Question: In which country did the Olympics originate?Answer: Greece
Question: The first Olympic games in Greece were held how often?Answer: Every four years
Question: When were the first known Olympic games held?Answer: 776 B.C.
Question: The first modern Olympics were held in what year?Answer: 1896
Question: Where were the first modern Olympic Games held?Answer: Athens, Greece
Question: Who is credited with starting the modern Olympic games?Answer: Baron Pierre de Coubertin
Question: What is the official motto for the Olympics?Answer: “Citius, Altius, Fortius”
Question: What does “Citius, Altius, Fortius” mean in English? Answer: “Faster, Higher, Stronger”
Question: What colors are the Olympic rings? Answer: Blue, yellow, black, green and red
Question: What are the five official Olympic values? Answer: Joy of effort, fair play, respect for others, pursuit of excellence; and balance between body, will and mind.
Question: The Olympic torch is a tribute to the fire that burned throughout the ancient Greek Olympic games honoring which goddess? Answer: Hestia
Question: What do the Olympic rings represent? Answer: Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceana
Question: When were the first winter Olympics held? Answer: 1924
Question: Where was the first winter Olympics held? Answer: Chamonix, France
Question: When were the Olympic gold medals last made entirely of gold? Answer: 1912
Question: Who wrote the music for The Olympic Hymn? Answer: Spyros Samaras
Question: Who wrote the lyrics for The Olympic Hymn? Answer: Kostis Palamas
Question: What prize was given to winners of the Olympics in ancient Greece? Answer: Olive branch crown
Question: Which country has hosted the most Olympic Games? Answer: United States
Question: When did the Olympics first award gold, silver and bronze medals? Answer: 1904
Question: Which city has hosted the Olympics three times? Answer: London
Question: How many countries boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics? Answer: 66
Question: The Olympic Torch is lit where each year? Answer: Olympia, Greece
Question: The Olympic Torch is used to light what? Answer: The Olympic Cauldron
Question: A race was held in the 1896 Olympic Games in honor of whom? Answer: Pheidippides
Question: Where did Pheidippides run? Answer: From Marathon, Greece to Athens
Question: In 2016, which sport made the Olympic roster for the first time since 1924? Answer: Rugby
Question: In what year did the Olympic flag debut? Answer: 1920
Question: The Olympics were first held to honor which Greek god? Answer: Zeus
Question: The first opening ceremony for the Olympics was held in which city and year? Answer: London, 1908
Question: The priestess of which Greek goddess was the only married woman permitted to watch the ancient Greek Olympics? Answer: Demeter
Question: The only event in the first-known ancient Greek Olympics was a footrace of what length? Answer: 192 meters
Question: Who won the first-known Olympics in ancient Greece? Answer: Coroebus
Question: Which ancient Greek mythical figure is said to have founded the Olympics? Answer: Heracles (Roman name Hercules)
Question: When did the Olympic Games first feature a marathon? Answer: 1896
Question: How long a distance was the first Olympic marathon? Answer: 25 miles
Question: Who won first place in the first-ever Olympic marathon race? Answer: Spyridon Louis
Question: What is the standard marathon race length today? Answer: 26 miles and 385 yards (42,195 meters)
Question: Which Roman emperor declared himself the winner of an Olympic chariot race…even though he fell out of his chariot? Answer: Nero
Question: Which emperor banned the Olympics in 393 A.D.? Answer: Theodosius I
Question: How many events were held at the first modern Olympics? Answer: 43
Question: How many athletes participated in the first modern Olympics? Answer: 280
Question: How many nations participated in the first modern Olympics? Answer: 13
Question: Which four years have seen the Olympics canceled? Answer: 1916, 1940, 1944 and 2020
Question: The Olympic flag first flew in which city? Answer: Antwerp, Belgium
Question: When was the first Olympics closing ceremony? Answer: 1924
Question: When were women first permitted to compete in the Olympics? Answer: 1900
Question: Who was the first female Olympic champion? Answer: Hélène de Pourtalès
Question: The ancient Greeks sacrificed which animal at the conclusion of the earliest Olympic games? Answer: Oxen
Question: In ancient Greece, a separate festival celebrating female athletes was called what? Answer: Heraean Games
