The Olympic Games trivia questions and answers
The Quickfire pack has 50 The Olympic Games questions, all written in English and Spanish. Here are 15 of them. Hosts get the full set, ready to put on a TV with players answering on their phones.
Tap a question to reveal the answer. The sample runs from very easy to very hard, like the pack itself. Showing 15 of 50 questions.
How often are the Summer Olympic Games normally held?Very easy
Answer: Every four years (every 4 years)
Which city hosted the 2016 Summer Olympics, the first ever held in South America?Very easy
Answer: Rio de Janeiro (Rio)
What is lit in Olympia, Greece, and carried by relay runners to the host city before every Games?Very easy
Answer: The Olympic flame (the Olympic torch)
Which German city hosted the 1936 Summer Olympics, which the Nazi regime used as propaganda?Easy
Answer: Berlin
What Latin motto of the Olympic Games means 'Faster, Higher, Stronger'?Easy
Answer: Citius, Altius, Fortius
Which Romanian gymnast scored the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics history, at the 1976 Games?Easy
Answer: Nadia Comăneci (Comaneci)
In which Olympic sport are the terms 'ippon' and 'waza-ari' used?Intermediate
Answer: Judo
Which city hosted the 1968 Summer Olympics, the first held in Latin America?Intermediate
Answer: Mexico City
Which Spanish tennis player won the men's singles gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics?Intermediate
Answer: Rafael Nadal (Rafa Nadal)
Which US swimmer won seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympics?Hard
Answer: Mark Spitz
At which English hospital did Dr Ludwig Guttmann organise the 1948 games for wheelchair athletes that gave rise to the Paralympics?Hard
Answer: Stoke Mandeville
Which sport returned to the Olympic programme at Rio 2016 after not being contested since 1904?Hard
Answer: Golf
Which Czechoslovak runner won the 5,000 m, the 10,000 m and the marathon at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics?Very hard
Answer: Emil Zátopek (Zatopek)
Swimmer Eric Moussambani, nicknamed 'Eric the Eel', struggled through his 100 m freestyle heat at Sydney 2000 representing which African country?Very hard
Answer: Equatorial Guinea
From 1912 to 1948, Olympic medals were awarded in which non-sporting field, with categories such as painting, sculpture and literature?Very hard
Answer: The arts (art competitions)
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