The NZ Team - heading to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Question 1

Which country enters first at an Olympic Games opening ceremony?

Accepted Answer

Greece

Question 2

Surfing events for the Paris Summer Olympic Games will happen on the coast of France.

Accepted Answer

False, the surfing events will take place in Tahiti.

Question 3

The New Zealand Olympic Committee and which TWO Olympians came up with the idea to write the song ‘Ain’t Just Dreaming’

Accepted Answer

Max Brown and Ellesse Andrews

Question 4

Which New Zealander has won the most Olympic medals?

Accepted Answer

Dame Lisa Carrington

Question 5

The first Olympic Games that allowed female competitors happened in France in ....

Accepted Answer

1900

Question 6

New Zealand’s oldest athlete at 45, is Tim Price. He competes in ...

Accepted Answer

equestrian

Question 7

Under which monument, a symbol of the city of Paris, will the beach volleyball events take place?

Accepted Answer

The Eiffel Tower

Question 8

The Paris 2024 Olympic flame lighting and handover ceremony took place in

Accepted Answer

Ancient Olympia, Greece

Question 9

Approximately how many athletes will participate in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games?

Accepted Answer

10,500

Question 10

Nine swimming athletes will represent New Zealand at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. How many are current World Champions?

Accepted Answer

2

Question 11

How many times has Paris already hosted the Olympic Games?

Accepted Answer

2

Question 12

How have the New Zealand Rugby Sevens teams done in the past at the Olympic Games?

Accepted Answer

Women - 1 gold, 1 silver Men - 1 silver

Question 13

The hockey kit pays homage to the 1976 side, featuring a similar design and the names of the athletes inside the shirt.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

New Zealand canoe slalom athlete Luuka Jones has been selected for how many Olympic Games?

Accepted Answer

Five

Question 15

New Zealand judoka Moira Koster is heading to her second Olympic Games, she first competed at Olympic level ? years ago.

Accepted Answer

12 (London 2012 Olympic Games)

Question 16

Justina Kitchen & Lukas Walton-Keim compete in the kitefoil events, the fastest Olympic class, reaching speeds of ...

Accepted Answer

40 knots

Question 17

The most medalled New Zealand Olympic sport is ....

Accepted Answer

rowing

Question 18

Speed climbing is a form of sport climbing. How high is the climbing wall where athletes compete for the fastest time?

Accepted Answer

15m

Question 19

Who has won the most Olympic gold medals?

Accepted Answer

Michael Phelps

Question 20

Football is one of the few sports at the Games where the tournament starts before the opening ceremony.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

What do the 5 Olympic rings represent?

Accepted Answer

The five inhabited continents, united by sport

Question 22

Erin Routliffe & Lulu Sun will represent New Zealand in doubles at the Paris Games. Both will make their Olympic debuts.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

Eva Morris and Nina Brown will represent New Zealand at the Olympic Games in artistic swimming, formally know as ...

Accepted Answer

synchronised swimming

Question 24

David Liti will be representing New Zealand at the Olympic Games in weightlifting and also tells people he is a ....

Accepted Answer

professional croissant eater

Question 25

There are 3 Olympic shooting disciplines-rifle, pistol & shotgun. Rifle & pistol athletes aim at targets at distances of

Accepted Answer

10m, 25m and 50m

Question 26

Equestrian is the only entirely mixed-gender sport at the Olympic Games.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

The New Zealand Team for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is made up of how many athletes?

Accepted Answer

195

Question 28

What colours are the Olympic rings?

Accepted Answer

blue, yellow, black, green, red

Question 29

There will be a public marathon in Paris the same day and on the same course as the Olympic event.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

The New Zealand Team has named it’s largest ever women’s canoe sprint team for the Olympic Games. How many athletes?

Accepted Answer

6

Question 31

France has hosted the Winter Olympic Games.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 32

The first official 'modern' Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 33

Environmentally friendly! ____ % of the Paris 2024 venues already exist or will be temporary.

Accepted Answer

95%

Question 34

Dylan McCullough, Hayden Wilde, Nicole van der Kaay and Ainsley Thorpe will swim WHERE for the triathlon in Paris?

Accepted Answer

the Seine River

Question 35

New Zealand Sportsman of the Year, Aaron Gate is part of a 16 strong track & road cycling team. This will be his ? Games

Accepted Answer

4th

Question 36

Raglan’s Billy Stairmand and Gisborne’s Saffi Vette will be surfing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at....

Accepted Answer

Teahupoʻo in Tahiti

Question 37

At the London 1908 and Amsterdam 1912 Olympic Games New Zealand athletes

Accepted Answer

competed as part of the Australasian Team

Question 38

A new sport at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is called "breaking."

Accepted Answer

True

Question 39

How were the athletes of the Ancient Greek Games dressed?

Accepted Answer

They were naked.

Question 40

Which sport is currently NOT included at the Summer Olympic Games?

Accepted Answer

bowls

Question 41

Lydia Ko heads into the Paris Olympic Games looking to complete her set of Olympic medals. She needs to win ...

Accepted Answer

a gold medal

Question 42

Veerle ten Have and Josh Armit will represent New Zealand in the new discipline of iQFOIL and will reach speeds of up to

Accepted Answer

55 - 65kph

Question 43

The New Zealand Team earned this many medals (total) in the Tokyo Olympics:

Accepted Answer

20

Question 44

Dylan Schmidt & Maddie Davidson are off to the Paris 2024 Olympics for trampoline. How many times have they been before?

Accepted Answer

Dylan 2 Maddie 1

Question 45

Women’s artistic gymnast Georgia-Rose Brown competes in the all around competition, but her favourite event is...

Accepted Answer

uneven bars

Question 46

How many sports will take place at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games?

Accepted Answer

32

Question 47

New Zealand’s youngest athlete is Milly Clegg who is just 18 years old. She plays ...

Accepted Answer

football

Question 48

Since 1908, how many athletes have proudly represented New Zealand at the summer & winter Olympic Games?(prior to Paris)

Accepted Answer

1527

Question 49

The New Zealand athletics team named for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is made up of how many athletes?

Accepted Answer

17

Question 50

Diver Lizzie Roussel will compete in what event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games?

Accepted Answer

3m Springboard

Question 51

How many different competition sites will there be at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games?

Accepted Answer

35

Question 52

New Zealand’s Olympic athletes receive pendants made from Tahutahi “snowflake” pounamu. It is true that ...

Accepted Answer

Ngāti Māhaki carvers dedicated a year to create the pieces., The rich and intense green stone has a striking white snowflake effect., Tahutahi pounamu is only found on the Cascade Plateau, south of Haast., Tahutahi pounamu is one of the rarest types of pounamu.

Question 53

Tayla Ford (Tainui) is set to become the first ever New Zealand woman to compete in what sport at the Olympic Games?

Accepted Answer

wrestling

Question 54

At the Paris 2024 Games, Emma Twigg will become the first ever New Zealand rower to compete in how many Olympic Games.

Accepted Answer

5

The NZ Team - heading to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

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The NZ Team - heading to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

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