Winter Olympics
Salt Lake City, Utah
Athletes in the ancient Olympic Games competed in the nude.
True
Christa Luding-Rothenburger was the first Olympic athlete to win medals in the summer and winter Olympics in the same year (1988) a feat that is no longer possible due to what factor?
Winter and summer Olympic games are staggered
The 1992 Lillehammer Olympics were preceded by a huge figure skating controversy involving what two athletes?
Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding
What twin sports were reintroduced at the Tokyo 2020(ne) Olympics that had most recently been contested at the 2008 Olympics?
Baseball and Softball
Curling stones are primarily made from what type of stone?
Granite
Pistol Dueling was once an Olympic shooting event.
True
Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel, the 2019 European mountain biking champion, had an unfortunate early crash in the mountain biking race at the Tokyo Olympics this summer, putting him out of contention. Just 8 days before the Tokyo event, he completed what famous cycling race?
The Tour de France
The 2020(ne) mens' triathlon had to be restarted after what got in the way of the start?
a boat
This sport, often viewed as a rich person's sport, now has an aquatic counterpart that's a staple of the summer games. It was featured in Olympic games until 1936.
Polo
Which two events were featured in the 1920 Olympic games, just four years before they would be transferred to the newly created Winter Games?
Ice Hockey and Figure Skating
The 2012 London Olympics has the record for the most medals stripped after competition.
False
That record belongs to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, with 50 medals stripped (17 from Russia)
Yale and Harvard Law graduate Eddie Eagan is one of the most well known athletes to participate in summer and winter Olympics. Competing in boxing and bobsleigh, what sets him apart from the other winter/summer Olympic medalists?
He's the only athlete to win gold at both the summer and winter games.
In 1960, Ethiopian runner Abebe Bikila became the first black African to win the marathon at the Rome Olympics. He had what unusual clothing choice during the race?
He ran the entire race barefoot, like he had trained
These three events were featured at the 1912 Olympics and were the two handed versions of what track and field disciplines?
Shot Put, Discus, and Javelin
Which country has won the most total Winter Olympic medals?
Norway
Olympic gold medals are not gold, but actually primarily made of copper.
False, they are actually primarily made of silver.
In 2014 Eddy Alvarez was an Olympic medalist after taking second with the USA in the mens' 5000m short track speed skating relay. In 2020(ne), he was one of the flag bearers for the United States, participating in what event?
Baseball
Although there have been numerous boycotts of Summer Olympic games, the only boycott in Winter Olympic history happened at the 1980 Lake Placid games. What country boycotted?
Taiwan
Featured from 1900-1920, this Olympic event involving a rope was a staple of the original Olympic games back in Rome. What event was it?
Tug-of-War
Cross-country skiing is a part of two Olympic competitions that involve other disciplines. The two events are Nordic Combined and Biathlon. What events are used in addition to cross-country in these two events?
Rifle shooting and ski jumping
The first summer Olympic games had only 11 teams. Brazil was the only representative from South America.
False.
Chile was the only representative from South America.
In the opening ceremonies at the 2016 Rio Olympics, shirtless and oiled Tongan flag bearer and Taekwondo athlete Pita Taufatofua made waves around the world. At the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, he appeared again as Tonga's flag bearer after he qualified in what sport?
cross-country skiing
The 1980 Moscow Olympics were a massive controversy due to the cold war, causing a boycott by the United States. The 1980 Olympics was also the first recorded instance of what kind of cheating?
although there were numerous allegations of doping at the 1980 Olympics, the first recorded instance of blood doping happened before the 5,000m and 10,000m races, as the winning athlete received a blood transfusion before the races.
Long jump is a long time track and field staple, but in years past there have been long jump competitions in what Equestrian and what other modern Olympic discipline?
Diving