Venues
Roland Garros, the tennis stadium which will host matches in the olympics 2024 is named after who?
A) A scientiest
B) An aviator
C) An author
B) An aviator
In 1913, he became the first person to fly across the Mediterranean.
A) The girl with the pearl earring
B) Guernica
C) The Monalisa
C) The Monalisa- Leonardo DaVinci
Which of these sports is NOT new to the Paris 2024 olympics?
A) Breakdancing
B) Sport climbing
C) Tug of war
C) Tug of war
Although it was until 1920!
A) Marseille
B) Paris
C) Quebec
B) Paris!
The Paris 2024 olympic medals will weigh how many grams?
A) 539
B) 429
C) 529
C) 529
A loaf of bread!
The Eiffel Tower will host which sport?
A) Equestrian disciplines
B) Rugby
C) Volleyball
C) Volleyball
+ blind football!
Name the river that flows through Paris
A) The nile
B) The danube
C) The seine
B) The danube
Which of these sports is the FASTEST olympic sport?
A) Badminton
B) Archery
C) Cycling
A) Badminton
A shuttlecock can travel up to 439 km/h
The paralympics were first held in Rome, in which year?
A) 1942
B) 1926
C) 1960
1960 in Rome, alongside the Olympic Games. Although still known at the time as the International Stoke Mandeville Games, the Paralympic spirit was already alive in each one of the 400 athletes from 23 countries participating in various sports.
France is the largest country in Europe, often referred to as which shape?
A) Square
B) Hexagon
C) Circle
B) Hexagon
Which famous French castle will host olympic events this year?
A) Chateau de Versailles
B) Chateau de Marseille
C) Chateau de Paris
A) Chateau de Versaille
Will host equestrian disciplines such as dressage, show jumping and eventing
True or False? The Eiffel Tower was unpopular when it was built
True! It was considered an eyesore for residents
How many olympic medals have France won?
A) 740
B) 751
C) 763
B) 751
Paralympic athletes compete in six different disability groups—amputee, cerebral palsy, visual impairment, spinal cord injuries, intellectual disability, and “les autres” (athletes whose disability does not fit into one of the other categories, including dwarfism).
What does this mean in English?
The others
The Phrygian cap is the French symbol or what?
A) Love
B) Freedom
C) Unity
B) Freedom
The Paris 2024 olympics will contain a piece of metal from the Eiffel Tower. Which metal?
A) Iron
B) Steel
C) Bronze
A) Iron
True or False? Paris is home to more dogs than children
True!
Which olympic sport is considered the hardest?
A) Waterpolo
B) Gymnastics
C) Surfing
A) Waterpolo
What material are the paralympic medals made from?
A) Iron
B) Gold
C) Silver
C) A less-known Paralympic fact is how the gold medal is made. Every athlete strives for gold, but in reality, the much-coveted gold medals are silver medals plated with gold.
Is 'France' a French word?
True or False?
False! France is named after the Franks, A germanic people who inhabited France
About 500 years After the Romans conquered the Celtic Gauls, a Germanic warrior tribe, whom the Romans called the “Franks,” invaded and conquered most of Gaul, a part of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century (present-day northern France, Belgium, and western Germany).
Paris will host surfing in Teahupo'o, a French overseas territory, in which country?
A) Taiwan
B) Guadeloupe
C) Tahiti
Teahupo'o reef pass, Tahiti, French Polynesia, breaking the record for the farthest medal competition to stage outside the host city. A total of 48 surfers (24 for each gender) will compete in the shortboard events, augmenting the athlete size by eight more than those in Tokyo 2020.
How many parks and squares does Paris have?
A) 306
B) 400
C) 235
B) Over 400!
Which French athlete has won the most olympic medals?
A) Gael Monfils
B) Martin Fourcade
C) Oriane Bertone
Martin Fourcade. He is a five-time Olympic biathlete (nordic skiing), an eleven-time World Champion and a seven-time winner of the Overall World Cup. As of February 2018, he is the most successful French Olympian of all time.
Jean-Baptiste Alaize's outstanding story of overcoming adversity is told in the Netflix documentary 'Rising Phoenix' released on August 2020, where he is featured among nine Paralympians.
The Frenchman and two-time Paralympian, suffered from a traumatic childhood as he had his right leg was amputated after being attacked during an armed conflict in Burundi in 1994 at three years old. "They gave me a machete in the back, arm and leg. They left me for dead but I survived." He even witnessed his mother being assassinated.
After years in an orphanage, he was adopted by a French family and moved to Montelimar, France, in 1998.
Which sport does he partake in?
A) Swimming B)Athletics C) Diving
B) Athletics
Took bronze at the London 2017 World Para Athletics Championship
Marianne has been the national personification of the French Republic since the French Revolution, as a personification of what?
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité