Winter Games
Where was the first Winter Olympics Held?
What is... France
Chamonix, France hosted the first winter Olympics from January 25 to February 5, 1924.
Where was the 2020 Summer Olympic games supposed to take place?
What is... Tokyo
Can You Name 5 Summer Olympic Sports.
What is….
Archery, artistic swimming, athletics, badminton, baseball-softball, basketball, beach volleyball, boxing, canoe slalom, canoe sprint, BMX, mountain biking, road cycling, track cycling, diving, equestrian/dressage, equestrian eventing, equestrian jumping, fencing, football, golf, artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, handball, hockey, judo, karate, marathon swimming, modern pentathlon, rowing, rugby, sailing, shooting, skateboarding, climbing, surfing, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, trampoline, triathlon, volleyball, water polo, weightlifting, freestyle wrestling, reco-roman wrestling
What Country did the Olympics originate from?
What is...Greece
What happened to Ben Johnson at the 1988 Olympics seventy two hours after setting a new world record?
What is… Stripped of his medal for anabolic steroid use
How many sports are in the Winter Olympics?
Bonus 100 points: can you name at least 5?
What is... 15 Winter Sports
alpine, skiing, biathlon bobsleigh, cross country skiing, curling, figure skating, freestyle skiing, ice hockey, luge, Nordic combined, short track, skeleton, ski jump, snowboarding, speed skating
Which discipline returned to the summer Olympic in 1988, after 64 years of absence? Was it:
A: Snowboarding B: Football C: Tennis D: Curling
What is... C Tennis
Can you name the sport that involves a vault, high bar, rings and a balance beam?
What is... Gymnastics
An Olympic gold medal is made mostly of what metal?
Gold, Copper, Silver or Nickel
What is... Silver?
The last Olympic medal that was actually solid gold was awarded in 1912. Today, "gold" medals are 92.5% silver.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics Penny Olesiak became the youngest Canadian to accomplish what?
What is… Win an Olympic medal
Which country has hosted the Winter Games more than any other country?
What is... the USA
They have hosted 4 winter games 1932, 1960, 1980 and 2002
The controversial 1980 Summer Olympics were held in this capital City.
What is... Moscow
What sport involved polished stones, brooms and ice?
What is... Curling
What 5 colours make up the intersecting rings of the Olympic flag?
What is... Red, Black, Green, Blue and Yellow
What happened to Silken Laumann just months before the Barcelona Summer Olympics?
What is… she was involved in collision with a German coxless pairs team and badly damaged her leg
Which country had separate teams for east and west competing in the Winter Olympic Games between 1968 and 1988?
What is... Germany
Name the 2 cities that hosted the Summer Olympics in the 1970’s they both begin with the same letter.
What is... Munich and Montreal
Which game requires good swimming skills, 6 players and a goal keeper?
What is... Water Polo
Which television and movie producer organized the opening ceremonies for the 1960 Winter Olympics?
What is... Walt Disney?
Walt Disney was responsible for producing both the opening and closing ceremonies.
Gaeten Boucher became the first Canadian to have won three medals at an Olympics and held the record until 2006. What sport did he claim these medals?
What is… speed skating?
What four indoor sports are part of the Winter Olympics?
What is... Curling, figuring skating, speed skating and ice hockey.
Which winter sport was initially part of the Summer Olympics.
What is... Figure skating
The Modern Pentathlon consists of swimming, shooting, fencing, running, and which other Olympic Sport?
What is... Show Jumping
Which of the following was removed from the Olympics programme for 2012 and 2016, but was added, for the 2020 Summer Olympics?
A: Softball B: Table Tennis C: Taekwondo D: Volleyball
What is… A Softball
Softball was not a part of the modern Olympics anymore?
Oakville, Ontario sprinter became the world’s fastest man at the Atlanta Olympics. What was his name?
What is… Donovan Bailey