Question: The ancient pentathlon event was a combination of which sports? Answer: Discus, javelin, long jump, running and wrestling
Question: Which ancient Greek athlete won 12 titles across four consecutive Olympics? Answer: Leonidas of Rhodes
Question: What was the punishment for breaking the rules in the ancient Greek Olympic Games? Answer: Public whipping and/or fines
Question: Wrestlers covered their bodies in what in the ancient Greek Olympics? Answer: Oil
Question: In the ancient Greek Olympics, wrestlers used oil to keep what out of their pores? Answer: Sand
Question: Wealthy winners of the ancient Greek Olympics could erect statues of themselves where? Answer: The Olympia Altis Grove
Question: Which American Olympic athlete was later a prisoner of war in World War II? Answer: Louis Zamperini
Question: Which Olympic Games featured an unknown champion in rowing? Answer: 1900
Question: Which American athlete with a wooden leg won six gymnastics medals at the 1904 Olympics? Answer: George Eyser
Question: Which Olympic athlete was known as the “Milwaukee Meteor?” Answer: Archie Hahn
Question: South Africa participated in which Olympic Games for the first time since 1960? Answer: 1992
Question: Which city hosted the first boycott-free Olympics since 1972? Answer: Barcelona
Question: What year did the NBA “Dream Team” participate in the Olympics? Answer: 1992
Question: The 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis coincided with which other major event in the city? Answer: World’s Fair
Question: Which male gymnast won four gold medals in a single day? Answer: Vitaly Scherbo
Question: Which German athlete was a third-generation Olympian in 1992? Answer: Andrea Keller
Question: When did snowboarding make its Olympic debut? Answer: 1998
Question: In 1900, which Olympic athlete refused to participate in a race on Sunday because of his religious beliefs? Answer: Myer Prinstein
Question: Which American figure skating became the youngest champion ever in the Winter Olympics? Answer: Tara Lipinski
Question: Triathlon and taekwondo were added to the Olympics in what year? Answer: 2000
Question: What woman became the first Olympic athlete to win gold twice 20 years apart? Answer: Brigit Fischer
Question: Who was the first rower to win gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games? Answer: Steven Redgrave
Question: Who was the first Black athlete to win gold in the Winter Olympics? Answer: Vonetta Flowers
Question: Women’s wrestling was televised for the first time in what year’s Olympic Games? Answer: 2004
Question: BMX made its Olympic debut in which city? Answer: Beijing
Question: The Beijing Olympics’ oldest and youngest athletes’ ages had a difference of how many years? Answer: 55
Question: In 1904, which athlete was disqualified for doing a big portion of the 40-kilometer race via car? Answer: Fred Lorz
Question: At the 2008 Olympics, Michael Phelps broke whose record in most gold medals in swimming? Answer: Mark Spitz
Question: Which comedian appeared in the 2012 London Olympic Games opening ceremony? Answer: Rowan Atkinson(“Mr. Bean”)
Question: The Olympic Games could be viewed on mobile devices for the first time in which year? Answer: 2006
Question: Zimbabwe participated in the Winter Olympics for the first time in which year? Answer: 2014
Question: Which Olympian was also a winner of The Masked Dancer? Answer: Gabby Douglas
Question: Which was the first Latin American city to host the Olympics? Answer: Mexico City
Question: Who was the first woman to light the Olympic Cauldron? Answer: Enriqueta Basilio
Question: The 1968 Olympic Torch relay followed the path of which historical explorer? Answer: Christopher Columbus
Question: Which was the largest city to ever host the Winter Olympics? Answer: Turin, Italy
Question: In 2004, which men’s soccer team didn’t give up a single goal to their opponents? Answer: Argentina
Question: Usain Boltshattered which two records in 2008? Answer: 100- and 200-meters
Question: When did team figure skating debut in the Winter Olympics? Answer: 2014
Question: Which two Black American gold and bronze medal-winning athletes were expelled from the Olympic village for protesting racial segregation during the 1968 Olympics? Answer: Tommie Smith and John Carlos
Question: In which city and year did Japan win their first Olympic gold medal? Answer: Sapporo, 1972
Question: Who was the first athlete to win eight medals in a single Olympic Games? Answer: Aleksandr Dityatin
Question: Which host city was the first to use artificial snow in the Winter Olympics? Answer: Lake Placid, N.Y.
