Locations
Where the 2026 Winter Olympics are taking place (looking for BOTH cities and the country)
Milan/Cortina, Italy
This sport has a team from Jamaica in the Olympics for it (the first time Jamaica qualified in this sport was 1988), leading to the production of the movie "Cool Runnings"
Bobsleigh
In 2022, this country set the record for the most gold medals in a single Winter Olympics with 16 (they also have the most medals of all time)
Norway
There are this many disciplines in the 2026 Winter Olympics
16
After retiring due to injuries in 2019, this American skier is making a comeback at the 2026 Winter Olympics
Lindsey Vonn
This country has hosted the most Winter Olympics with 4
The United States of America
This was the most popular Olympic discipline in the 2022 Winter Olympics
Figure Skating
This nation is the only one fielding a hockey team fr the 2026 Winter Olympics with no current NHL players (and just one NHL prospect)
Italy
This many Winter Olympics have been cancelled since its inception
2 (1940 & 1944)
There are 6 nations who have won a medal at every Winter Olympics - but only this one has a gold at each Winter Olympics
USA USA USA
This city is the only city to have hosted a summer and winter olympics
Beijing, China (2008 Summer and 2022 Winter)
These two sports have individual athletes flying down an icy track, one sport going head-first and one going feet-first
Luge and Skeleton
This country is the only Winter Olympics host country to no longer exist
Yugoslavia
In 1980, American speed skater Eric Heiden set a record by winning this many individual gold medals at a single Winter Games
5
American Eddie Eagan remains the only person to win gold in different sports at both Summer and Winter Olympics. His summer gold comes from boxing; his winter gold comes from this discipline
Bobsleigh
This city hosted the first ever Winter Olympics
Charmonix, France
This sport is the most sports combined into one in the Winter Olympics (think triathlon, etc.)
Biathlon
There are 6 countries to have won at least one medal at every Winter Olympics. Two are in North America, four in Europe
Canada, USA, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Austria
This year was the first year the Winter Olympics were held at a different time than the Summer Olympics
1994
This nation once hosted a Winter Olympics and failed to win a single gold medal. They later set a record (that has since been tied twice and broken once) for most gold medals in a single Winter Olympics
Canada
This city rejected their right to host the 1972 Winter Olympics after their voters rejected a bond issue to help fund the games
Denver, Colorado, USA
This sport, while never being a medal sport, was shown as a demonstration three times at the Winter Olympics (1932, 1952, 1994). It is nonetheless a popular racing sport in some very cold places, with the most notable event being the Iditarod
There are three countries making their Winter Olympics debuts in 2026. Name one
Benin, Guinea-Bissau, United Arab Emirates
This many countries will be fielding athletes at the 2026 Winter Olympics (I'll allow + or - 5)
92
There are four total athletes representing the three nations making their debut at the 2026 Winter Olympics, all participating in this discipline
Alpine Skiing