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Wacky Facts
100

This country was the location of the very first ancient Olympic Games

What is Greece?

100

This sport includes events like the balance beam and uneven bars

What is gymnastics?

100

Olympic medals come in these three colours.

What are gold, silver and bronze?

100

The 2024 Summer Olympics took place in this European city.

What is Paris?

100

This Winter Olympic sport involves sliding stones across ice while sweeping with brooms.

What is curling?

200

The modern Olympic Games happen every this many years

What is four?

200

In this track and field event, athletes throw a heavy chain and ball as far as possible. Come on Trunchbull!

What is the Hammer toss?

200

Michael Phelps holds the record for most medals in the olympics. He won them in this sport.

What is swimming?

200

The five Olympic rings represent these parts of the world.

What are the five continents?

200

This graceful ice sport has athletes performing spins and jumps to music.

What is figure skating?

300

This symbol, first introduced in 1920, is the symbol of the modern olympics.

What are the five olympic rings?

300

In this sport, athletes dribble and shoot a ball into a hoop.

What is basketball?

300

Along with medals, Olympic winners often receive these as a symbol of victory.

What are flowers?

300

The Olympic motto, “Citius, Altius, Fortius,” is written in this ancient language.

What is Latin?

300

This is the shortest running race in the Summer Olympics.

What is 100 meters?

400

This city hosted the first modern Olympics in 1896

What is Athens?

400

This sport combines cross-country skiing with rifle shooting.

What is the biathlon?

400

An athlete who finishes in second place earns this medal.

What is silver?

400

This special item from Greece to the host city before  each Olympic games begin. Once it went past Mohawk!

What is the Olympic Torch? or Olympic Flame?

400

In 1956, this Australian animal helped carry the Olympic torch.

What is a horse?

500

In the very first ancient Olympics, this was the only type of event

What is running?

500

This olympic sport has athletes competing in 10 separate events. 

What is the decathlon?

500

Although medals are gold or bronze in colour, most are actually made from this metal.

What is silver?

500

This continent has hosted the most Olympic Games.

What is Europe?

500

This strange sport, involving rifles and a popular Mo Willems character, was once an olympic sport? Yikes!

What is pigeon shooting?

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