first thing first
How many athletes are going to be competing?
Round to nearest hundredth
officially allocated 2,900 athlete spots
These Games are the most gender-balanced in Winter Olympic history, with 47% female participation (approximately 1,362 women and 1,538 men).
How many times has the US hosted the Winter Olympics
4 times, holding the most amount of times hosting
In 1994, this American figure skater famously yelled "Why me?" after being clubbed in the knee in a plot orchestrated by the ex-husband of her rival, Tonya Harding.
Nancy Kerrigan
Which sport features the “death spiral”?
Figure skating
What country has won the most Winter Olympic medals overall?
Norway
What is one of the two games that were originally part of the Summer Olympics.
Figure skating and ice hockey
This state has produced the most Winter Olympic medalists (92 total as of 2022).
Minnesota
Since the 1988 Games, organizers have provided these by the thousands; in recent Winter Games, the average has been about 37 per athlete for the two-week event.
condoms
What Winter Olympic sport is nicknamed “chess on ice”?
Curling
How many Olympic Villages are there to host the athletes?
six different Olympic Villages
For fans or athletes wishing to travel between the two main host cities, the journey is significant:
Where and in what year were the first Olympic games held
1924
Chamonix, France
The United States is the only country to have won at least one ____ medal at every single Winter Olympic Games.
gold
In 1952, a weight limit was finally imposed on this sport because teams were essentially just hiring the heaviest people they could find to gravity-bomb the track.
Bobsleigh
This "stiff" sliding sport involves athletes going head-first down a frozen tube. We're surprised there aren't more jokes about its name.
Skeleton
Which Winter Olympic sport consistently gets the highest viewership?
figure skating
In the first Winter Olympics, women were only allowed to compete in what event
figure skating
This continued until 1948, when skiing also became a competitive women’s sport. Thankfully, women can now compete in all sports at the Winter Olympics!
To save money, the organizers of the 1980 Lake Placid Games built the Olympic Village with the specific intent of turning it into this type of facility after the athletes left—and it still serves that purpose today.
federal prison
French skater Gabriella Papadakis suffered this "revealing" mishap during her 2018 performance, which she called her "worst nightmare."
Nipple Slip (or Wardrobe Malfunction)
In 2010, this female Alpine skier and Olympic legend was featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue wearing nothing but her goggles and white paint.
Lindsey Vonn
After beating the Soviets, the 1980 US Hockey team reportedly celebrated so hard that this specific beverage ran out in the entire town of Lake Placid.
beer
How many total medal events?
116 medal events
8 sports divided into 16 disciplines.
This luxury brand has designed the "preppy" opening ceremony uniforms for Team USA since 2008.
Ralph Lauren
Before the 2026 Games, this nation's ski team was accused of "greasing their poles" (literally) with a banned fluorinated wax to gain an illegal speed advantage.
Norway
Where will the 2030 Winter Olympics be held?
French Alps
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee provides bonuses ($) for podium finishes: gold, silver, and bronze.
$37,500 for gold
$22,500 for silver
$15,000 for bronze.