Black Athletes Making History
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Multiple Choice
100
This athlete became the first black Olympian to win a gold medal in bobsledding.
Who is Vonetta Flowers?
100
In this sport two opposing teams use sticks to control, advance, and shoot a "puck" into the other team's goal.
What is Ice Hockey?
100
The Olympic rings represent these 5 world continents.
What is Africa, Asia, America, Europe and Oceania/Australia?
100
This is the country that the last Winter Olympics were held in.
What is South Korea?
100
This color is not one of the rings on the Olympic flag.
A .Black
B. Purple
C. Green
What is Purple?
200
He became the first black male to win a gold medal during the Winter Olympics, where he played hockey for Canada.
Who is Jarome Iginla?
200
This sport combines speed and tricks while an individual has a board attached to their feet.
What is snowboarding?
200
In the first winter Olympics women were ONLY able to compete in this sport.
What is Figure Skating?
200
This is the date that the 2022 Olympics began.
What is February 4th 2022?
200
Approximately this many countries compete in the Olympics.
A. 200
B. 65
C. 475
What is 200?
300
This athlete became the first Black American to earn a medal during the Winter Olympics all while being a student at Stanford University.
Who is Debi Thomas?
300
In this sport individuals or teams of two or four pile into a sled and maneuver down an icy track at speeds of 80+ mph.
What is bobsledding?
300
This is the only country that has won a gold medal every winter Olympics.
What is the U.S?
300
The number of new events being contested at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
What is seven?
300
The country that the first Winter Olympics were held.
A. Switzerland
B. U.S
C. France
What is France?
400
This speedskater became the first black athlete to win a gold medal in an individual competition.
Who is Shani Davis?
400
This is a winter sliding sport in which a person rides a small sled, known as a skeleton bobsled, down a frozen track while lying face down and head-first.
What is Skeleton?
400
This type of animal is one out of the two that have played a role in an Olympic sport.
What is a dog?
400
In the last Winter Olympics Jocelyne Lamoureux scored this many goals 6 seconds apart, setting a record for the shortest time between goals by any player.
What is two?
400
This is who organized the opening ceremonies for the 1960 Winter Olympics.
A. Richard Nixon
B. Muhammad Ali
C. Walt Disney
Who is Walt Disney?
500
She qualified for the Olympics after only learning to speed skate 4 months prior, also becoming the first black woman on the U.S long-track team.
Who is Erin Jackson?
500
This sport was first contested in the Olympic Games at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Since 1924, the sport has been a part of the Winter Olympic Games.
What is Figure Skating?
500
No country in this hemisphere has held a Winter Olympics.
What is the Southern Hemisphere?
500
15-year-old Russian figure skater, Kamila Valieva became the first woman to land this type of jump at the Olympics this year.
What is a quad jump?
500
This group of athletes enter first in the Parade of Nations at the opening ceremony.
A. Greece
B. Host Nation
C. Past Winners
What is Greece?