Who's Who
75-1 record with the US Men's Olympics Basketball Team, stepped down in 2016 and stepped down from his long running college coaching career in 2021
Who is Mike Krzyzewski?
The #1 Olympic sport in rankings.
Track & Field
25,000 volunteers helped out with the 2010 Winter Olympics hosted by this city in Canada.
What is Vancouver?
At the first Olympics in 1896, winners received a silver medal and this natural symbol of peace.
What is an olive branch?
How many lanes does an Olympic standard swimming pool have?
8
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Won his 7th gold medal just by a fingertip (literally) in the 2008 Olympics
Who is Michael Phelps?
What sport started the ancient Olympic Games?
Chariot race
True or False.
giant inflatable tube men you probably associate with car dealerships were first invented for the Olympics
True
Used in Atlanta Olympics for the opening ceremony and have stuck around since!
The official Olympic symbol and colors
What are the Olympic Rings? Blue. Yellow, Black, Green, and Red (Bonus)
DAILY DOUBLE
How many miles is the distance of the marathon race in the Olympics?
26
Olympic Gold Medalist who went on to be a famous WWE Wrestler and Actor
Who is Kurt Angle?
DAILY DOUBLE
There are 6 martial arts at the Tokyo Olympics. Name them.
Boxing, fencing, judo, karate, taekwondo, and wrestling
In honor of the Los Angeles Olympics, this fast food chain offered free burgers, fries, and Cokes "every time a US athlete reached the medals podium."
McDonald's
Fun fact:
In 1984 Games - when Soviet Union (an Olympic "powerhouse") boycotted the Olympics, America went on an unprecedented winning streak... it was also the "most costly" promotion in McDonald's history.
True or False
gold medals are made of more silver than gold
True!
the “gold” medal consists of only six grams of gold plating over 92.5% silver
How many boats are side-by-side in a rowing competition?
6
This elite athlete reminded the world the importance of mental and physical health.
"My mental and physical health is above all medals I could ever win"
Simone Biles
This sport was held only once in Olympic history, in 1900, described as "très aristocratique" (very aristocratic). This was the first and only time in Olympic history when animals were killed on purpose.
Live Pigeon Shooting
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
A platypus was one of the mascots of the 2000 games, held in this city.
What is Sydney?
This city was ranked the world's safest city in 2019, first games to ever use artificial intelligence to manage security features was also hosted in this city.
Tokyo
It was only in this year did every participating nation have women athletes in every sport.
2012
The winningest Track and Field US athlete in history to date.
Allyson Felix
This sport that's also known as whiff-whaff and flim-flam has been an Olympic sport since 1988.
What is table tennis?
Which country pays the most for its athletes earning gold? How much?
(BONUS: Which country pays the least?)
Most: Singapore $737,000
BONUS:
Least: Australia $15,000
(USA $37,500) ...
In honor of the Sochi Games, Canada made a fridge with a passport scanner, "A fridge of free libations", to put it simply "no Canadian passport, no ____".
What did this fridge serve?
beer
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Lanes are assigned in Olympic swimming based on their qualifying time. The fastest swimmer is placed in what lane?
The fastest gets the center lane. Lanes 3 and 5 go to the next fastest. That is why you'll often find the gold-medal favorite in Lane 4.