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How Much Do You Actually Know About The Olympics?

The first modern Olympics were held in [1896 in Athens, Greece.](https://www.olympic.org/ancient-olympic-games/the-sports-events)

1896.

The first modern Olympic games were held in what year?

Handball was first introduced as sport in Scandinavia and Germany in the 19th century and was first became a part of the Games in 1936.

Handball.

What sport WASN'T part of the first Olympics in ancient Greece?

The first winter games weren't actually until 1924.

1924.

When was the first Winter Olympics?

Comăneci received a perfect 10 at the Montreal Olympics in 1976, a score so unheard of at the time, the [scoreboards literally couldn't properly display it.](https://www.olympic.org/videos/first-perfect-ten-nadia-comaneci)

Nadia Comăneci

What gymnast scored the first perfect ten?

Seventy-three countries, out of 202 that have competed, [still haven't won a medal,](http://olympic-medal-count.pointafter.com/saved_search/Countries-with-No-Olympic-Medals) including Bolivia, Bangladesh, Gambia, and Fiji.

How many countries have never medaled in the Olympics?

Actually, [four athletes](http://www.infoplease.com/ipsa/A0115194.html) managed to medal in both the summer and winter games. The most notable was East German Christa Luding-Rothenburger, who did it in the SAME YEAR. She won gold in speed skating in 1984. In 1888, she took home silver and bronze medals in speed skating at the winter games, and another silver at the summer games in match sprint cycling. She also won a bronze in 1992.   
Other athletes who've medaled in both summer and winter games include Eddie Eagan (USA), who won a gold in boxing in 1920 and then went on to win a gold in the four-man bobsled in 1932; Jacob Tullin Thams (Norway), who won gold in ski-jumping in 1924 and a silver in yachting in 1936; and Clara Hughes (Canada), who won two bronze medals in cycling in 1996 and then went on to win a bronze medal in speed skating in 2002.

False

True or false: No one has ever medaled in both summer and winter games.

Liukin actually competed in the 2008 games!

Nastia Liukin.

Who WASN'T a member of the 2012 women's gymnastics "Dream Team"?

[Oscar Swahn](http://www.topendsports.com/events/summer/oldest-youngest.htm), from Sweden, was 72 and 281 days old when he won a silver medal in the 1920 Olympics. The sport? A shooting competition called running deer. He also competed in the 1908 and 1912 games.

How old was the oldest Olympian to compete in the Olympics?

Phelps is the most accomplished Olympian of all time, with 22 Olympic medals. Gymnast Larisa Latynina has won the most individual medals — 14.

MIchael Phelps

Which Olympian has won the most Olympic medals in history?

Pierre de Frédy [designed](http://mentalfloss.com/article/31263/what-do-olympic-rings-mean) the Olympic rings to denote the five continents that compete in the games — he lumped North and South America together. ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯

The five continents that compete in the Olympics.

What do the five Olympic rings stand for?

Hard to believe that pigeon shooting used to be a part of the games while the relatively innocuous sport of squash [hasn't ever been played](http://www.history.com/news/5-sports-that-havent-made-it-into-the-olympics-yet) in Olympic competition.

Squash.

Which one of these was never an Olympic sport?

Usain Bolt [broke the world records](http://www.biography.com/people/usain-bolt-20702091) in the 100-meter and 200-meter races at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Usain Bolt.

Who is the fastest runner to ever compete at the Olympics?

London's [hosted](http://www.topendsports.com/events/summer/trivia.htm) the Olympics on three separate occasions — in 1908, 1948, and 2012.

London.

What city has hosted the Olympic games the most times?

President Jimmy Carter initiated a [boycott](http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/carter-announces-olympic-boycott) of the Summer Olympic games, held in Moscow, to protest the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union.

1980.

What year did the U.S. boycott the Olympics?

Okay, so you don't know a ton about the Olympics, but you still made it up on the winner's podium! es.

You won bronze!

You have a pretty good grasp on the weird history of the Olympics and its many twists and turn. Nice going!

You won silver!

Your Olympics trivia skills are second to none. You know an impressive amount about the history of the games! Way to go, champ!

You won gold!

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