Ages and Ages
Olympic Firsts
Continental Divide
Now and Then
Numbers Game
100
In 1896, a young gymnast named Dimitrios Loundras of Greece received a medal as part of his team making him the youngest ever medalist at this age.
What is 10 years old?
100
This is the location of the first Olympic games.
What is 1896?
100
Besides Antartica, the 2 continents that have never hosted the Summer or Winter Olympic Games
What are Africa and South America?
100
This city is hosting the 2012 Olympic Games.
What is London, England?
100
This country is the only nation to have won at least one gold medal at every summer games.
What is Great Britain?
200
This is the age of the youngest ever medalist in an individual event (Inge Sorensen of Denmark in the breaststroke).
What is 12 years old?
200
This was the first team sport to be added to the summer Olympics.
What is football/soccer?
200
The first games to be held in the southern hemisphere were held here.
What is Australia?
200
This city will host the 2016 Olympics.
What is Rio De Janeiro, Brazil?
200
This country has won the most Summer Olympic medals (and the most gold).
What is the United States?
300
This is the age of Nils Skoglund of Denmark, the youngest ever male medalist in an individual event (high diving).
What is 14 years old?
300
This is the year of the first modern Olympic games.
What is 1896?
300
This was the first year in which the Olympic torch travelled to all five continents.
What is 2004?
300
People who were not allowed to participate in the original Olympics
Who are women and slaves?
300
This is the number of sports in the summer Olympics.
What is 28?
400
British Rider Lorna Johnstone was the oldest female competitor at this age when she competed in the 1972 Olympic games.
What is 70 years old?
400
This is the first year in which women competed in the Olympics.
What is 1900?
400
These were the first games to include competitors from all five continents.
What is 1912?
400
An olive branch (and maybe some money from your fellow villagers)
What was the prize for winning in Ancient Greece?
400
This number signifies how many times the modern games were held in Athens, Greece, as well as how many times they were not held at all.
What is three?
500
Oscar Swahn, of Sweden competed in shooting in 1924, making him the oldest competitor ever at this age.
What is 72 years old?
500
This is the year of the first Olympic games for which there are records.
What is 776 B. C.?
500
This country was the first from Asia to compete in the Olympics, doing so in 1912.
What is Japan?
500
In the first modern Olympic games, held in Athens in 1896, the medals awarded to the first place finishers were made of this metal.
What is silver?
500
This country has the fewest number of total Olympic medals per capita.
What is India?
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