Ancient Olympics
This Greek city is where the first Olympics was held in 776 BC.
What is Olympia, Greece?
Other than Antarctica, this is the only continent to have never hosted an Olympics.
What is Africa?
The 2024 Olympic Games are being held in this city/country.
What is Paris, France?
This is the prize a 4th place finisher receives.
What is a Diploma?
(Given to 1st - 8th place)
This is the kind of medal you receive for a 3rd place finish.
What is Bronze?
The first 12 Olympics had this one event.
What is a footrace?
(190m - or one length of the stadium - called a ‘stade’)
Olympian _________, has the most medals, with this many_______
Who is Michael Phelps · 28
23 Gold · 3 Silver · 2 Bronze
Michael Phelps, Mark Spitz, Jenny Thompson and Katie Ledecky competed in this Olympic sport.
What is swimming?
These are the colors of the 5 Olympics rings.
What is Blue, Black, Red, Yellow and Green?
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?
This is the prize received by winners of ancient Olympic events.
What is an olive-leaf wreath?
This is the number of territories/countries represented in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
What is the 206 National Olympic Committees?
This famous structure is in Paris near the beach volleyball courts.
What is the Eiffel Tower?
This sport requires that participants run races, jump hurdles, and throw a javelin.
What is Track and Field?
Olympic gold medals are mostly made of this precious metal.
What is silver?
Ancient Olympic athletes wore this while competing.
What is nothing? (Ancient athletes competed naked.)
This is the age of the oldest athlete competing in 2024 Olympics.
What is 69?
(Australia's Mary Hanna, dressage)
The Olympic values are: Excellence, Respect, and this.
What is Friendship?
This is the number of years between each Olympic games.
What is 2? (Alternating between summer and winter)
This country always enters first during the opening ceremonies for the Olympics.
What is Greece?
What is the use of the olympic torch/torch relay?
As of 2024, this is one of 5 Olympic events that the US has never won a medal in.
What is badminton/handball/rhythmic gymnastics/table tennis/trampoline?
This sport is making its debut at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
What is 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?
This town in NY State has hosted the winter Olympics twice in history.
Lake Placid, NY