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1.1 OLYMPIC TRIVIA
1. Which country has won every gold medal B. No poking eyes.
in pairs figure skating since the 1964 Win- C. No biting.
ter Olympics?
D. No pulling hair.
A. Russia/Soviet Union
E. B and C are correct.
B. United States
C. Canada 5. True or False:Married women were al-
lowed to attend the Olympics.
D. Britain
A. True
2. How many laps did a horse run in a chariot B. False
race?
A. 4 6. When did women join the Olympics

B. 8 A. 2000 Olympics

C. 12 B. 1900 Olympics

D. 16 C. 1800 Olympics
D. 1700 Olympics
3. Winter Olympics takes place every
years. 7. What was the biggest sporting event on
A. 2 the Greek calendar?

B. 4 A. Horse Racing

C. 6 B. Chariot Racing

D. 8 C. Traditional Foot Racing

D. The Olympics
4. Wrestling had two rules. What were
they? 8. Which sport is not part of the Olympics?
A. No crying. A. cricket

1. A 2. C 3. B 4. E 5. B 6. B 7. D 8. A
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D. badminton D. Greg Louganis
9. What event is this: 14. How has the government awarded Neeraj
Chopra?
A. The government rewarded him with 1
crore and a mansion
B. The governemnt gave him a stable job
C. The government rewarded him with 6
crores
A. Skeleton
D. None of the above
B. Luge
C. Bobsled 15. A runner ran without shoes What hap-
pened next?
D. Figure Skating
A. He won.
10. This city’s Olympic village, which hosted
B. He stepped on a nail.
the 1984 winter games, was destroyed in
ethnic conflict in the 1990s C. He ran out of the stadium.
A. Sarajevo, Yugoslavia D. none of above
B. Helsinki, Finland 16. How did long jumpers time their jumps?
C. Reykjavik, Iceland A. They counted their steps.
D. Kigali, Rwanda B. They listened to their favorite song in
11. Greece won the most medals in the first their headphones.
modern Olympic Games. C. A flute player followed them around
A. False playing music.

B. True D. I have no idea!

12. It was recently announced that Brisbane 17. Who is the first person from India to com-
will host the 2032 Olympic games, which pete in the Olympics?
other Olympic games have been held in A. Neelima Ghose
Australia?
B. Norman Pritchard
A. 1960 and 1996
C. Karan Malleswari
B. 2004 and 1972
D. Neeraj Chopra
C. 1956 and 2000
18. What was the first Olympic sport?
D. 1965 and 2002
A. Running
13. In 1988 which American diver hit his head
on the diving board and still won a gold B. Jumping
medal? C. Discus
A. Richard Riga D. Wrestling

9. B 10. A 11. B 12. C 13. D 14. B 14. C 15. A 16. C 17. B 18. A
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19. What event is this:

A. Italy

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B. France
C. Hungary

A. Biathalon D. Ireland

B. Bobsled 23. The 5 Olympic rings and their colors repre-

sent:
C. Cross Country Skiing
A. the colors of the rainbow
D. Nordic Combined
B. the union of the five continents
20. Who is the most decorated US Winter
C. the 5 core values
Olympic athlete of all-time?
D. none of above

24. Which country has won the most gold

medals for ice hockey?
A. Russia/Soviet Union
B. United States
C. Canada
D. Norway
A. Shaun White
B. Sidney Crosby 25. Which colour is not on the Olympic flag?
C. Apolo Anton Ohno A. black
D. Michael Phelps B. orange
C. yellow
21. In 1980, Eric Heiden won five gold medals.
His sport was D. red

A. Luge E. green

B. Speed skating 26. Which Winter Olympic bobsled team was

C. Alpine skiing featured in the movie Cool Runnings?

D. Cross-country skiing A. China

B. France
22. This is the flag of the female swimmer who
won the 400 IM and the 100M Backstroke. C. Canada
What country is she from? D. Jamaica

