(Modern)Olympic History
This is the city where the first modern Olympic Games were held.
Where is Athens, Greece?
This is the year of the first Paralympic Games.
What is 1960?
This is where the first Olympics were held.
Where is Greece?
This is the race named after a soldier who ran 26 miles to deliver a message.
What is a marathon?
This person is considered the fastest male athlete in the world.
Who is Usain Bolt?
This is the year the first modern Olympic games began.
What is 1896?
This is where the first Paralympic games were held.
Where is Rome, Italy?
This is the year the first Olympics were held.
What is 776 BC?
This is the first sport women played in the Olympics.
What is tennis?
A former captain of the US team in several Olympics, Aly Raisman has won three gold medals in this sport.
What is gymnastics?
This was the year women were first allowed to compete in the Olympic Games.
What is 1900?
Before they were recognized internationally, the Paralympic Games were known by this name.
What are The Stoke Mandeville Games?
How long the ancient Olympic Games took.
What is 5 days?
These are the two sports that are unique to the Paralympics.
What are goal ball and Boccia?
This woman is the most decorated Paralympian in the world. She was born blind and is a para swimmer.
Who is Trischa Zorn-Hudson?
This is what the 5 Olympic Rings represent in the modern Olympics.
What are Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceana?
Name 4 of the 8 games that were at the first Paralympic Games.
What are archery, Para-athletics, dartchery, snooker, Para-swimming, table tennis, wheelchair fencing and wheelchair basketball?
This was the first event of the ancient Olympic Games.
What is a chariot race?
This is how many boats are next to each other in a rowing competition.
What is 6?
This athlete holds the record for winning the most medals (of any color) in a single Olympics.
Who is Michael Phelps?
This is the official motto of the Olympics. (Bonus points if you know the Latin)
What is Faster, Higher, Stronger?
Citius, Altius, Fortius
This is the number of athletes that participated in the first Paralympic Games.
What is 375?
This is what the Olympic Rings represented in the ancient Olympic Games.
What is the number of years between games? It used to be 5 years!
Wheelchair rugby goes by this nickname to many of its athletes and fans.
What is murderball?
This Paralympic athlete competes in athletics (running) and Soccer.
Who is Nick Mayhugh?