Olympic Medals
This Country has the highest medal count at the 2024 Summer Olympics with 126 total medals
What is the US?
Whioch ancient civilization (country) is credited with inventing the Olympics?
What is Greece?
This sport was new to the Olympics in 2024.
What is break dancing?
This city will host the 2028 Summer Olympics
What is Los Angeles?
This Continent has never hosted the summer, nor the winter Olympics. (Do not say Antartica!)
What is Africa?
This country is tied with the US with 40 Gold medals
What is China?
The ancient Olympic games were paused for thousands of years. In what century were the Olympic games revived in what we now call the modern Olympic games?
What is the 19th Century?
This ancient sport, considered a staple of the Olympics, will NOT be present at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
What is boxing?
The last city to host the summer Olympics (prior to Paris), was this city and due to covid, they moved the events to 2021, a year later than originally planned.
What is Tokyo?
This many countries have never won an olympic medal (summer or winter) of the the more than 206 countries that compete. (a close estimate counts)
What is around 70?
Roughly how many medals were awarded at 2024 Summer Olympics?
What is about 300? (329)
On Olympiad, or the distance between each Olympic competition, is equal to this
What is 4 years?
Roughly how many sports were showcased at the 2024 Paris Olympics?
What is around 40? (exactly 45)
The modern Olympic games started in 1896, iconically, in this city.
What is Athens, Greece.
A Cuban athlete made Olympic history in Paris 2024. Mijaín López became the first Summer Olympian in any individual sport to win five consecutive gold medals in the same event, a masterful feat of longevity and dominance. This has never been done in any other sport. What sport was this Olympian competing in?
What is Greco-Roman wrestling?
What iconic addition was inserted to each medal given in Paris at the 2024 Summer Olympics?
What is an original piece of iron from the Eiffel Tower?
This modern venue name is derived from the anciet word stade, which was a footrace about 192 meters long (210 yards)
What is stadium?
The word “dressage” comes from the French word “dresseur”, which means training. Althoughg this word can be used for every event, it is strictly tied to this Olympic sport
What is equestrian dressage, or "dancing with the horse".
Which city hosted the Summer Olympics prior to the start of WWII, with no Olympic competition held in 1940, and 1944 as the world was at war.
What is Berlin, Germany.
In the last 100 + years the summer Olympics were held evey 4 years with a few notable exceptions, in 2021 vs 2020 due to Covid and in 1940/1944 due to WWII. What is the other time the Olympics were not held due to a major, catastrophic world event?
What is 1916? (due WWI)
What is the shape of the iron insert placed in every medal given at the 2024 Summer Olympics?
What is hexagonal? (the shape of France itself!)
The pentathlon, introduced in 708 BCE, is an all-around competition consisted of five events—the long jump, the javelin throw, the discus throw, a footrace, and this event, still present in modern day Olympics.
What is wrestling?
The surfing competion this year was held in the French Polynesian island of
What is Tahiti?
Which city hosted the Summer Olympics after the end of WWII, with no Olympic competition held in 1940, and 1944 as the world was at war.
What is London, England
The United States is by far the winningest country in the history of the Olympic Games, taking home 1,061 gold medals since 1896. While the nation is great at most sports, we as a nation have never medaled in five sports. What is one of these five sports?
What is 1) Badminton
2) Handball
3) Rhythmic gymnastics
4) Table tennis
5) Trampoline