Olympic History
In which country did the Olympics originate?
What is Greece?
Who is the most decorated US gymnast of all time?
Who is Simone Biles?
What do the five rings represent?
What is the 5 participating continents?
Africa
Americas
Asia
Australia
Europe
Sydney was chosen over _________as the host city for the 2000 Olympic Games
What is Beijing?
The Tokyo Tower was inspired by what famous iron-wrought lattice tower
What is the Eiffel Tower?
Who is credited with starting the modern Olympic games?
Who was Baron Pierre de Coubertin?
Which athlete slowed down to make way for a group of ducks in the middle of the rowing race at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam?
Who was Bobby Pearce
Which State has the most athletes heading to the 2020 Tokyo Games
What is California?
126 Athletes
Which President officially opened the 2004 Games
Who is Konstantinos Stephanopoulos?
What is Cat Cafe?
What prize was given to winners of the Olympics in Ancient Greece?
What is Olive Branch Crown?
Who was the famous actor and athlete who has won 5 gold medals in swimming?
Who is Johnny Weissmuller?
Not so long ago, this Olympics was the first time all participating countries sent female athletes.
Hint: City and year?
What is London 2012 Games?
What was the Mascot of the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing?
What was the FUWA-Chinese good luck dolls?
Tokyo's Harajuku has a reputation for its one of a kind ___________?
What is street fashion?
What are the colors of of the Olympic rings?
What is Blue, Yellow, Black, Green and Red?
Which famous American boxer nicknamed "The Greatest" has the former name, Cassius Clay?
Who was Muhammad Ali?
When was the first time the Olympics were held in South America?
City and Year?
What is Rio 2016?
What aspect of the London 2012 Games was designed by Oscar Winning Film Director Danny Boyle
What was the Opening Show?
This café in Tokyo only hires men as staff
The first modern Olympics were held in what year?
What is 1896?
Mark Spitz held the record for most gold medals in a single Olympics, winning seven.
That record stood until ___________ broke it in the 2008 Olympics.
Who is Michael Phelps?
The Olympic Games were cancelled in 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic. What other two major world events have caused cancellation of the Olympic games
Hint: Just mention the events, no dates.
What was World War 1 and World War 2
The 2016 Summer Olympics was the 20th time this popular soft drink company has been a sponsor and and the longest continuous partner of the Olympic games
What is Coca Cola?
These birds would often build their nests atop power lines during the breeding season. In Tokyo, they are one of the causes of blackouts
What is Crows?
The official motto for the Olympics is Citius, Altius, Fortius? What does this mean in English?
What is Faster, Higher, Stronger?
She is a 17 year old tennis player from Atlanta, GA but may miss the Tokyo Games due to testing positive for Covid-19
Who s Coco Gauff?
Four sports will make their debut at the Tokyo Games. They are Skateboarding, Sport Climbing, Surfing and this other one________?
What is Karate?
"United by Emotion" is the Motto for which year's Olympic games played hosted in which city.
Hint: City and year.
What is Tokyo 2020?
What is an Umbrella?