Home > SportsHistory of Olympics Report a question What’s wrong with this question? You cannot submit an empty report. Please add some details. 0% History of Olympics 1. In what year were the first Winter Olympics held? 1948 1952 1936 1924 2. What do the five rings on the Olympic flag represent? Five founding nations Five sports Five continents Five values of Olympism 3. Who lit the Olympic flame in the 1996 Atlanta Games? Florence Griffith Joyner Michael Jordan Muhammad Ali Carl Lewis 4. Which city will host the 2028 Summer Olympics? Paris Tokyo Los Angeles Brisbane 5. Who was the founder of the modern Olympic Games? Jules Rimet Alexander Cartwright Baron von Siemens Pierre de Coubertin 6. Which famous Olympian won 8 gold medals in a single Olympics? Larisa Latynina Mark Spitz Michael Phelps Usain Bolt 7. Which sport was reintroduced to the Olympics in 2021 after being absent since 2008? Baseball/Softball Karate Surfing Climbing 8. What is the Olympic motto? Global Harmony Together for Peace Faster, Higher, Stronger Unity in Sport 9. Which country has won the most Olympic medals in history? Russia China USA Germany 10. Which city has hosted the Summer Olympics three times? Paris Tokyo London Los Angeles 11. What was the first team sport added to the Olympics in 1900? Water Polo Football Basketball Rugby 12. What year did women first participate in the Olympics? 1900 1896 1932 1920 13. Who is the most decorated Olympian of all time with 28 medals? Usain Bolt Mark Spitz Michael Phelps Larisa Latynina 14. Which country hosted the first televised Olympics? Germany UK USA France 15. Which city hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896? Rome London Paris Athens 16. Which country boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics? Canada China Germany USA 17. Which Olympics were known as the ‘Nazi Olympics’? 1948 London 1928 Amsterdam 1936 Berlin 1964 Tokyo 18. Which country has hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics? Italy Japan All of the above France Your score is The average score is 0% 0% Restart quiz