100+ Best Olympics Trivia Questions & Answers

Question: How many sports were included in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896?

Answer: 9

Question: Who was the first female gymnast to score a perfect 10 at the Olympics?

Answer: Nadia Comăneci

Question: In what year did the Winter Olympic games debut?

Answer: 1924

Question: Which country has won the most Winter Olympic medals?

Answer: Norway

Question: How many times has the USA hosted the Summer Olympics?

Answer: 4

Question: Which athlete has won the most Olympic medals in total?

Answer: Michael Phelps

Question: What is the official length of an Olympic swimming pool?

Answer: 50 meters

Question: Who lit the Olympic flame at the 1996 Atlanta Games?

Answer: Muhammad Ali

Question: Which country made its first Olympic appearance in 2016 and won a gold medal?

Answer: Kosovo

Question: In which year did the Olympic Games first include the Paralympics?

Answer: 1960

Question: Which country has hosted the most Olympic Games?

Answer: USA

Question: How many events are included in the Olympic decathlon?

Answer: 10

Question: Who was the first African American woman to win an Olympic gold medal?

Answer: Alice Coachman

Question: Which city hosted the Summer Olympics in 1984?

Answer: Los Angeles

Question: What was the first team sport added to the Olympics?

Answer: Football (Soccer)

Question: Which country boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics along with the USA?

Answer: China

Question: In which Olympics did Jesse Owens win four gold medals?

Answer: 1936 Berlin

Question: What is the term for the last runner in a relay race?

Answer: Anchor

Question: Which country won the first Olympic basketball tournament?

Answer: USA

Question: Who won the gold medal in men's singles tennis at the 2012 London Olympics?

Answer: Andy Murray

Question: What is the name of the award given for sportsmanship in the Olympics?

Answer: Pierre de Coubertin Medal

Question: Which Olympic Games were the first to feature the Olympic torch relay?

Answer: 1936 Berlin

Question: In which sport did Michael Jordan win two Olympic gold medals?

Answer: Basketball

Question: What color is the middle ring on the Olympic flag?

Answer: Black

Question: In what year did the Olympic Games feature its first official mascot?

Answer: 1972

Question: Which Olympian has won gold medals in both the Summer and Winter Olympics?

Answer: Eddie Eagan

Question: In what year did the Olympic Games first feature synchronized swimming?

Answer: 1984

Question: What sport was reintroduced to the Olympics in 2016 after a 112-year absence?

Answer: Golf

Question: Which country hosted the Summer Olympics in 1964?

Answer: Japan

Question: Who was the first gymnast to win back-to-back Olympic all-around titles?

Answer: Věra Čáslavská

Question: What is the official name of the 2024 Summer Olympics?

Answer: Games of the XXXIII Olympiad

Question: Which city is the main host for the 2024 Summer Olympics?

Answer: Paris

Question: The Olympics Paris 2024's Olympic Village will span what cities?

Answer: Saint-Denis, Saint Ouen and L'Île-Saint-Denis

Question: How many cities across Metropolitan France are hosting events for the 2024 Summer Olympics?

Answer: 16

Question: Which session of the IOC awarded Paris the 2024 Summer Olympics?

Answer: 131st IOC Session

Question: In which city was the 131st IOC Session held?

Answer: Lima, Peru

Question: Which two cities were awarded the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympics simultaneously?

Answer: Paris and Los Angeles

Question: How many times has Paris hosted the Summer Olympics before 2024?

Answer: Twice

Question: Which sport will debut at the 2024 Summer Olympics?

Answer: Breakdancing

Question: What is the estimated cost of the Paris 2024 Olympics?

Answer: €9 billion

Question: What is the name of the Olympic stadium hosting the closing ceremony for Paris 2024?

Answer: Stade de France

Question: Which city will host the handball finals during the Paris 2024 Olympics?

Answer: Lille

Question: Where will the surfing events for the Paris 2024 Olympics take place?

