIGURE_SKATING_VERIFIED_FACTS.md. Records that can still move are not keyed. Original questions authored, nothing reproduced.

  • Olympedia, Figure Skating overview5
  • Olympic.ca, Tessa Virtue5
  • Olympic.ca, Kurt Browning2
  • Olympics.com, Midori Ito2
  • Olympics.com, Katarina Witt2
  • Olympics.com, Yuzuru Hanyu1
  • Olympics.com, Irina Rodnina1
  • Olympics.com, Richard Button; Olympics.com, Irina Rodnina; Olympics.com, Katarina Witt; Olympic.ca, Tessa Virtue1
  • Olympics.com, Katarina Witt; Olympics.com, Midori Ito; Olympic.ca, Kurt Browning1