WorksheetsTokyo 2020: the big Olympics quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which country won the most medals per capita (they won one medal for every 11,333 people in the country)?
San Marino
Turkmenistan
Burkina Faso
Qatar
Who won the silver medal in the men’s high jump?
Mutaz Barshim and Gianmarco Tamberi shared the silver medal
Maksim Nedasekau
Gianmarco Tamberi
No one
What were the medals made from at these Games?
Metals excavated from below Mount Fuji
They were the medals that had been made for the 1940 Games, which were due to be held in Tokyo but had to be cancelled when the second world war broke out in 1939
Recycled mobile phones and electrical equipment
Recycled coffee
Ukrainian shooter Serhiy Kulish won silver in the 10m air rifle event in Rio five years ago and was in the mix for another medal in Tokyo, but what went wrong?
He dropped his gun, shot himself in the foot and was disqualified
He left his contact lenses in his hotel, could not get back in time due to various Covid checks and missed his final
He mistakenly fired at someone else’s target, received zero points for his shot and dropped down to eighth position
His gun broke before his event and he didn’t have a spare so was not able to compete
Which athlete won the most gold medals in Tokyo?
Katie Ledecky
Caeleb Dressel
Sunisa Lee
Allyson Felix
Kirani James has now won gold, silver and bronze medals at the Olympics. What makes his achievement even more spectacular?
No one else from his country has ever won an Olympic medal
His father also won gold, silver and bronze medals at the Olympics
He has won his three medals in three different events
He is still a teenager
Which country became the smallest in history to win a gold medal at a Summer Olympics? (They have a population of just 64,000).
Grenada
Bermuda
San Marino
Suriname
What was unusual about the men’s shot put competition?
The athletes that won gold, silver and bronze in Rio five years ago won gold, silver and bronze again in Tokyo
Two of three medalists were brothers, but they were representing different countries
All eight finalists beat the previous world record
All three medalists were from Turkmenistan – and there were the only medals the country won at the Games
What was the combined age of the three female skateboarders who won medals in the park event in Tokyo?
36
40
44
50
How many countries won medals in Tokyo?
66
80
94
109
What was the age difference between the youngest and oldest medal winners in Tokyo?
30 years
40 years
50 years
60 years
The women’s football final between Canada and Sweden went to penalties. Of the 12 penalties taken in the shootout, how many were scored?
Eleven
Three
Five
One
There were four new sports introduced in Tokyo. Which of these sports did not make its debut at these Games?
Karate
Surfing
Skateboarding
Breakdancing
In which of these events did one country win gold, silver and bronze?
Men's surfing
Women's 100m
Men's marathon
Women's hammer throw
Jessica Fox won a gold medal for Australia in canoeing in Tokyo. Which countries did her parents, Richard and Myriam, represent when they were Olympic canoeists?
Australia and New Zealand
Great Britain and France
Brazil and Argentina
USA and Canada
