Sports Terms
Quad, Axel, Camel, Spiral, Twizzle, Kiss and Cry
What are terms used in figure skating.
What country hosted the first modern Winter Olympic Games?
France, 1924
Harmony
What is the theme of the 2026 games.
In the parade of nations, what country enters the arena first? Last?
Greece enters first and the host country enters last.
Which country has the most Winter Olympic medals?
Norway!!!!
Super G, Gate, Tuck, Slalom, Bluebird Day
What are terms used in skiing.
What is the oldest winter olympic sport?
a. skiing
b. biathalon
c. figure skating
d. speed skating
Figure skating
Milo and Tina
2026 mascots - they are stoats/ermine
Blue, Yellow, Black, Green, Red
What are the colors of the Olympic rings?
(symbolizing the participating continents of the first modern games: Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania)
When was artifical snow first used in the Winter Olympics?
a. 1976
b. 1980
c. 1988
1980. Lake Placid
McTwist, Alley-opp, Goofy, Cork, Rodeo, Bonk
What are terms used in snowboarding.
Which years did not have the winter games?
a. 1916, 1936, 1952
b. 1916, 1940, 1944
c. 1930, 1944, 1980
1916, 1940, 1944
Ski Mountaineering
What is the new olympic event in the 2026 games?
Athletes hike and ski up the mountain and ski down.
Which country has won a gold medal at every Winter Olympic Games?
The USA
Miracle on Ice
What wasa the 1980 ice hockey medal round game between the USA and the USSR.
Bonus points of 500 - what was the score?
Bootie, G Force, Paddle, Steels, Runner, helmet
What are terms used in luge.
What year was the first time the winter games were broadcast on television?
a. 1956
b. 1960
c. 1964
1956
approx 2800
Total number of athletes competing in the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Note: 116 events
The USA has 232 athletes competing
Citius, Altius, Fortius
a. Swift, brave, strong
b. to compete, to race, to win
c. faster, higher, stronger
Faster, Higher, Stronger
The 1964 Innsbruck, Austria winter games were only able to proceed because the Austrian Army did what?
a. Provide security.
b. Bring in tons of snow from the surrounding mountains.
c. Dig out the skiing venue after an avalanche destroyed the slope.
B. Bring in tons of snow.
Hammer, End, Button, Skip, House, Sheet
What are terms used in curling.
What three US locations have hosted the Winter Olympic Games? Note: you can name the states of these locations.
Lake Placid (1932, 1980)
Squaw Valley (1960)
Salt Lake City (2002, 2034)
What percentage of total atheletes competing in the winter games are women? (you have a 10% margin)
47% are women, with women competing in 50 events.
True or False:
Animals OFFICIALLY competed in the Winter Olympic Games. In 1928 horses pulled skiers and in 1932 teams of dogs pulled a sled and rider across the snow.
False, these were demonstration sports and were never officially included.
What gravity defyingevent happened to the Olympic torch before the 2014 Sochi, Russia Winter Games?
The Olympic torch travelled to outer space. It was transported to the International Space Station and two Russian cosmonauts took the unlit torch on a space walk.