How well do you know the Winter Olympics? Try this quiz:

Bronze Medalist

1. What city did Beijing defeat in a close vote to host the 2022 Olympics?

a.) Stockholm, Sweden

b.) Oslo, Norway

c.) Almaty, Kazakhstan

2. Who was the last woman to win back-to-back gold medals in women’s figure skating?

a.) Katarina Witt

b.) Sonja Henie

c.) Peggy Fleming

3. Which country did the U.S. defeat to win an unexpected gold medal in men’s curling in 2018?

a.) Canada

b.) Finland

c.) Sweden

Silver Medalist

4. Who hosted the Winter Olympics the last time it was held the same year as the Summer Games?

a.) Lillehammer, Norway

b.) Albertville, France

c.) Sarajevo, Yugoslavia

5. Which of the following is the highest?

a.) Total medals won by South Korea in short track speedskating

b.) Total medals won by Norway in biathlon

c.) Total medals won by the United States in snowboarding

6. Which sport uses the Gundersen method?

a.) Nordic combined

b.) Cross-country skiing

c.) Biathlon

Gold Medalist

7. In 2018, snowboarder Shaun White gave the U.S. a milestone when he won the country’s 100th gold medal in Winter Games history. What sport did the first American gold come in, back in 1924?

a.) Bobsled

b.) Figure skating

c.) Speedskating

8. Which star athlete did NOT win three gold medals in Pyongchang in 2018?

a.) French biathlete Martin Fourcade

b.) Norwegian cross-country skier Marit Bjorgen

c.) Norwegian cross-country skier Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo

9. Which country’s entry finished one spot behind Jamaica in the two-man bobsled in 1988?

a.) Monaco

b.) Taiwan

c.) New Zealand

Answers

1. c; 2. a; 3. c; 4. b; 5. a; 6. a; 7. c; 8. b; 9. c

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