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100

Where were the 2010 Olympics Games held? 

a) Beijing, China

b) Vancouver, Canada

c) Rio, Brazil

b) Vancouver, Canada

100

Name 7 sports from the Winter Olympics

  • Bobsled (Women's monobob, Two-man, Two woman and Four-man)
  • Luge (Men's Singles, Women Singles, Mixed Doubles and Mixed Team Relay)
  • Alpine Skiing (Downhill, Super G, Giant slalom, Slalom, Super Combined, mixed team)
  • Freestyle Skiing (Aerials, Moguls, Ski Cross, Ski halfpipe and Ski slopestyle)
  • Snowboarding (Parallel Giant Slalom, Halfpipe, Snowboard Cross, Big Air and Slopestyle)
  • Skeleton (men's and women's)
  • Ice Hockey (men's and women's)
  • Figure Skating (Men's singles, Ladies' singles, Pairs, Team and Ice Dancing)
  • Speed Skating
  • Short Track Speed Skating (500m, 1,000m, 1,500 m and Relays)
  • Curling
  • Biathlon (combining cross-country skiing and target shooting: individual, sprint, pursuit, mass start    & relay events)
  • Cross-Country Skiing (individual and team sprint, freestyle, pursuit, classical and relays)
  • Ski Jumping
  • Nordic Combined (ski jumping and cross-country skiing)
  • Alpinism
  • Short track speed skating: a demonstration sport in 1988, becoming a full sport from 1992 onwards.
  • Speed skiing: 1992
100

How many medals has South Korea won at the Winter Olympics?

a) 80 medals

b) None

c) 45 medals

c) 45 medals

100

If you were to enter into any sport, which one would you pick?

Great sport!

200

In what year and in what city were the first Olympic Games held?

a) 1880 in Rome, Italy

b) 1936 in Paris, France

c) 1896 in Athens, Greece

d) 1911 in London, England

c) 1896 in Athens, Greece

200

True or False: Equestrian events and wrestling were part of the first olympics

TRUE!

-Equestrian Events: horse races and chariot races and took place in the Hippodrome, a wide, flat, open space.

-Wrestling: highly valued as a form of military exercise without weapons. It ended only when one of the contestants admitted defeat.


200

As of 2016, how many countries can participate at once in the olympic games?

a) No limit, unless participating in illegal activity

b) 100

c) Those with population bigger than 30,000

a) No limit, unless participating in illegal activity

200

Where will the next olympics be held?

Tokyo 2020

300

How many olympic Games have there been? 

a) 8

b) 47

c) 98

d) 28

b) 47

300

11) What is the only indoor Winter Olympic sport that does not involve ice skates? 

a) Curling

b) Skiing

c) Luge

d) Snowboarding

a) Curling

300

Which country holds the record for the most Gold Medals won at one Winter Olympics? 

a) Brazil

b) Japan

c) Uganda

d) Canada

e) United States

d) Canada: Canada won 14 gold Medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics

300

Which Olympic team was the subject of a 1993 Disney comedy? 

            a) The Japanese baseball team

            b) The Russian synchronized swimming team

            c) The Jamaican bobsled team

            d) The Danish gymnastics team

c) The Jamaican bobsled team: The obviously heavy underdogs became crowd favorites and were the basis for Disney's comedy, Cool Runnings

400

What is the oldest sport in the Winter Olympics? 

a)  Lacrosse

b) Basketball

c)  Figure Skating

d) Cross Country Skiing

c)  Figure Skating

400

What were the first Winter Games to be televised?

a)  1956 Italy

b)  1964 Austria

c)  1852 Norway

d)  1960 United States

a)  1956 Italy

400

Which Asian country has won the most medals at the Winter Olympics? 

a) China

b) United States

c) South Korea

d) Russia

c) South Korea

400

Your entire team must stand up and jump up and down on one foot for 30 seconds

Good job!

500

What was the last year an athlete won the cross-country skiing event using all-wooden skis?

            a) 1952, Oslo, Norway

            b) 1972, Sapporo, Japan

            c) 1976, Innbruck, Austria

            d) 1960, Squaw Valley, California, US

b) 1972, Sapporo, Japan

500

What 2 sports does the Biathlon combine? 

a) Cross Country Skiing and Shooting

b) Swimming and Biking

c) Ribbon twirling and Freeze frame jumps

a) Cross Country Skiing and Shooting

500

In addition to Biathlon, what is the only other Winter Olympic sport in which the United States never won gold medal?

            a) Ice Hockey

            b) Nordic Combined

            c) Cross-country skiing       

            d) Figure Skating

b) Nordic Combined

500

Name an Olympic athlete and their sport!

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