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50 free Simone Biles trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Simone Biles trivia quiz covers the career of the most decorated gymnast of all time, from a day-care field trip in Texas to the Golden Girls of Paris. The easy questions are the ones any Olympics viewer knows: her birthplace, her Olympic medal count, the team nickname from Rio, why she withdrew in Tokyo, and the NFL player she married. From there it moves into the record book: the number of world titles, the men's record she broke, the oldest all-around champion mark, and the four skills that carry her name. The harder end is for gymnastics fans: her first coach, the age she started, the country whose citizenship she holds through her adoptive mother, the college she committed to before turning pro, the kidney stone in Doha, the Weiler kip she submitted for Paris, the exact D-score of the Yurchenko double pike, the streak that ended on floor in 2024, and the tattoos, awards and sponsorships along the way. It also covers her testimony about Larry Nassar and her advocacy for mental health. Every answer was checked against encyclopaedia entries on Biles and her husband before publishing, and the supporting sentence is stored with each question. If you enjoy this one, try our gymnastics, Olympics and Michael Phelps quizzes next.
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Q 01In which US city was Simone Biles born?
Columbus, Ohio
She was born on 14 March 1997, one of several siblings who spent time in foster care.
Q 02How many Olympic medals has Biles won?
11
Combined with 30 World Championship medals, that makes her the most decorated gymnast in history.
Q 03Which gymnast is the only woman with more Olympic medals than Biles?
Larisa Latynina
Biles is tied with Čáslavská for second on the all-time list.
Q 04What nickname was given to the gold-medal-winning 2016 US Olympic team that Biles led?
The Final Five
The 2024 Paris team was dubbed the Golden Girls.
Q 05What did Biles call the condition that made her withdraw from most of the Tokyo 2020 competition?
The twisties
It is a temporary loss of proprioception while performing twisting elements.
Q 06What nickname did the US team earn for its silver medal in Tokyo after Biles withdrew?
The Fighting Four
Biles returned to win bronze on balance beam.
Q 07How many times has Biles won the World all-around title?
Six
In 2024 she became the oldest female gymnast ever to win it.
Q 08In which two years did Biles win all five gold medals at a single World Championships?
2018 and 2024
She is a seven-time world champion on vault, beam and floor and a two-time champion on bars.
Q 09Whose 90-year-old record did Biles break in 2023 by winning an eighth US all-around title?
Alfred Jochim
That was her first year back after the two-year break following Tokyo.
Q 10How many Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year awards had Biles won by the end of 2025?
4
She won in 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2025, plus Comeback of the Year in 2024.
Q 11Who adopted Simone and her sister Adria in 2003?
Her maternal grandfather and his wife
Ron and Nellie Biles had begun caring for the children north of Houston in 2000.
Q 12Biles holds citizenship of which Central American country through her adoptive mother?
Belize
She considers it her second home.
Q 13In which Houston suburb did Biles grow up?
Spring
She attended Benfer Elementary School before switching to home schooling in 2012.
How did Biles first try gymnastics at age six?
Q 21How many gold medals did Biles win at the Rio 2016 Olympics?
4
She was the first quadruple gold medallist in women's gymnastics at one Games since Ecaterina Szabo in 1984.
Q 22What honour did Biles receive at the Rio closing ceremony?
Carrying the US flag
She was the first American female gymnast to be flag bearer.
Q 23After Russian hackers leaked her medical records in 2016, Biles revealed she takes medication for what?
ADHD
She had a therapeutic use exemption and was applauded for opening up.
What was the title of Biles's 2016 autobiography, later a Lifetime biopic?
On a day-care field trip
The instructors suggested she keep going, and she enrolled at Bannon's Gymnastics.
Q 15Who was Biles's longtime first coach, from age eight through the Rio Olympics?
Aimee Boorman
Boorman moved to Florida after 2016, and Biles hired Laurent Landi in 2017.
Q 16Which university did Biles commit to before turning professional in 2015?
UCLA
Turning pro meant forfeiting her NCAA eligibility.
Q 17Why did Biles switch from public school to home schooling in 2012?
To raise training from about 20 to 32 hours a week
She earned her high-school diploma in mid-2015.
Q 18At which 2013 championships did Biles, aged 16, win her first world all-around title?
Antwerp
She became the first African American woman to win the title.
Q 19After a poor 2013 US Classic, whom did Biles consult, crediting them with launching her dominance?
A sports psychologist
She had fallen several times and twisted her ankle on floor.
Q 20With her 2015 title in Glasgow, Biles became the first woman to do what?
Win three consecutive all-around titles
Her 10 world golds by then were the most by any woman.
Courage to Soar
It topped the New York Times young adult bestseller list in January 2017.
Q 25Where did Biles finish on season 24 of Dancing with the Stars in 2017?
Fourth
She was paired with Sasha Farber and eliminated a week before the finals.
Q 26What sent Biles to an emergency room the night before qualifying at the 2018 Worlds in Doha?
A kidney stone
She checked herself out once appendicitis was ruled out and qualified first the next day.
Q 27Which honour did Biles and the other survivors of Larry Nassar receive at the 2018 ESPYs?
Arthur Ashe Courage Award
She wore a teal leotard she designed to honour survivors at that year's nationals.
Q 28Whose all-time record for World Championship medals did Biles break in 2019?
Vitaly Scherbo
Her 24th world medal, on beam in Stuttgart, made her the sole record holder for men or women.
Q 29What is the Biles II on floor exercise?
A triple-twisting double tuck
She debuted it at the 2019 Worlds in Stuttgart.
Q 30What vault did Biles become the first woman to complete, at the 2021 US Classic?
Yurchenko double pike
It was given the highest preliminary D-score in women's gymnastics.