Sports Quiz – Olympic Games – Questions and Answers

Sports - Olympic Games

Australia has hosted the Olympic Games twice. In which cities?

A) Sydney and Adelaide

B) Melbourne and Canberra

C) Adelaide and Perth

D) Sydney and Melbourne

Sydney hosted the games in 2000, and Melbourne hosted them in 1956.

In which year was the Winter Olympics held in Sapporo, Japan?

A) 1960

B) 1932

C) 1956

D) 1972

The 1972 Winter Olympics was held in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games outside Europe and North America.

Which is the only country that has earned gold at every Winter Olympic Games?

A) Canada

B) Finland

C) Norway

D) United States

Six countries (Austria, Canada, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and the United States) have earned medals at every Winter Olympic Games. Only one, the United States, has earned gold at all.

Jean-Claude Killy is a former champion in which sport?

A) Alpine skiing

B) Diving

C) Cycling

D) Table tennis

Jean-Claude Killy is a former French World Cup alpine ski racer.He was a triple Olympic champion, winning the three alpine events at the 1968 Winter Olympics, becoming the most successful athlete there. He also won the first two World Cup titles, in 1967 and 1968.

What is true about women's boxing in the Olympic Games?

A) It was included in 1904, but excluded again in 1936

B) It has only been included as a demonstration sport in 1936 and 1972

C) Women's boxing has never been included in the Olympic program

D) It was included on the Olympic program in 2012

Women's boxing became an official Olympic sport at the London 2012 Games.

Who is the current President of the International Olympic Committee?

A) Juan Antonio Samaranch

B) Jacques Rogge

C) Thomas Bach

D) Kirsty Coventry

The current president of the IOC is Thomas Bach of Germany, who succeeded Jacques Rogge of Belgium in September 2013.

Who has won the most Olympic gold medals?

A) Carl Lewis

B) Polina Astakhova

C) Mark Spitz

D) Michael Phelps

Michael Phelps holds the record with 23 gold medals in Swimming. Polina Astakhova has 5 gold, Carl Lewis and Mark Spitz 9.

Some teams boycotted the 1956 Games in Melbourne as a protest against what?

A) Banning South Africa from the games

B) The French involvement in the Algerian War

C) The Soviet invasion of Hungary

D) The Mau Mau Uprising

Lichtenstein, the Netherlands, Spain, and Sweden boycotted the games in protest of the Soviet invasion of Hungary. Egypt, Lebanon, and Iraq also boycotted the Games due to the Suez crisis.

In which event did Birgit Fischer win eight gold medals over six different Olympic Games?

A) Swimming

B) Canoeing

C) Gymnastics

D) Fencing

Birgit Fischer is a former German kayaker who has won eight gold medals over six different Olympic Games.

Where were the first Winter Olympics after World War II held?

A) St Moritz, Switzerland

B) Grenoble, France

C) Oslo, Norway

D) Lake Placid, United States

The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games, were held 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The Games were the first after World War II, 12 years after the last Winter Games in 1936.

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The Olympic Games Quiz

Quiz about the Modern Olympics

From their start to today’s modern games, this quiz about the Olympic games has ten tough questions randomly pulled from a more extensive set of questions.

You can answer all questions correctly with a genuine sports interest and some history knowledge. However, it is a challenging quiz.

What is the Olympic Games?

As you probably already know, the games were inspired by different competitions held in the ancient Greece.

The modern Olympics is a leading international sporting event featuring summer and winter competitions in which thousands of athletes worldwide participate. The Olympic Games are the world’s foremost sports competition. Usually, the Olympic Games are held every four years. Summer and Winter Olympics alternate every two years in these four years.

In the beginning, no professional athletes were allowed to participate. Still, the exclusion of professionals caused many controversies throughout the modern Olympics. The Olympic Games also had their fair share of controversies, scandals, and boycotts.

How many of them do you think you remember?

Participating Countries

Athletes from five nations, Australia, France, Great Britain, Greece, and Switzerland, have competed in all Summer Olympics.

Athletes from 14 nations, Austria, Canada, Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia), Finland, France, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Slovakia (Czechoslovakia), Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States, have participated in all Winter Games (up to 2022).

Do you know which country has walked away with the most gold medals? Or which athlete has been awarded the most?

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