Ancient Olympics
Greek city where the first Olympics was held in 776 BC.
What is Olympia, Greece?
Olympic gold medals are mostly made of this precious metal
What is silver?
The 2024 Olympic Games were being held in which city/country?
What is Paris?
The prize a 4th place finish receives
What is a Diploma?
(Given to 1st - 8th place)
Number of territories/countries represented in the 2024 Paris Olympics
What is the 206 National Olympic Committees?
The first 12 Olympics had this one event
What is a footrace?
(190m - or one length of the stadium - called a ‘stade’)
This continent has never hosted an Olympics (not Antarctica)
What is Africa?
Michael Phelps, Mark Spitz, Jenny Thompson and Katie Ledecky competed in this Olympic sport.
What is swimming?
The colors of the Olympics rings
What is Blue, Black, Red, Yellow and Green?
Age of the oldest athlete competing in 2024 Olympics
What is 69?
(Australia's Mary Hanna, dressage)
This is the prize received by winners of ancient Olympic events
What is an olive-leaf wreath?
The kind of medal you receive for a 3rd place finish
What is Bronze?
Famous structure is in Paris France near the beach volleyball courts.
What is the Eiffel Tower?
What is the sport that participants run races, jump hurdles, and throw a javelin.
What is Track and Field?
Olympian _________, has the most medals, with this many_______
Who is Michael Phelps · 28
23 Gold · 3 Silver · 2 Bronze
Ancient Olympic athletes wore this while competing.
What is nothing? (Ancient athletes competed naked.)
This long-distance running event was created in the first modern Olympic games and has since become popular across the world especially in New York and Boston
What is the Marathon?
The Olympic values are: Excellence, Respect, and this
What is Friendship?
The number of years between each Olympic games
What is 2? (Alternating between summer and winter)
The country that always enters first during the opening ceremonies for the Olympics
What is Greece?
What is the use of the olympic torch/torch relay?
This type of dancing is considered an Olympic event for the first time in Paris 2024
What is breaking/breakdancing?
What sport is making its debut at the 2024 Olympics in Paris?
Breakdancing.
The union of the five continents and the meeting of athletes from throughout the world at the Olympic Games is represented by this symbol
What are the Olympic rings?
Name the town in NY State that has hosted the winter Olympics twice in history?
Lake Placid NY