General Winter Olympics Knowledge
This city in New York hosted the 1980 Winter Olympics, known for the "Miracle on Ice" hockey game.
What is Lake Placid?
This, not a ball, is the object used in ice hockey.
What is a puck?
He holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals won by an athlete.
Who is Michael Phelps?
This sport, featuring teams pulling a rope, was an Olympic event from 1900 to 1920.
What is Tug of War?
How many colors that appear on the Olympic rings?
What is 5
The 1988 Calgary Games saw the debut of the Jamaican bobsleigh team inspiring the creation of this movie.
What is Cool Runnings?
This sport uses brooms and 44-pound stones on a sheet of ice.
What is Curling?
This city hosted the 2020 Summer Olympics, which were delayed until 2021.
What is Tokyo?
The 2024 Paris Games introduced this style of competitive, acrobatic dancing and made infamous by Australian athlete "Ray Gun".
What is Breaking (or Breakdancing)
France became the first Nation to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics in which year?
What is 1924?
This country holds the record for the most gold medals won at a single Winter Olympics with 14.
What is Canada?
This is the only sliding sport in which the athlete goes down the icy track head-first.
What is Skeleton?
The only country to have participated in every Summer Olympics since 1896.
What is Greece?
This event, named of the Greek Myth where Pheidippides, a Greek messenger in 490 BC allegedly ran 26 miles between battlefields.
What is the Marathon?
This tradition began at the 1908 London Summer Olympics where the athletes march behind their flags during the opening ceremonies.
What is the The Parade of Nations?
This is the only country to have won at least one gold medal at every single Winter Olympic Games.
What is the United States?
This sport involves shooting a rifle while on cross-country skis.
What is Biathlon?
At the 1936 Berlin Games, this American track and field athlete won four gold medals.
Who is Jesse Owens?
This combat sport involves three weapons: the foil, the épée, and the sabre.
What is Fencing?
Best known for her role in "Beetlejuice" this actor competed in the 1999 U.S. Olympic archery trials for the Sydney Olympics, narrowly missing a spot on Team USA.
Who is Geena Davis?
This country hosted the very first Winter Olympics in 1924.
What is France?
Debuting in 1908, this is considered the oldest sport in the Winter Olympic program, appearing before the first official Winter Games existed.
What is figure skating?
The Olympic Games originated in 776 B.C. to honor this king of the gods.
Who is Zeus?
This sport, first included in 1904 and 1908, returns to the medal program after more than a century.
What is Lacrosse?
This athlete won gold medals at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Boxing and the 1932 Winter Olympics in Bobsleigh.
Who is Eddie Eagan?