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The Olympic Games quiz — Sports

The “The Olympic Games” quiz — Sports. It has 25 questions in five categories: Ancient Games, Symbols & rituals, Host cities, Winter Games, Legends & records. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.

  • 25 questions · 5 categories

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Buzzo quiz: The Olympic Games

A peek at the questions

The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.

Ancient Games

  1. 100Picture for the question

    In honour of which supreme god did the ancient Greeks hold the Olympic Games every four years?

  2. 200

    Which ancient Greek combat sport combined wrestling and boxing, allowing almost any move except biting?

  3. 300

    What was the name…

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  4. 400

    What is the name…

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  5. 500

    Which Spartan princess became…

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Symbols & rituals

  1. 100

    Athletes from which country traditionally march first in the Parade of Nations at the opening ceremony?

  2. 200

    Which fourth word was added to the Olympic motto 'Faster, Higher, Stronger' in 2021?

  3. 300

    Which optical device is…

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  4. 400

    Which French baron and…

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  5. 500

    In which city did…

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Host cities

  1. 100Picture for the question

    In which city did the all-marble Panathenaic Stadium host the first modern Olympic Games in 1896?

  2. 200

    Which Brazilian city became the first in South America to host the Olympic Games in 2016?

  3. 300

    Which city became the…

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  4. 400

    Due to strict equine…

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  5. 500

    Which US city became…

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Winter Games

  1. 100Picture for the question

    In which French Alpine resort town were the first Winter Olympic Games held in 1924?

  2. 200

    What is the winter sport in which players sweep the ice with brooms ahead of a sliding granite stone?

  3. 300

    In which sport did…

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  4. 400

    Which Scandinavian country leads…

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  5. 500

    Which American is the…

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Legends & records

  1. 100

    Which American swimmer is the most decorated Olympian of all time, with 28 medals including 23 golds?

  2. 200

    Which Romanian gymnast became the first in Olympic history to be awarded a perfect score of 10.0 in Montreal in 1976?

  3. 300

    Which American athlete set…

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  4. 400

    Which athlete revolutionized the…

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  5. 500

    Which runner won gold…

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