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I'll give you a hint, there's five rings.

You Can Only Watch The Olympics If You Score 7/10 On This Olympic Ring Quiz

How Well Do You Know The Olympic Rings?

It's the blue ring!

It's the red ring!

It's the yellow ring!

It's the green ring!

It's the black ring!

Pierre de Coubertin, co-founder of the modern Olympic Games, designed the Olympic Rings symbol and [presented it to the public in 1913](https://www.olympic.org/olympic-rings).

The symbol was designed in 1913!

What year was the Olympic rings symbol designed?

The Olympic rings first appeared on the Olympic flag at the [Games of the VII Olympiad Antwerp](https://www.olympic.org/olympic-rings) in 1920.

They were used in 1920!

What year did the Olympic rings debut at the Olympic Games?

When the rings were designed in 1913, they were created to symbolize the [unity of the five participating continents](https://www.olympic.org/olympic-rings): Africa, Asia, America, Australia and Europe.

The rings symbolize the union of the five continents!

While the overall design represents the unity of five continents, there is [no correlation between participating countries](https://www.olympic.org/olympic-rings) and the colors of the rings.

The rings don't represent any specific country!

True or false? Each participating country is represented by a specific color ring.

In 1986 the International Olympic Committee released this design, which adds white space between each ring, to make it easier for the rings to be reproduced. However, in 2010 the [IOC returned to the original design](https://www.olympic.org/olympic-rings) where the rings are fully connected with no spaces in-between.

This is not the current design.

True or false? This is what the current Olympic rings design looks like.

If knowing information about the Olympic rings was a sport you would definitely take the bronze medal. That's okay, there's still time to brush up on your knowledge before the 2018 Winter Olympics.

You really don't know that much about the Olympic rings!

If knowing information about the Olympic rings was a sport you would totally take the silver medal. Luckily there's still time to brush up on your history before the 2018 Winter Olympics.

You're pretty familiar with the Olympic rings!

If knowing information about the Olympic rings was a sport you would totally take the gold medal. You are beyond ready to watch the 2018 Winter Olympics.

You totally know everything about the Olympic rings!

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