19. B 20. C 21. B 22. C 23. B 24. A 25. B 26. D 27. C

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27. In what country are the Olympics in 2018? 33. What year did baseball become an official
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B. North Korea
B. 1904
C. South Korea
C. 1980
D. Mongolia
D. 2005
28. In 1972, the Winter Olympics were held in
34. What is the most common surname of
Sapporo on the island of Hokkaido in the
Olympic athletes?
country of
A. Kim
A. South Korea
B. Lee
B. The Philippines
C. Singh
C. China
D. Smith
D. Japan
35. Who was the first Indigenous Australian
29. True or False:Men were pushed off the side to win a medal at the Olympic games?
of a mountain for attending the Olympics.
A. Nova Peris
A. True B. Cathy Freeman
B. False C. Samantha Riley
30. How tall is the basketball player Yao D. Patti Mills
Ming?
36. What was the name of the horse racing
A. 7 feet 2 inches track?
B. 7 feet 6 inches A. Tarantellas
C. 6 feet 9 inches B. Hippodrome
D. 6 feet 11 inches C. Olympia
D. Veritas
31. The United States Olympic hockey team de-
feated the Soviet team in the Miracle on 37. What’s the name of the committee that se-
Ice in which year? lects Olympic host cities?
A. 1976 A. IOC (International Olympic Commit-
B. 1972 tee)
B. FIFA
C. 1980
C. NCAA
D. 1984
D. The United Nations
32. Which sport is not part of the Olympics?
38. What kind of medal does an athlete win
A. cricket for first place?
B. hockey A. silver medal
C. athletics B. gold medal
D. tennis C. bronze medal
E. badminton D. blue medal

28. D 29. B 30. B 31. C 32. A 33. A 34. A 35. C 36. B 37. A 38. B 39. A
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39. Pick the statement that is true. C. Athens

A. A runner stopped to help another dur- D. Rome
ing the race.
45. What event is this:
B. A runner pushed another and was not
kicked out of the race.
C. A runner was banned from the race for
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D. none of above

40. What is the Olympic motto?

A. Ice Hockey
A. Refuse to loose
B. Snowboard Half Pipe
B. Go for gold
C. Snowboard Cross
C. Dare to be great
D. Freestyle Skiing
D. Faster, Higher, Stronger
46. The Olympic Torch is lit where each year?
41. As of Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 7PM
which country had the most GOLD medals A. Atlanta, USA
in this year’s Olympics? B. Paris, France
A. China C. Olympia, Greece
B. USA D. Montreal, Canada
C. Australia 47. What did the athletes walk under to enter
D. Russia the games?
42. The Olympic sport of curling was originally A. An archway
invented in B. a bench
A. Canada C. A bridge
B. United States D. A pool
C. Scotland 48. Which Summer Olympic sport tests the
D. Russia skills of horseback riders?
43. Which country has hosted the most A. fencing
Olympic Games? B. cricket
A. Greece C. polo
B. United States D. equestrian
C. Germany 49. In 1988, this country fielded its first ever
D. France Olympic bobsled team
44. Where were the first modern Olympic A. China
Games held? B. Mexico
A. Beijing C. Jamaica
B. Atlanta D. Vatican City

40. D 41. A 42. C 43. B 44. C 45. C 46. C 47. A 48. D 49. C 50. D
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50. The 2022 Winter Olympics will be held in: 55. What event is this:
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C. London, England
D. Beijing, China

