Ancient History
This country is where the first Olympic games took place.
What is Greece?
This historic Alpine town is where the 2026 Winter Olympics are being held.
What is Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy?
In the late 19th century the modern form of ice hockey was formalized in this country.
What is Canada?
This Short Track Speed Skater is the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian with 8 total medals (2 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze) earned across the 2002, 2006, and 2010 Games.
Who is Apolo Ohno?
Despite its name, an Olympic gold medal is not made entirely of gold. Each medal contains only 6 grams of pure gold. The original medals contained this much gold.
What is 100% pure gold?
Instead of uniforms the original athletes wore this.
What is nothing? They competed in the buff and were oiled.
Tina and Milo, two sibling stoats (short-tailed weasels) have this job.
What are mascots for Olympics? Also for the Paralympics.
Curling was developed in the 16th century and the first clubs were organized in the 19th century in this country.
What is Scotland?
This Speed Skatier is the most decorated female U.S. Winter Olympian (6 medals including 5 golds). She dominated the 500m and 1000m events from 1988 to 1994.
Who is Bonnie Blair?
This symbol of the Olympics represent the union of the five continents. The five different colors represent the colors of the flags of all the participating countries at the time they were created in 1913.
What are the Olympic Rings?
Instead of receiving medals, the winners recieved this.
What is an olive wreath?
They were also treated as heroes, often receiving free food and gifts for life from their hometowns.
This country was the setting for the first modern games in 1924.
What is France?
In 1772 the first instructional book for figure skating was written in this country.
What is England?
This Speed Skater achieved one of the greatest feats in history by winning 5 gold medals in a single Winter Olympics (1980 Lake Placid), setting Olympic records in every event.
Who is Eric Heiden?
This event is making it's debut at the 2026 games. Described as downhill skiing without the chairlifts; it is a fast-paced winter sport combining uphill skinning, hiking, and downhill skiing
What is Ski Mountaineering or Skimo?
The punishment for women watching Olympic competiion was to be thrown off a cliff except for this loophole.
What is owning their own horses in chariot races?
Lindsey Vonn's appearance in the Women's Downhill at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics is significant due to this.
What is her age? At age 41 she is competing after a five-year retirement, a partial knee replacement and a ruptured ACL.
All original skiing disciplines are rooted in this country.
What is Norway?
This snowboarder won 3 gold medals in the men's halfpipe and is the first U.S. Winter Olympian to win gold medals 12 years apart.
Who is Shaun White?
This is the first time in Olympic history that two cities have been officially named as co-hosts. Name one of these cities.
What are Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo?
The original Olympics began as part of a religious ancient Greek festival, which celebrated this the Greek God of sky and weather.
Who is Zeus?
The biggest threat to the Winter Olympics in the next 25 years is this.
What is climate change?
In the 19th century, modern sliding events, including bobsleigh and skeleton, were created in this country.
What is Norway?
She is the winningest alpine skier of all time, with 3 Olympic medals (2 gold, 1 silver). She continues to be a top contender at the 2026 Games.
Who is Mikaela Shiffrin?
This years closing ceremonies make history for this reason.
What is, it will take place at the Verona Arena, a Roman amphitheater (a world Heritage site) that is nearly 2,000 years old?