Ancient Olympics
What were winners awarded with during the ancient games?
What is an olive wreath?
This long-distance running event was created in the first modern Olympic games and has since become popular across the world (including Chicago).
What is the Marathon?
Where was the last summer Olympics held
Tokyo, Japan
What year did the NBA “Dream Team” participate in the Olympics?
What is 1992?
This countries athletes are always the last to enter in the Parade of Nations at the opening ceremony
Who is the host nation's athletes?
What did athletes wear when competing?
What is nothing? All athletes competed naked.
The Olympics were not held in 1916, 1940, and 1944 due to these two major global events.
What are WWI and WWII?
The Summer Olympic sport that is listed last alphabetically.
What is wrestling?
The last year the US Men's National Basketball Team did not win the gold medal in the Olympics
What is 2004?
I am the U.S. male sprinter that has won the most gold medals during his career
Who is Carl Lewis?
Where were the ancient Olympics held? (Hint: Looking for a city)
What is Olympia, Greece?
What do the five rings of the Olympic Symbol stand for?
The five inhabited continents
Where is the United States' official summer Olympic training center?
a. Lake Tahoe, CA
b. Lake Placid, NY
c. Colorado Springs, CO
d. Tampa Bay, FL
Colorado Springs, CO
The most decorated Olympic athlete
Who is Michael Phelps?
How many countries have hosted the Olympic Games?
What is 23?
Name two of the main events held during the ancient Olympics?
Running, long jump, shot put, javelin, boxing, pankration and equestrian events
What are olympic medals are made of?
silver (with gold plating)
These two Winter Olympic sports originally made their debut in the Summer Olympic Games
What is figure skating and ice hockey?
What USA athlete famously won three gold medals in track and field at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, making history as an African American athlete?
Who is Jesse Owens?
What are the official languages of the games? (Looking for 3)
English and French plus the host country's language
What is five days?
What are the five summer sports that have been included in every modern Olympic competition since 1896.
Track and field, swimming, cycling, fencing and gymnastics.
What sport is making its debut at the 2024 Olympics in Paris?
Breakdancing.
The number of times that the United States has hosted the Summer Olympic Games.
What is 4 times? (St. Louis, 1904; Los Angeles, 1932; Los Angeles, 1984; and Atlanta, 1996.)
How old is the youngest Olympic gold medalist in modern Summer Olympics?
What is 13 years old? (Marjorie Gestring, a 13-year-old American diver who won the springboard competition in 1936 )