Question: How many gold medals did Eric Heiden win in the 1980 Winter Olympics? Answer: Five
Question: The Soviet Union boycotted the Olympics in which American host city? Answer: Los Angeles
Question: Jesse Owensand Carl Lewisboth won gold in which four events? Answer: 100-meter, 200-meter, 4x100-meter relay and long jump
Question: The 1976 Montreal Olympics saw the debut of which three women’s sports? Answer: Basketball, rowing and handball
Question: The first women’s marathon was in which Olympic Games? Answer: Los Angeles in 1984
Question: How old was Lindsey Vonnwhen she made her Olympic debut? Answer: 17
Question: What Olympic figure skating team got perfect scores for their interpretation of Maurice Ravel’s “Bolero?” Answer: Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean
Question: Which Olympian reprises her famous smirk in a GEICO commercial for car insurance? Answer: McKayla Maroney
Question: Who was the first Olympic athlete to be disqualified for testing positive for steroids? Answer: Ben Johnson
Question: Table tennis made its Olympic debut in which year? Answer: 1988
Question: Who is the only athlete in history to win medals at the Winter and Summer Olympics in the same year? Answer: Christa Luding-Rothenburger
Question: The first smoke-free Olympic Games were held in which city? Answer: Calgary
Question: Who is the only woman to have competed in six editions of the Olympic Winter Games? Answer: Marja-Liisa Kirvesmiemi-Hämäläinen
Question: Muhammad Alilit the Olympic Cauldron in which city? Answer: Atlanta
Question: Which Olympic gymnast was awarded the first-ever perfect 10 on the uneven bars? Answer: Nadia Comaneci
Question: Michael Johnsonwas the first man in history to win both of which races? Answer: 200- and 400-meter
Question: In which year was softball introduced to the Olympics? Answer: 1996
Question: The first American fencing gold medal was awarded in which Olympic Games? Answer: Athens in 2000
Question: The Olympics were suspended for 36 hours after a terrorist attack in which city’s Olympic Village? Answer: Munich
Question: The 1976 Winter Olympics were held in Innsbruck, Austria, after which city withdrew its bid? Answer: Denver, Colorado
Question: How many silver medals did Dana Torres win in Beijing? Answer: Three
Question: Which Winter Olympic sports were originally part of the Summer Olympics? Answer: Ice hockey and figure skating
Question: What is the lowest-populated country to win a medal at the Summer Olympic Games? Answer: Bermuda
Question: How many grams of gold are in Olympic gold medals? Answer: Six grams
Question: Which Winter Olympic Games were the first to be broadcast in color? Answer: Grenoble
Question: How long were the London Olympic Games in 1908? Answer: 188 days
Question: When was electronic timing was used as the official time for the Olympics? Answer: 1968
Question: Who was the first American woman to win an Olympic event? Answer: Margaret Abbott
Question: When was the last time the United States dipped the American flag to a foreign leader in the Olympics? Answer: 1932
Question: Which new sports will debut at the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo? Answer: Skateboarding, surfing, sport climbing and karate
Question: Which dog breed was the first official Olympic mascot? Answer: Dachshund
Question: How many Olympic medals does Simone Biles have so far? Answer: Five (four gold, one bronze)
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