Winter Olympics
This Winter Olympics team sport on ice allows “body checking”.
What is "Ice Hockey"?
(True or False): The Olympic Winter Games have never been hosted in the southern hemisphere.
True
This team enters as a defending champion and is the most decorated team with five gold medals in seven tournaments since 1998.
Hint: It is a Canadian Team
What is Canada Women's National Ice Hockey Team.
Fact: Canada arrive as the defending Beijing 2022 Olympic champions and the most decorated nation in women’s ice hockey history, with five gold medals ((2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2022) since the event debuted at Nagano 1998.
Eligible athletes from these countries compete under a neutral flag in recent Winter Games due to sanctions.
What is Russia and Belarus?
In Curling, the player who directs strategy and calls shots is known as this.
Who is the "Skip"?
The 2030 Winter Olympics are set to take place in this European region:
What is French Alps?
Cross country skier Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, who won a 10th gold medal in cross country skiing at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Wednesday Feb 18, setting another Winter Games record, is from this country?
What is Norway?
The only country to have won a gold medal at every Winter Olympic Games is
What is USA?
This sport includes a “halfpipe” event and became an Olympic sport in 1998.
a) Freestyle Skiing
b) Snowboarding
c) Speed Skating
d) Nordic Combined
What is Snowboarding (Option B)?
In 1988, a four-man bobsleigh team from this tropical country made their historic debut at the Calgary games
What is Jamaica?
Fun Fact: Movie "Cool Runnings" was based on this event
In this sport, Austrian athlete Benjamin Karl won gold at the 2026 Winter Games in Milano Cortina, becoming the oldest individual Winter Olympic gold medalist in history.
What is Snowboarding?
Fact: He won men's parallel giant slalom ( a discipline in Snowboarding) at 40 years 115 days.
Country to win at least one curling medal at each Olympic Winter Games since Nagano 1998
What is Canada?
This Winter Olympic sport requires both cross-country skiing and ski jumping skills.
a) Alpine Skiing
b) Bobsleigh
c) Nordic Combined
d) Freestyle Skiing
What is Nordic Combined?
This year marked the first time the Winter Olympic Games were held:
a) 1924
b) 1922
c) 1918
d) 1930
What is 1924?
Fact: The first Winter Olympics were held in France, in the alpine town of Chamonix.
How many Canadian athletes are competing in this year’s Winter Olympics
A) 151
B) 98
C) 207
D) 322
What is 207?
Fact: 52% women: first winter games when women outnumber men in Canada. From 18-year-old snowboarders to 44-year-old curler)
How many countries have participated in every Winter Olympic Games?
1)5
2)6
3)9
4)12
What is 12?
Fact: To date, 12 countries have participated in every Olympic Winter Games – Austria, Canada, Finland, France, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States.
Which factor most impacts a bobsled team’s time?
A) Individual sprint speed only
B) Team push synchronization
C) Sled color
D) Crowd noise
What is Team push synchronization (Option B)?
Until this year, the Summer and Winter Olympic Games were held in the same calendar year before the schedule was changed to alternate every two years
What is 1992?
At 44, he will be the first Canadian curler to compete in four Olympic Games (2010, 2018, 2022, 2026):
a) Brad Jacobs
b) Brett Gallant
c) Marc Kennedy
d) Tyler Tardi
Who is Marc Kennedy (Option C)?
Country with the record for the highest overall medal tally—including the gold, silver, and bronze medals—in Winter Olympic Games history
a) Norway
b) United states
c) Canada
d) Austria
ze medals of all time
What is Norway?
Fact: Norway holds the highest total medal count at the Winter Olympics with 405 medals—148 gold, 134 silver, and 123 bronze—while the United States is in second place with 330 medals, including 114 gold, 121 silver, and 95 bronze.