51. What was an ancient javelin made out of?

A. Wood A. Hockey
B. Metal B. Figure Skating
C. Both A and B C. Curling
D. None of the Above D. Ice Darts

52. Which of the following countries has never 56. The Olympic torch is a tribute to the fire
won an Olympic medal? that burned throughout the ancient Greek
Olympic games honoring which goddess?
A. Finland
A. Aphrodite
B. Nigeria
B. Iris
C. Dominican Republic
C. Athena
D. Bangladesh
D. Hestia
53. What event is this:
57. TRUE or FALSEThe bronze medals pre-
sented to athletes at the 2000 Olympic
Games were made from melted down Aus-
tralian one-cent and two-cent bronze coins
that were withdrawn from general circula-
tion in 1992
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
A. Ice Hockey
58. When did the summer games begin?
B. Snowboard Half Pipe
A. 1896
C. Snowboard Cross
B. 1869
D. Freestyle Skiing
C. 1864
54. Which is the only country to have won D. 1873
a gold medal in every summer Olympic
games? 59. When did the winter games begin?
A. China A. 1912
B. Russia B. 1941
C. USA C. 1924
D. Great Britain D. 1936

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60. Which Summer Olympic sport features cat-

egories saber, foil, and epee?
A. Fencing
B. Swimming
C. Sailing
D. Archery
A. 1896, in Athens

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61. Who was the first Indian woman fencer to B. 1928, in Amsterdam
qualify for the Olympics? C. 1932 in Los Angeles
A. Bhavani Devi D. 1900, in Paris
B. Kavya Kumari
66. Check the sports that are NEW or RETURN-
C. Malavika Nair ING to the Olympics.
D. Shweta Mishra A. 3-on-3 Basketball
B. Skateboarding
62. An Olympic gold medal is made mostly of
C. Surfing
what metal?
D. Karate
A. Silver
E. Cycling
B. Copper
67. The last time the United States hosted the
C. Gold
Olympics was
D. Nickel A. 1996
63. The Olympic rings are symbolic of B. 2010
C. 2002
A. Five continents
D. 1980
B. Five original countries to participate
C. Five Greek city-states 68. In which of the following sports has the
United States never won a medal?
D. Five Patriot Super Bowl wins
A. Biathlon
64. What country has won both the most gold B. Figure skating
medals, and the most medals overall in the C. Ice hockey
Winter Olympic Games?
D. Bobsled
A. United States
69. In the 2018 Olympics, Erin Hamlin is the
B. Russia/Soviet Union United States flag bearer. She is the only
C. Canada American to win an Olympic medal in a
sport dominated by Europeans. The sport
D. Norway is

65. Women participated in the Olympic Games A. Luge

for the first time in B. Biathlon

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70. Which NCAA school has the most players C. 1908
on the US Field Hockey Team?
D. 1920
A. Wake Forest University
B. Duke University 74. In which year were the Winter Olympic
games first televised?
C. Princeton University
D. University of North Carolina at Chapel A. 1984
Hill B. 1956
71. What event is this: C. 1934
D. 1972

75. What was inside the temple of Zeus?

A. A statue of Zeus
B. A math problem
C. A sign up sheet
A. Curling
D. A training center
B. Speed Skating
C. Ice Sliding 76. Which color is NOT one of the rings on the
D. Figure Skating Olympic flag?

72. Where is this years 2024 Olympic being A. Orange

held? B. Green
A. Tokyo C. Black
B. Paris
D. Blue
C. London
D. Athens 77. What event is this:

73. The last series of solid gold medals to be

awarded at an Olympic games were in

A. Curling
B. Speed Skating
C. Ice Sliding
D. Figure Skating

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78. Which of these animals were used in the 83. How many medals has PV Sindhu won for
1900 Olympics? India in the Olympics? (Ever since she par-
ticipated)
A. Pigeons
A. 3
B. Elephants
B. 2
C. Lions
C. 4
D. Dogs
D. 1

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79. How old was the oldest Olympic medal
84. Approximately how many countries com-
winner?
pete in the Olympics?
A. 55 A. 100
B. 72 B. 50
C. 63 C. 400
D. 81 D. 200

80. In 2014, this country hosted a winter 85. Which is the only city to have hosted the
Olympics for the first time Olympics three times?
A. Iceland A. Paris
B. Finland B. London
C. Russia C. The Angels

