olympics Trivia Quiz # 109
This is Olympics Quiz # 109, GOOD LUCK! You can head back to the main Olympics Quiz index, or try your luck at a random quiz.Olympics Question 1
Olympic Sport Debut Years - In what year did football (soccer) debut as a medal event in the Olympics?
The correct answer is '1908'
Paris. In 1908, football became one of the first team sports included in the Olympic Games. Women's football was introduced in 1996 at Atlanta. Since Barcelona 1992, rules restricted teams to players under 23 years old with the exception of three over-age players with professional players being able to compete.
Olympics Question 2
Olympics: Americas - The Olympic abbreviation for Saint Kitts and Nevis is:
The correct answer is 'SKN'
Olympics Question 3
Olympics: Americas - The Olympic abbreviation for the Netherlands Antilles is:
The correct answer is 'AHO'
Olympics Question 4
Dutch Sports I - Which Dutch female athlete won 4 Olympic gold medals in the 1948 London Olympics?
The correct answer is 'Fanny Blankers-Koen'
Fanny Blankers-Koen was elected female athlete of the 20th century.
Olympics Question 5
Reggie Miller - Reggie has won an Olympic Gold Medal.
The correct answer is 'True'
Reggie was part of "Dream Team 3", that won the Gold Medal in Atlanta, Georgia in 1996. He was also a member of the second Dream Team which won the World Championship of Basketball in 1994.
Olympics Question 6
Clutch Plays and Players - In the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, the underdog United States Hockey Team won the gold medal. What team did they defeat to win the gold medal?
The correct answer is 'Finland'
Many remember the US team defeating the heavily favored Russians. This victory advanced them to the final game against Finland. They also defeated Sweden and Czechoslovakia along the way.
Olympics Question 7
Think You Know Figure Skating? - Who is the only male pairs skater to win Olympic gold medals with 2 different partners?
The correct answer is 'Artur Dmitriev'
Artur won the 1992 Albertville Games with Natalia Mishkutenok, and the 1998 Nagano Games with Oksana Kazakova.
Olympics Question 8
Stars of Irish Sport - At the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 Michael Carruth became Ireland’s first Olympic gold medalist in 36 years. In which sport did he compete?
The correct answer is 'Boxing'
Michael joined the professional ranks in 1994.
Olympics Question 9
New York Islanders: Part 2 - Peter Laviolette was the captain for the 1993-94 mens' Olympic Hockey team?
The correct answer is 'True'
The former defenseman was named captain of the team.
Olympics Question 10
Olympic Stats from Athens - In boxing, how many gold medals were won by the Cuban boxers?
The correct answer is '5'
Of 11 weight divisions, the Cubans won 5 golds and 2 silvers, to demonstrate their supremacy in the sport.