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Easy Olympics Trivia Questions
The easy questions from our olympics set, 14 of them, each with the answer and an explanation below the game.
Keys 1-4 pick an answer, Enter moves on. Nothing is saved to an account.
The easy questions are the ones most people absorb without trying: five rings, a flame lit in Greece, gold silver and bronze, a four-year gap, London in 2012 and Rio in 2016. It is a good opening round for players who do not follow sport closely.
14 easy olympics trivia questions with answers
How many rings appear on the Olympic flag?
Answer: Five They are interlocked in two rows of three and two.
The Olympic rings are said to represent what?
Answer: The inhabited continents of the world Their colors, plus the white background, were chosen to include every national flag of the time.
In which year were the modern Olympic Games first held?
Answer: 1896 The revival came fifteen centuries after the ancient games were discontinued.
Which city hosted the first modern Olympic Games?
Answer: Athens Greece was chosen as the birthplace of the ancient games.
The motto Citius, Altius, Fortius translates as what?
Answer: Faster, Higher, Stronger It is Latin, and a fourth word meaning together was added in 2021.
Which country traditionally leads the parade of nations at the opening ceremony?
Answer: Greece The host nation goes last, with everyone else in between.
How many years usually pass between Summer Olympic Games?
Answer: Four The Winter Games now fall in the even years between them.
The Olympic flame is lit at which site before each Games?
Answer: Olympia in Greece It is kindled from the sun's rays using a parabolic mirror.
Which Winter Olympic sport involves sweeping the ice with brooms?
Answer: Curling Sweeping warms the ice and changes how far the stone slides.
Which medal is awarded for third place?
Answer: Bronze Gold and silver go to first and second.
Which city hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics?
Answer: London It was London's third time as host.
Which country hosted the 2016 Summer Olympics?
Answer: Brazil The Games were held in Rio de Janeiro, the first in South America.
The ancient Olympic Games were held in honor of which god?
Answer: Zeus A giant statue of Zeus stood in the temple at the site.
What name is given to the four-year period between Games?
Answer: An Olympiad The ancient Greeks used Olympiads as a way of counting years.
Answer key
- Five
- The inhabited continents of the world
- 1896
- Athens
- Faster, Higher, Stronger
- Greece
- Four
- Olympia in Greece
- Curling
- Bronze
- London
- Brazil
- Zeus
- An Olympiad
How to play
- Pick a mode: multiple choice, true or false, a 60-second sprint, or the daily quiz.
- Answer with a tap, or press 1 to 4 on a keyboard. The right answer appears straight away with a line explaining it.
- Finish the round to see your score, copy the result grid, and step up a difficulty.
- Hosting a night? The full olympics list and a separate answer key are printed below, and the print layout drops the game and keeps the paper.
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