Olympics Quiz: 40 Questions and Answers (Summer and Winter Games)

Are you a true Olympics fan? This Olympics quiz has 40 questions in four rounds, from easy to advanced, and covers the Summer and Winter Games from ancient Olympia to Milan Cortina 2026. Every question has an answer at the end, so you can run it straight away at a party, in class or on a team call.

We checked every answer against the Comitetul Olimpic Internațional, britanic and official results. Records and medal tables are accurate as at October 2026, and the full list of sources is at the end.

Olympics quiz at a glance

• runde: patru runde a câte 10 întrebări fiecare.
• Format: round 1 is multiple choice and the other three rounds use typed answers.
• Subiecte: history, host cities, records, athletes and Winter Games facts.
• Latest Games covered: Paris 2024 and Milan Cortina 2026.

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Round 1: easy (multiple choice)

Întrebările de la 1 la 10. Alegeți A, B, C sau D.

1. Which city hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896? A) Paris B) Athens C) London D) Rome
2. Câte inele sunt pe steagul olimpic? A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6
3. Ce oraș a găzduit Jocurile Olimpice de vară din 2024? A) Tokyo B) Los Angeles C) Paris D) Rio de Janeiro
4. Which country hosted the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo? A) Switzerland B) Italy C) Austria D) France
5. Ce oraș va găzdui Jocurile Olimpice de vară din 2028? A) Brisbane B) Los Angeles C) Madrid D) Doha
6. Where is the Olympic flame lit before the torch relay begins? A) Athens B) Rome C) Olympia D) Sparta
7. Which country does the sprinter Usain Bolt represent? A) Jamaica B) United States C) Trinidad and Tobago D) Great Britain
8. Which of these is a Winter Olympic sport? A) Rowing B) Fencing C) Archery D) Curling
9. How often are the Summer Olympic Games normally held? A) Every two years B) Every three years C) Every four years D) Every five years
10. What are Olympic gold medals mostly made of? A) Solid gold B) Silver C) Bronze D) Platinum

Round 2: medium (typed answers)

Questions 11 to 20.

11. Which French town hosted the first Winter Olympics in 1924?
12. Which three Games were cancelled because of the two world wars? Give the years.
13. In which year were the Tokyo 2020 Games actually held, after a delay?
14. How long is an Olympic marathon, in kilometres?
15. Which dance sport made its Olympic debut at Paris 2024?
16. Which was the first city to host the Summer Games three times?
17. Which team of athletes who cannot compete for their home countries first appeared at Rio 2016?
18. Complete the Olympic motto: Faster, Higher, Stronger, ____.
19. Which country won the most gold medals at Milan Cortina 2026?
20. How many gold medals did the United States and China each win at Paris 2024?

Round 3: difficult (typed answers)

Questions 21 to 30. Name the host city for each year, then name each athlete's sport.

21. Which city hosted the Summer Olympics in 2004?
22. Which city hosted the Summer Olympics in 2008?
23. Which city hosted the Summer Olympics in 2012?
24. Which city hosted the Summer Olympics in 2016?
25. Which city hosted the Summer Olympics in 2020 (held in 2021)?
26. Usain Bolt won Olympic gold in which sport?
27. Michael Phelps won Olympic gold in which sport?
28. Simone Biles won Olympic gold in which sport?
29. Lang Ping won Olympic gold as a player in 1984 in which team sport?
30. Greg Louganis won Olympic gold in which sport?

Round 4: advanced (typed answers)

Questions 31 to 40. Anyone who reaches here with fewer than five wrong answers is a real Olympics expert.

31. Which Czech athlete won gold in both alpine skiing and snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics?
32. Which two languages are the official languages of the Olympic Games?
33. Who is the only athlete to win gold at both the Summer and Winter Games in different sports (boxing in 1920, bobsleigh in 1932)?
34. How many events make up the decathlon?
35. Which country has won the most Winter Olympic gold medals of all time?
36. How many Olympic gold medals did Michael Phelps win in total?
37. Which country led the boycott of the 1980 Moscow Games?
38. Who became the oldest Olympic medallist ever, aged 72, in 1920?
39. Which city hosted the first Games in the Southern Hemisphere, in 1956?
40. What was the only event at the first ancient Olympic Games in 776 BCE?

Olympics quiz answers

Round 1 (1 to 10)

1. B) Athens
2. C) 5
3. C) Paris
4. B) Italy
5. B) Los Angeles
6. C) Olympia
7. A) Jamaica
8. D) Curling
9. C) Every four years
10. B) Silver

Round 2 (11 to 20)

11. Chamonix
12. 1916, 1940 şi 1944
13. 2021
14. 42.195 km
15. Breaking
16. London (1908, 1948 and 2012)
17. The Refugee Olympic Team
18. Împreună
19. Norway (18 gold medals)
20. 40 fiecare

Round 3 (21 to 30)

21. Atena
22. Beijing
23. Londra
24. Rio de Janeiro
25. Tokyo
26. Athletics (sprinting)
27. Înot
28. Gimnastică
29. volei
30. Scufundarea

Round 4 (31 to 40)

31. Ester Ledecká
32. Franceză și engleză
33. Eddie Eagan
34. 10
35. Norway
36. 23
37. Statele Unite
38. Oscar Swahn of Sweden (shooting, silver)
39. Melbourne
40. A footrace, the stadion

Întrebări frecvente

Cum au început Jocurile Olimpice?

The ancient Games began in Olympia, Greece, with the first recorded Games in 776 BCE, as part of a festival honouring Zeus. The modern Games began in Athens in 1896, according to britanic.

Who has won the most Olympic medals?

American swimmer Michael Phelps, with 28 medals, 23 of them gold, according to britanic.

Where are the next Olympic Games?

Los Angeles hosts the Summer Games in 2028. The next Winter Games are in the French Alps in 2030, and Brisbane hosts the Summer Games in 2032.

Cheltuieli cheie

• Mix easy multiple-choice questions with typed rounds so beginners score and experts still get a challenge.
• Use the host-city and athlete rounds as a quick tiebreaker.
• Swap in questions about your own country's athletes to make the quiz personal.

Surse

• Olympics.com: the origin of the Olympic Games
• Britannica: ancient Olympic Games
• Britannica: Michael Phelps
• Britannica: Eddie Eagan
• IOC: the Olympic motto
• IOC: Refugee Olympic Team at Rio 2016
• Olympics.com: Eddie Eagan, first and only Summer and Winter gold
• Olympics.com: Antwerp 1920 and a 72-year-old medallist
• NBC Olympics: final medal count, Milan Cortina 2026
• NBC Olympics: USA and China tie on 40 golds at Paris 2024
• IOC: LA28

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