Milano
2026 Olympics
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This gothic Milanese building took 6 centuries to complete, sporting at least 4 major architectural styles

Il duomo di Milan

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This Women's Figure Skating athlete has become a cultural icon for her palpable joy on the ice, and winning two gold medals after formerly retiring from the sport

Alyssa Liu

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This American is the only athlete in history to have won a gold medal in both the Summer and Winter Olympics for different disciplines, boxing and bobsled

Eddie Eagan

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This country has the most winter olympic gold medals, at 447

Norway

100

This number of olympic athletes have won gold in at least two winter sports

5

200

This building is home to two of the largest soccer teams in Europe, Inter Milan and AC Milan

San Siro

200

These two anthropomorphic stoats were selected as Olympic Mascots from a national competition across Italian schools

Tina and Milo

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This olympic speed skater is the most decorated athlete in her sport, with 13 medals, including 6 golds

Ireen Wüst

200
Until this year, the Summer and Winter Olympics were held in the same year

1992

200
The Olympic Rings are representative of these 5 things

The five parts of the world (Africa, Asia, Australia, the Americas and Europe)

300

The Milanese Basilica di Santa Maria delle Grazie survived WWII carpet bombing, leaving this famous painting miraculously untouched.

The Last Supper (Ultima Cena)

300

This number of world records were broken this year at the Olympics, all in the Speed Skating catgory

Nine

300

This female Norwegian cross-country skier is the most decorated winter olympian in history, sporting 15 medals, including 8 gold

Marit Bjørgen

300

Since they started in 1924 ,the modern Olympic games have been held every 4 years except for these 2 back-to-back cancellations

1940 and 1944 (Cancelled because of WWII)

300

This discontinued Olympic demonstration sport features a person on skis being dragged by a horse, dogs, or motor vehicle

Skijoring

400

Alongside Paris, London, and New York, Milan is known as one of the 4 capitals of the world in this

Fashion

400

This athlete's overtime screamer clinched America's first Men's hockey gold medal since 1980

Jack Hughes

400

This American Figure Skater, known as the "Quad God" is the first and only athlete to successfully land a quadruple axel in international competition, performing it in 2022

Ilia Malinin

400

This 1980 Olympic gold medal hockey game is known as one of the greatest upsets in sports history, where America defeated the USSR, the 4-time defending champions

The Miracle on Ice

400

This discontinued Olympic sport has its origins in ski warfare, and is the predecessor of the modern biathalon. The sport encompasses 20km cross country skiing, mountaineering, and rifle shooting.

Military Patrol

500

In the year 600 BC, Milan was founded by this group of people, before being conquered by the Romans almost 400 years later

The Celts

500

The USA mens hockey team features these 2 pairs of brothers (last names only)

 Hughes and Tkachuk

500

The only approved Figure Skating jump where the athlete takes off facing forward, is named after this Norwegian skater, who created it in 1882

Axel Paulsen

500

Kim Yun-mi made history in 1994 as the youngest olympic gold medalist while she was only this age

13 years and 85 days

500

This New York village has hosted the winter olympics twice, in 1932 and 1980

Lake Placid