Olympic History
There are this many rings on the Olympic flag.
What is five?
This gymnast has five signature skills named after her because no one else could perform them.
Who is Simone Biles?
This Disney movie tells the story of the Jamaican bobsled team.
What is Cool Runnings?
This country has hosted the Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Sydney, and will host again in Brisbane in 2032.
What is Australia?
The Summer and Winter Olympics are held every two years, alternating between each other.
True
Before every Olympic Games, the Olympic flame is lit in this country.
What is Greece?
This swimmer is the most decorated Olympian of all time with 28 Olympic medals.
Who is Michael Phelps?
Kurt Russell played coach Herb Brooks in this movie about the 1980 U.S. hockey team.
What is Miracle?
This South American city hosted the 2016 Summer Olympics.
What is Rio de Janeiro?
Every Olympic ring officially represents one specific continent.
False
(The rings symbolize the union of the five inhabited continents, but each ring is not assigned to a specific continent.)
This city will host the 2028 Summer Olympics.
What is Los Angeles?
The "Miracle on Ice" happened when Team USA defeated this country in hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
What is the Soviet Union (USSR)?
This Oscar-winning film features the famous slow-motion runners on the beach.
What is Chariots of Fire?
This city became the first in Asia to host the Summer Olympics in 1964.
What is Tokyo?
Women competed in the very first modern Olympic Games in 1896.
False
(Women first competed in 1900.)
This country has won the most Olympic gold medals in history.
What is the United States?
This American won four gold medals at Hitler's 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Who is Jesse Owens?
Margot Robbie portrayed this controversial Olympic figure skater.
Who is Tonya Harding?
This city hosted the very first modern Olympic Games in 1896.
What is Athens, Greece?
Tug-of-war was once an official Olympic sport.
True
(It was an Olympic event from 1900–1920.)
This country was banned from competing under its own flag at several recent Olympic Games due to a state-sponsored doping scandal.
What is Russia?
This U.S. swimmer has won the second-most Olympic medals in history behind Michael Phelps.
Who is Katie Ledecky?
This 2016 film tells the story of Michael "Eddie the Eagle" Edwards, Britain's unlikely Olympic ski jumper.
What is Eddie the Eagle?
This country has hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.
What is Japan?
(Summer: Tokyo. Winter: Sapporo and Nagano.)
The Olympic mascot changes for every Olympic Games.
True