D. China D. Berlin

86. The Olympics happens in every

81. How many years ago did the Olympics
start? A. 4 years
A. 2, 700 B. 3 years

B. 2, 600 C. 5 years
D. 2 years
C. 1, 700
E. 6 years
D. 1, 600
87. What sport has Never been featured at the
82. What event is this: olmpics?
A. Tug of war
B. Squash
C. Poodle clipping
D. Speed Walking

A. Alpine Skiing 88. Australian, Reginald “Snowy” Baker com-

peted in 3 events in the 1908 Olympic
B. Ski Jump
games. Which event did he NOT compete
C. Ski Moguls in?
D. Ski Freestyle A. Boxing

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B. Athletics 94. How many spectators could Olympia hold?

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D. Swimming B. 52, 000
89. What event is this: C. 54, 000
D. 56, 000

95. The Olympics use to award medals for

Arts.
A. True

A. Biathalon B. False
B. Bobsled 96. How many silver medals are won by India
C. Cross Country Skiing in all time?
D. Nordic Combined A. 6 Medals
90. What was the first Canadian city to host B. 9 Medals
a Winter Olympics? C. 12 Medals
A. Vancouver
D. 10 Medals
B. Montreal
C. Calgary 97. Which female swimmer won the silver
medal in the 100m Backstroke?
D. Ottawa
A. Missy Franklin
91. What was a discus made out of?
B. Olivia dumb
A. Stone
B. Metal C. Kathleen Baker

C. A and B D. Lilly King

D. None of the Above 98. Who is the only Gymnast to represent In-
92. In 1980, the United States boycotted the dia in the Olympics?
summer Olympics in A. Deepa Paramkar
A. Paris B. Pranati Nayak
B. Rome C. Aruna Reddy
C. Capetown, South Africa
D. Meenara Begum
D. Moscow
99. How many years of independence is India
93. Which Olympic athlete did Mrs Mamo go
celebrating this year?
to school with?
A. Jana Pittman A. 75 years

B. Ian Thorpe B. 74 years

C. James Magnussen C. 200 years
D. Bronte Campbell D. 70 years

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100. In 1984, The Soviet Union boycotted the 104. What was the altar for Zeus made out
summer Olympics in of?
A. London A. Ashes of the sacrificed oxen
B. Paris B. Ivory
C. The Angels C. Gold
D. Lake Placid D. none of above

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101. Which country’s team always marches 105. What event is this:
last at the Opening Ceremony of the
Olympics?
A. Greece
B. The refugees from several countries
C. The host country
D. The last in alphabetic order as per host
language A. Skeleton

102. How many rings make up the Olympics B. Luge

logo? C. Bobsled
D. Figure Skating

106. Which Greek god did the Olympics honor?

A. Aphrodite
B. Zeus
A. 4
C. Thanos
B. 5
D. Hades
C. 6
D. 7 107. What is not a winter sport?
A. track and field
103. What event is this:
B. downhill skiing
C. figure skating
D. bobsledding

108. Which is the first US city to host the

Olympic Games?
A. Biathalon A. New York
B. Bobsled B. Philadelphia
C. Cross Country Skiing C. St. Louis
D. Nordic Combined D. The Angels

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109. Who was the first Australian to win a 112. What country boycotted the 1980 Sum-
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C. Edwin Flack C. United States
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110. As of Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 113. In 1994, the Winter Olympics were held
7PM which country was winning the total in Lillehammer, in the country of
medal count for this year’s olympics? A. Norway
A. China B. Sweden
B. USA C. Finland
C. Australia D. Denmark
D. Russia
114. Women had their own festival every 4
111. How often did the Olympics occur? years. What was it called?
A. 4 Years A. Olympus
B. 8 Years B. Hippodrome
C. 2 Years C. Heraia
D. 2, 700 Years D. Olympia

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