Summer Sports
Sport that involves diving into a pool and racing.
Swimming
This sport is also known as "ice dancing"
Figure skating
The two main characters in "Hour of the Olympics"
Jack & Annie
The three types of medals athletes win are:
Gold, silver, bronze
Only the goalie is allowed to touch the ball with their hands in this sport.
Soccer
Ice Hockey
The name of the wise man Jack and Annie meet
Plato
The amount of times the Olympics have been canceled.
3 times (1 time during WWI and twice during WWII) (postponed once due to COVID-19)
Specific events in this sport include floor, pommel horse, uneven bars, and balance beam
Gymnastics
2 or 4 at a time race a special sled down a track in this sport.
Bobsled
Name one event at the Olympic games Jack and Annie witness.
Chariot racing, foot racing, wrestling, javelin, discuss
The amount of times the US has hosted the Olympics.
8 times (more than any other country!)
Vocabulary used in this sport includes "bump," "set," and "spike"
Volleyball
This sport involves special equipment for your feet that allow the athlete to slide down a large hill very quickly.
Downhill or Cross-Country Skiing
Nike is the goddess of this.
Victory
The number of people who have won gold medals during the summer AND winter Olympics.
1 person (Eddie Egan for boxing in summer and bobsled in winter)
This set of Olympic sports involves horses doing various events.
Equestrian
The aim of this game is to get your "stone" (aka flat, heavy ball) closest to the center target to score points. Teammates help by using brooms to make the path more slippery.
Curling
The place of the first Olympic games
The youngest Olympian was this age
10 years old (Dimitrios Loundras, gymnast in 1896)