Answer: Teahupo'o, French Polynesia

Question: Which sport was removed from the Paris 2024 program?

Answer: Weightlifting (some events dropped)

Question: Who will be the final Olympic Games held during whose presidency?

Answer: Thomas Bach

Question: How many National Olympic Committees are expected to participate in the Paris 2024 Olympics?

Answer: 206

Question: What significant feature is included in the Paris 2024 medals?

Answer: Embedded hexagon-shaped tokens of scrap iron from the Eiffel Tower

Question: Which country will deploy Starstreak missile units for air security during the Paris 2024 Olympics?

Answer: Great Britain

Question: How many gold medals in total has American Carl Lewis won?

Answer: 9

Question: Briton Linford Christie won a 100m Olympic gold medal In what year?

Answer: 1992

Question: How many Olympic silver medals has sprinter Frankie Fredericks won?

Answer: 4

Question: How many Olympic games did Australian Cathy Freeman appear in?

Answer: 3

Question: How many Gold medals were won by China during the 2012 Olympic games?

Answer: 38

Question: Current Olympic shot put champion Tomasz Majewski is from which country?

Answer: Poland

Question: How many gold medals did India win at the Beijing games of 2008?

Answer: 1

Question: How many different nations were represented at the 2012 Olympic games?

Answer: 204

Question: How old was Cassius Clay when he won an Olympic gold at the Rome games of 1960?

Answer: 18

Question: In total, how many Olympic medals has American swimmer Michael Phelps won?

Answer: 22

Question: After Ben Johnson was subsequently disqualified from the 100m at the Olympic games in 1988 who was awarded the Gold Medal?

Answer: Carl Lewis

Question: American Bob Beamon set an Olympic long jump record In what year?

Answer: 1968

Question: Olympic 5000m and 10000m record holder Kenenisa Bekele is from what country?

Answer: Ethiopia

Question: How many cycling gold medals did Great Britain win during the 2008 Olympic games?

Answer: 8

Question: How many world records did Great Britain cyclists break at the London Velodrome during these Olympics?

Answer: 8

Question: At the 2012 Olympic games all the Badminton gold medals were won by which country?

Answer: China

Question: Swimmer Rebecca Adlington won how many Olympic gold medals in the pool at the 2008 games?

Answer: 2

Question: Olympic rowing gold medalist Olaf Tufte is from which country?

Answer: Norway

Question: Which Briton won the 5000m and 10000m at the 2012 Olympic games?

Answer: Mo Farah

Question: In what city was the 2020 Olympic games held?

Answer: Tokyo

Question: In 1936 the Olympic games were hosted by which City?

Answer: Berlin

Question: In what year was the Olympics last held in London?

Answer: 2012

Question: At what frequency are the Olympic Games held?

Answer: 4 years

Question: During an Olympic games most of the Olympians stay in which location?

Answer: Olympic Village

Question: The Olympic flag featuring the five rings, was first flown at which games?

Answer: 1920

Question: In what year was the first Olympic games held?

Answer: 776 BC

Question: Which Australian city hosted the 1956 Olympic games?

Answer: Melbourne

Question: Sydney hosted the Olympic games In what year?

Answer: 2000

Question: In which city were the Olympics in 2004 held?

Answer: Athens

Question: In which country were the first Olympics held?

Answer: Ancient Greece

Question: South African Cameron van der Burgh won a Gold Medal at which Olympic games?

Answer: 2012

Question: When was the first time the Olympic Games moved to Asia?

Answer: 1964

Question: The 1984 Olympic games were held in which Californian city?

Answer: LA

Question: Which country's team remained undefeated in field hockey between 1928 and 1956?

Answer: India

Question: Which American won a 100m gold medal at the Berlin games in 1936?

Answer: Jesse Owens

Question: Which Soccer team won the gold medal at the 2012 Olympic games?

Answer: Mexico

Question: Which American set the 400m Olympic record in Atlanta 1996?

