Question 1

What year did the Olympic Games originate?

Accepted Answer

776 BC

Question 2

Who is the founder of the modern Olympic Games?

Accepted Answer

Pierre de Coubertin

Question 3

What year was the first Olympic Winter Games held?

Accepted Answer

1924

Question 4

What city hosted the first Olympic Winter Games?

Accepted Answer

Chamonix, France

Question 5

Who is the only Canadian athlete to win medals in BOTH the summer and winter games (6 in total, so far)?

Accepted Answer

Clara Hughes

Question 6

What sport is not contested or included in the Olympic Winter Games program?

Accepted Answer

Synchronized Skating

Question 7

Who scored the winning goal in women’s ice hockey to win the gold medal at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games?

Accepted Answer

Marie-Philip Poulin

Question 8

In which Winter Olympics has Canada sent the greatest number of athletes thus far?

Accepted Answer

PyeongChang in 2018

Question 9

Which athlete became the first Canadian man to repeat as Olympic champion in an individual event when he did so at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games?

Accepted Answer

Alexandre Bilodeau

Question 10

At the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, Kristen Bujnowski (a staff member's daughter), competed for Team Canada in the Two-woman Bobsleigh. What was her team's final ranking in the event?

Accepted Answer

8th place

Olympics Trivia Break 1

2) Who is the founder of the modern Olympic Games?

3) What year was the first Olympic Winter Games held?

4) What city hosted the first Olympic Winter Games?

5) Who is the only Canadian athlete to win medals in BOTH the summer and winter games (6 in total, so far)?

6) What sport is not contested or included in the Olympic Winter Games program?

7) Who scored the winning goal in women’s ice hockey to win the gold medal at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games?

8) In which Winter Olympics has Canada sent the greatest number of athletes thus far?

9) Which athlete became the first Canadian man to repeat as Olympic champion in an individual event when he did so at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games?

10) At the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, Kristen Bujnowski (a staff member's daughter), competed for Team Canada in the Two-woman Bobsleigh. What was her team's final ranking in the event?