Geek Squad
These are the elements of a triathlon
What is swim, cycle, and run?
At the 2016 Rio Games, Ryan Lochte and friends competed in this Olympic sport, before falsely claiming to have been robbed at gunpoint on the Rio streets
What is swimming?
Events including marathon swimming are set to take place in this famous body of water, despite unsafe levels of E.coli detected in the waters in June and a century-long ban on swimming in it
What is the Seine?
This American sisters duo won the women's tennis double Olympic gold 3 times. They are also the only female players to have won Olympic gold in both tennis singles and doubles.
Who are Serena and Venus Williams?
He is the only athlete to have won the 100m and 200m dash at three consecutive Olympics.
Who is Usain Bolt?
Despite this event having Olympic origins dating back to 688 BCE, women had to "fight" for their ability to participate and eventually succeeded with its introduction at the 2012 London games
What is boxing?
A little "birdie" told me that in this sport during the 2012 London Games, 8 players were ejected from the tournament after being found guilty of trying to throw the games to manipulate the draw for the knockout stages
What is badminton (women's double)?
This is the only new sport added to the 2024 olympics
What is breaking (aka breakdancing)?
The 1992 USA men's basketball team, which included players like Charles Barkley and Michael Jordan, earned this nickname for their dominant run at the Olympics, the first year professional basketball players were eligible for the Olympics.
What is the Dream Team?
South Korea has won the most Olympic golds in this sport, and they added to their medal count at the 2016 Rio Games when they "hit the bullseye" and won gold in all 4 events.
What is archery?
What is 16?
At the 2000 Sydney Games, Chinese gymnast Dong Fangxiao was found to be only 14 years old when she competed, violating the rule that gymnasts must turn this "sweet" age during the Olympic year to compete. This led to the Chinese team being stripped of their team bronze medal, which was awarded to the U.S.
What is 16 years old?
Where this year's surfing competition will take place (hint: it's not in Paris)
What is Tahiti?
At the 2021 Tokyo Games, 7-time Olympic medalist Simone Biles won the bronze medal on this gymnastics apparatus, her only individual medal at those Games after withdrawing from her other events citing mental health concerns
What is balance beam?
Chinese athlete Zheng Haohao is set to be the youngest athlete at the 2024 Paris games at 11 years old. She is trying to become the youngest Olympic champion ever with this wheeled event.
What is skateboarding?
This is when and where the first modern Olympic games were held
What is 1896 in Athens, Greece?
Mamma Mia! Hrysopiyi Devetzi represented this European country at the 2004 Athens Games in the triple jump but was stripped of her bronze medal after testing positive for Stanozolol, a banned substance.
What is Greece?
Paris has hosted the Olympics this many times
What is three (1900, 1924, 2024)?
At the 2021 Tokyo Games, she won the women's gymnastics all-around competition, becoming the fifth straight American woman and first woman of Asian descent to win Olympic all-around gold.
Who is Suni Lee?
Michael Phelps (aka the most decorated Olympian of all time) has won this many Olympic medals
What is 28?
The three disciplines for Olympic shooting
What are rifle, pistol, and shotgun?
The USA and 65 other countries boycotted these games to protest the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan (year and city).
What are the 1980 Moscow Games?
Paris will be the last time this multi-event sport will include horse show jumping. For the 2028 LA Olympics, it will be replaced with an obstacle course race
What is the modern pentathlon?
She is the most decorated U.S. Olympic track and field athlete ever, having won 11 medals in 5 Olympic appearances.
Who is Alyson Felix?
At the 2016 Rio Games, USA swimmer Katie Ledecky set a world record in this swimming event, finishing 11 seconds faster than the silver medalist.
What is the 800m freestyle?