Olympics Trivia

Test your Olympic Games knowledge with this special quiz. By Cindy MacDonald.

1. Excluding softball, which is making a reappearance at the Tokyo Olympics, what three sports beginning with ‘s’ will debut at the Games?

2. Spiridon Louis, Abebe Bikila and Carlos Lopes all won which Olympic event?

3. What was the nickname of American sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner?

4. Which European city hosted the 1928 Summer Olympics?

5. In what order are the four strokes of a medley relay swum?

6. Carl Lewis won gold in which event at four consecutive Olympics?

7. Which British track athlete won gold medals in the 1500 metres in 1980 and 1984 and later became a politician?

8. Two athletes have represented Australia at both a Summer and Winter Olympics. The first was Paul Narracott; who was the second?

9. Which Australian swimmer, who died in April this year, won the 1500 metres freestyle at the 1960 Rome Olympics?

10. Name three of the seven events in the women’s heptathlon?

11. Briton Steve Redgrave won gold medals in which sport at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000?

12. Cathy Freeman was born in which Queensland coastal town?

13. True or false: Tennis was one of the original nine sports when the modern Olympic Games began in Athens in 1896.

14. Who won tennis gold in 1988 and completed a “Golden Slam” that year?

15. What number Olympiad was the Sydney 2000 Olympics?

16. What renowned paediatric health specialist won a gold medal for the United States in the 1924 Paris Summer Olympics?

17. In what year were the Olympics first hosted by Los Angeles?

18. What martial art debuted at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics?

19. Three-time Paralympian Matthew Cowdrey competed in what sport?

20. In Olympic archery events, what is the distance from the archer to the target: (a) 30 metres; (b) 50 metres; or (c) 70 metres?

21. Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar will compete in which sport at Tokyo 2020?

22. At which Olympics did beach volleyball debut?

23. Prior to Tokyo 2020, which Australian had won the most Olympic gold medals?

24. Australia won 13 gold medals at the Melbourne 1956 Games. How many golds did the team win at the Sydney 2000 Olympics?

25. Who was the flag bearer for Australia at the London 2012 opening ceremony?

26. Prior to the Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony, co-flag bearer Patty Mills played for which team in the NBA?

27. Which two Australian swimmers will compete in their fourth Olympics at Tokyo 2020?

28. Which Australian diver will compete in her fourth Olympics at Tokyo 2020?

30. True or false: Tokyo will become the first city to host the Paralympic Games twice?

31. Cricketer Mitchell Starc’s brother Brandon Starc competes in which Olympic sport?

32. Who were Australia’s first two female Olympians, competing in swimming at Stockholm 1912?