Answer: Michael Johnson

Question: Which new game was introduced at the 2000 Sydney Olympics?

Answer: Triathlon

Question: Carl Lewis is an Olympian from which country?

Answer: USA

Question: The first modern Olympics were held in what year?

Answer: 1896

Question: How many Olympic rings make up the logo?

Answer: 5

Question: In what year were athletes expelled from the Olympic Village for protesting

Answer: The 1968 olympics

Question: Who was the first Black athlete to win gold in the Olympics?

Answer: John Baxter Taylor

Question: Which Summer Olympic Games was the first to be televised live?

Answer: 1936

Question: The Olympic motto, Citius, Altius, Fortius, is a Latin expression meaning what?

Answer: Faster, Higher, Stronger

Question: Which 37-year-old middle distance runner qualified for her fourth Olympic team in 1996?

Answer: Mary Slaney

Question: The 1936 Berlin Olympic Summer Games are also known as?

Answer: Nazi Olympics

Question: What medal is awarded to the competitor finishing third in an Olympic event?

Answer: Bronze

Question: How many different nations were represented at the first Olympic games in 1896?

Answer: 14

Question: What contest of team strength was an official Olympic event from 1900 to 1920?

Answer: Tug of War

Question: What sport is played with stones and brooms?

Answer: Curling

Question: Which Canadian won a 100m gold medal in 1988 but was subsequently disqualified?

Answer: Ben Johnson

Question: Which country led the boycott at the Moscow 1980 Olympic games?

Answer: USA

Question: What is the distance of the marathon race in the Olympics?

Answer: 26 miles 385 yards

Question: What medal is awarded to the competitor finishing second in an Olympic event?

Answer: Silver

Question: What is the shortest distance raced over on the track during an Olympic games?

Answer: 100m

Question: Which country boycotted the Olympic games of 1984?

Answer: USSR

Question: Which racket sport made its Olympic debut in 1992?

Answer: Badminton

Question: Record-breaking Olympian Michael Phelps competed in which sport?

Answer: Swimming

Question: Which American runner finished third behind Bolt and Blake in the 100m at the 2012 games?

Answer: Justin Gatlin

Question: Boxing has only been excluded from the Olympic games once, In what year was this?

Answer: 1912

Question: In total how many Medals were won by USA during the 2012 Olympic games?

Answer: 104

Question: How many different events were held during the 2012 Olympic games?

Answer: 302

Question: What do they call the machine that holds rowing boats at the start of a regatta?

Answer: A Clog

Question: Cassius Clay became the Olympic light heavyweight champion In what year?

Answer: 1960

Question: Which Jamaican Sprinter holds the Olympic record for 100m and 200m?

Answer: Usain Bolt

Question: What was the time set by Usain Bolt when he set the 100m Olympic record at London 2012?

Answer: 9.63 seconds

Question: Which American lady holds the Olympic record for 100m and 200m?

Answer: Florence Griffith-Joyner

Question: Usain Bolt has represented which Caribbean country at the Olympic games?

Answer: Jamaica

Question: What medal is awarded to the winner of an Olympic event?

Answer: Gold

Question: Michael Phelps won how many Olympic gold medals?

Answer: 23

Question: The second Olympic games in 1990 was hosted by which city?

Answer: Lillehammer

Question: Lionel Messi won a gold medal for Argentina at which Olympic games?

Answer: 2008

Question: The 1936 Olympic games were hosted by which city?

Answer: Berlin

Question: Which Olympic cyclist won the Men's time trial at the 2012 games?

Answer: Bradley Wiggins

Question: Which country won the first female Olympic soccer competition in 1996?

Answer: USA

Question: What was the serial number of the 2008 Beijing Olympics?

Answer: XXIX

Question: Which Canadian won the 100m Olympic gold medal in 1996?

Answer: Donovan Bailey

Question: In what country is the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee located?

Answer: Lausanne