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It'll Freak Me Out Big Time If You Can Ace This "Weird Olympic Sports" Test

Weird Olympic Sports Trivia Quiz

This "Weird Olympic Events" Test Is Really Dang Hard 

Despite never being in the Olympics, pickleball has recently grown in popularity and could become an Olympic sport in the future.

Pickleball has NEVER been an Olympic Sport

Has Pickleball ever been an Olympic Sport?

Interestingly, Tug-of-War was one of the [**original**](https://olympics.com/en/sports/tug-of-war/) Olympic games. However, it is no longer an Olympic sport.

YES!

The [**competition**](https://olympics.com/en/video/forgotten-olympic-sport-rope-climbing) appeared in four separate Olympic competitions, from 1896 to 1904 to 1924 to 1932. 50% of the available medals in this discipline were won by the United States.

Has Rope Climbing ever been an Olympic Sport?

Only the 1972 Olympics [**featured**](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/roby-zucchi) the sport as a demonstration. Three medals were won by the United States.

YES! Only once

Has Water Skiing ever been an Olympic Sport?

People have [**tried**](https://twitter.com/FIDE_chess/status/1095399143286235137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1095399143286235137%7Ctwgr%5Ed3f5539574b0ab4b2c03a2b66cdf1a5f5aec1c4e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chess.com%2Fnews%2Fview%2Fchess-put-forward-to-join-paris-2024-olympic-games) to make it an Olympic Sport but it has yet to be added.

It was an [**Olympic trial event**](https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/lifestyle/article/olympic-games-weirdest-events) in 1900 with 128 competitors that never made it fully into the Olympic Games.

NO but almost

Was Poodle Clipping ever an Olympic Event?

It's been an event [**since**](https://olympics.com/en/news/all-you-need-to-know-about-race-walking) 1904!

YES and it is a current event

Has Race Walking ever been an Olympic Sport?

Surprisingly, it has never been an Olympic Sport.

And has Billiards (Pool) ever been an Olympic Sport?

You got {{correct}} correct...this was kinda hard, though, so we won't judge you!

Better luck next time!

You got {{correct}} correct! Hey, that's pretty good. You either are a great guesser or for some reason know a lot about the Olympics.

Not too shabby!

You got a perfect score! How did you know all of these answers? Very impressive.

You know your Olympics!

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