Ancient Olympics
Greek city where the first Olympics was held in 776 BC.
What is Olympia, Greece?
Olympic gold medals are mostly made of this precious metal
What is silver?
The 2020 Olympic Games were held in which city/country?
Tokyo
The prize a 4th place finish receives
What is a Diploma?
(Given to 1st - 8th place)
Number of territories/countries represented in the 2024 Paris Olympics
204 out of 206 National Olympic Committees are represented at the 2024 Summer Games with 54 from Africa, 48 from Europe, 44 from Asia, 41 from the Americas and 17 from Oceania.
The first 12 Olympics had this one event
What is a footrace?
(190m - or one length of the stadium - called a ‘stade’)
This continent has never hosted an Olympics (not Antarctica)
Africa
Michael Phelps, Mark Spitz, Jenny Thompson and Katie Ledecky competed in this Olympic sport.
What is swimming?
The colors of the Olympics rings
What is Blue, Black, Red, Yellow and Green?
Age of the youngest and oldest athlete competing in 2024 Olympics
Zheng Haohao, the 11-year-old skateboarder
Juan Antonio Jimenez Cobo, the 65-year-old in equestrian
This is the prize received by winners of ancient Olympic events
What is an olive-leaf wreath?
Skateboarding made its debut in which Olympic Games?
Tokyo 2020 (held in 2021)
Famous structure is in Paris France near the beach volleyball courts.
What is the Eiffel Tower?
What is the sport that participants run races, jump hurdles, and throw a javelin.
What is Track and Field?
Olympian _________, has the most medals, with this many_______
Who is Michael Phelps · 28
23 Gold · 3 Silver · 2 Bronze
Ancient Olympic athletes wore this while competing.
What is nothing? (Ancient athletes competed naked.)
This long-distance running event was created in the first modern Olympic games and has since become popular across the world especially in New York and Boston
What is the Marathon?
The Olympic values are: Excellence, Respect, and this
What is Friendship?
Where will the 2028 Summer Olympic Games take place?
Los Angeles
The country that always enters first during the opening ceremonies for the Olympics
Per tradition, Greece always leads the parade, as Greece is the birthplace of the Olympic Games, and the host country ends the race
What is the use of the olympic torch/torch relay?
This type of dancing is considered an Olympic event for the first time in Paris 2024
What is breaking/breakdancing?
How many times have the Olympics been hosted in Paris?
Three (1900, 1924, 2024)
The first modern-day Olympic Games were held in 1896 in what Greek city?
Athens
Name the town in NY State that has hosted the winter Olympics twice in history?
Lake Placid NY
hosted two Olympic Winter Games, initially in 1932 and then again in 1980.