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2018 Winter Olympic Facts
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1
With 28 medals, who is the most decorated Olympian of all time?
Jenny Thompson
Larisa Latynina
Michael Phelps
Ryan Lochte
2
When were women allowed to compete in the Olympics?
205 BCE
2001
1900
1924
3
The five rings symbolize the 5 __________and the uniting of athletes from around the world.
none of the above
Continents
Oceans
M&M Colors
4
What is the Slogan for the 2018 Olympics?
“Passion. Connected.”
"Hot. Cool. Yours"
"Dilly Dilly"
"You Can Do It"
5
The Winter Olympics will feature ______ sports with individual and team events.
15
5
12
10
6
Apolo Anton Ohno is an 8 time gold medalist in which sport?
skeleton
figure skating
luge
short track speed skating
7
The estimated cost of the Pyeong Chang Winter Olympics is $_______.
$1 billion
$100 billion
$10 billion
$10 million
8
People with disabilities compete in the paralympics.
True
False
9
15 sets of siblings will compete for team USA in this year’s winter games?
False (none)
False (9)
True
10
The 2018 Winter Olympics are being held in_________.
Russia
PyeongChang
United States
Pin Pong
11
Who is the most decorated winter Olympian?
Your Mom! (My son made me say this! He's 12.)
Yuzuru Hanyu, Japan, Figure Skating
Apolo Anton Ohno, USA, Skating
Ole Einar Bjoerndale, Norway, Biathlon
12
Shaun White finally won his 1st gold medal in the 2018 Olympics in the snowboarding half-pipe.
False (He's won 3!)
True
13
What is the newest sport to be added to the Olympics?
karate
surfing
skateboarding
sports climbing
14
What is the population of Pyeong Chang?
222,222
7 billion
1 million
43,666
15
The flame arrives in the Republic of Korea, ____ days before the Games are scheduled to begin
20 days
500 days
100 days
60 days
16
The 2018 gold medals are the heaviest in history.
True 20 lbs
True 1.29 lbs.
True 5 lbs.
False
17
At the 2018 Olympics in Pyeong Chang, there will be ______ countries competing.
50
92
10
1000
18
The Olympic Games were cancelled during World War I (1916) and World War II (1940 and 1944.)
False
True
19
Dorothy Hamill was a skier in the 1970's.
True
False (She was a figure skater.)
20
This is the ______ time South Korea has hosted the Winter Olympics.
100th
last
20th
1st
21
The first recorded ancient Olympic Games were held in 776 BCE.
True
False
22
What age must you be to be able to compete in the Olympic games?
12
20
5
16
23
Jamaica is sending its first women's _________ team to the Olympics.
curling
snowboarding
ski
bobsled
24
The
first
modern Olympics were held in ________________, in 1896.
Berlin, Germany
Athens, Greece
Wellington, Colorado
Rome, Italy
25
Official mascots for the 2018 games are Soohorang, a ___________, and Bandabi, a ___________.
impala and lambkin
cat and dog
raccoon and white feret
white tiger and Asiatic black bear
