Wacky Sports
True or false: Tag is in the Olympics
False
(if Nathan sparber is on your team, you only get 99 points for getting is right instead)
Who is the Olympian to have won the most medals of all time?
Michael Phelps
How many times has paris been in the olimpics? (double points for the years)
Three (1900, 1924, 2024)
When was the last year art was in the Olympics? (You can be up to 5 years off)
1948
What country did Larisa Latynina, the female Olympian with the most medals, originate from?
Russia/the Soviet Union
what was the first city to host both the summer and winter olympics
Beijing (bonus 25 for each word you can say in Chinese)
What year was the first winter Olympics? (you can be up to 5 off)
1924
Name one of the two years that pistol dueling was an Olympic sport. (Hint: It's between 1880 and 1920)
1906, 1908
Name one of the first 2 woman to win gold medals in the Olympics
Switzerland's Hélène de Pourtalès and Great Britain's Charlotte Cooper, in sailing and tennis
23
Where were the first Olympic games held? (extra points for the year)
Athens (1896)
Which event was not ever in the Olympics?Breakdancing, Live pigeon shooting, connect four, or Racewalking (A race but you need to be walking)
Connect Four
Name 3 of the 4 Gymnasts from the USA female gymnastics team at the 2024 Paris Olympic games
Simone Biles, Suni Lee, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles
How many times have the Olympics been in the USA?
(Bonus 200 points if you Sing the Star-spangled Banner with no mistakes)
8
(O'Say, can you see
By the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed
At the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars
Through the perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watched
Were so gallantly, yeah, streaming?
And the rockets' red glare
The bombs bursting in air
Gave proof through the night
That our flag was still there
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave)
How many sports were represented at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games? (you can be up to 2 off)
32
In 1900, why did many people believe poodle clipping was an Olympic sport?
A newspaper released an April Fools joke saying that poodle clipping would be in the 1900 Parris Olympics.
(Every team do a dog impression. The one we like the best gets 250 points)
At the 2024 Paris Olympic games, this swimmer was called the French Michael Phelps
Who is Leon Marchand?
What 6 US cities have hosted the Olympics? (100 points for each)
Atlanta, Los Angeles, Lake Placid, Salt Lake City, Squaw Valley, and St, Louis
What do all of the Olympic colors represent?
The blue represents Oceania, the green represents Europe, the black represents Africa, the red represents America and the yellow represents Asia.