ANCIENT OLYMPICS
The group of people originally allowed to compete in the ancient Olympic Games.
Who are free Greek men?
The modern Summer Olympics were first held in this European capital.
What is Athens?
The Winter Olympics are traditionally held every this many years.
What is four years?
The lack of this geographical feature has made it difficult for British athletes to compete at elite level in many winter sports.
What are mountains?
Eddie the Eagle's real name.
Who is Michael Edwards?
The ancient Olympic Games were held in honour of this Greek god.
Who is Zeus?
The time and place where the most recent Summer Olympic Games were held.
When and where is 2024 in Paris, France?
The time and place where the most recent Winter Olympic Games were held.
When and where is 2022 in Beijing, China?
Two Winter Olympic sports in which the UK has traditionally been particularly successful.
What is figure skating, skeleton, and curling.
ddie the Eagle supported his Olympic dream by working in this manual trade.
What is a plasterer?
The location where the ancient Olympic Games were held.
What is Olympia, Greece?
The three sports in which Czech athletes won gold medals at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics.
What are tennis (Kateřina Siniaková and Tomáš Macháč), canoeing (Martin Fuksa), and kayaking (Josef Dostál)?
The first year in which the Winter Olympic Games were held as a separate event from the Summer Olympics.
What is 1924?
The Winter Olympic Games at which the United Kingdom first competed in ski jumping.
What are the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary?
The reason Eddie became famous despite finishing last at the Olympics.
What is his determination / underdog story / Olympic spirit?
Two athletic events that featured in the ancient Olympic Games.
What are running and wrestling?
(also acceptable: boxing, pankration, discus, javelin)
Three sports that are commonly featured in the Summer Olympics.
What are athletics, swimming, and gymnastics?
The French town that hosted the first-ever Winter Olympic Games.
What is Chamonix?
The year in which the United Kingdom first took part in the Winter Olympic Games.
What is 1924?
The Winter Olympic Games at which Eddie competed in ski jumping.
What are the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary?
The year in which the ancient Olympic Games are believed to have begun.
What is 776 BC?
The year in which the modern Olympic Games were established.
What is 1896?
The Czech snowboarder who won a gold medal at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
Who is Ester Ledecká?
The winter sport that brought the UK its first-ever Winter Olympic gold medal.
What is figure skating?
The two ski-jumping events Eddie competed in at the 1988 Olympics.
What are the 70-metre and 90-metre jumps?
This unusual feature of the ancient Olympic Games celebrated body and symbolised equality among male athletes.
What is competing naked?
The approximate number of nations that typically participate in the Summer Olympics today.
What is over 200 nations?
The Czech speed skater who won a bronze medal at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
Who is Martina Sáblíková?
The current UK national record in ski jumping, held by Sam Adams Bolton, which is considered modest by international standards.
What is 134.5 metres?
Eddie the Eagle’s personal best ski jump distance.
What is about 73.5 metres?
During the ancient Olympic Games, Greek city-states observed this period of peace.
What is the Olympic Truce?
This Olympic motto, introduced in the modern era, encourages athletes to push their limits.
What is “Citius, Altius, Fortius” (Faster, Higher, Stronger)?
The Winter Olympics at which the Czech men’s ice hockey team won its first Olympic gold medal.
What are the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics?
The longest officially recognised ski jump ever recorded in competition.
What is 254.5 metres? (the jump by Domen Prevc in Planica in 2025)
What are the 70-metre and 90-metre jumps?
What is the “Eddie the Eagle Rule”?