Spark conversation via what you know and what you don’t know! Gather your team, grab a hot drink and challenge yourself with this weeks 10 question Olympics themed quiz. All answers can be found at the bottom of the page.
Who was the founder of the modern Olympic Games?
In which year did Australia first compete in the Olympic Games, and where were those Games held?
Which Australian athlete has won the most Olympic gold medals and in which sports?
Which city was the first to host the Summer Olympics twice, and in which years?
Who was the first Australian woman to win an Olympic gold medal and in which event?
At which Olympics did Australia achieve its highest gold medal tally, and how many gold medals did they win?
Which country boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics and subsequently led a boycott in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics?
Who was the first Indigenous Australian to win an Olympic gold medal and in which event?
What year did the Olympic Games introduce the Winter Olympics, and where were they held?
Which Australian city has hosted the Summer Olympics, and in what year?
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Answers
- Pierre de Coubertin
- 1896, Athens, Greece
- Ian Thorpe, Swimming
- Paris, 1900 and 1924
- Fanny Durack, swimming (100 meters freestyle) in 1912
- Sydney 2000, 16 medals
- United States boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics, and the Soviet Union led the boycott in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
- Cathy Freeman, 400 meters in 2000
- 1924, Chamonix, France
- Sydney, 2000
