Winter Olympic Games

Where were the first modern Olympic Winter Games held?

• Salt Lake City, UT

• Stockholm, Sweden

• Moscow, Russia

• Chamonix, France

The VIII Olympic Winter Games saw the inclusion of which new women's competition?

• Figure Skating

• Bobsled

• Speed Skating

• Ski jumping

What is the only indoor Winter Olympics sport that does not involve ice skates?

• Skiing

• Luge

• Snowboarding

• Curling

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Which Olympic team was the subject of a 1993 Disney comedy?

• The Danish gymnastics team

• The Japanese baseball team

• The Russian synchronized swimming team

• The Jamaican bobsled team

What country has won both the most gold medals, and the most medals overall in the Winter Olympic Games?

• United States

• Canada

• Norway

• Russia

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What are the only two countries south of the equator to win medals at the Winter Olympics Games?

• Australia and New Zealand

• South Africa and Argentina

• New Zealand and South Africa

• Australia and Argentina

Who is the youngest athlete to ever win a gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games?

• Johann Olav Koss - 12 years old - Bobsleigh

• Christopher Dean - 21 years old - Curling

• Tara Lipinski - 15 years old - Figure Skating

• Donat Acklin - 17 years old - Cross Country Skiing

What country has won the most gold medals for hockey?

• Russia

• Canada

• Norway

• United States

Which country has won every gold medal in pairs figure skating since the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria?

• Russia

• Canada

• Finland

• United States

Which were the first Olympic Games to allow participation of Germany and Japan after World War II?

• 1956 Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

• 1952 Games in Oslo, Norway

• 1972 Games in Sapporo, Japan

• 1964 Games in Innsbruck, Austria