Q 01/05

Which Pacific nation's flag bearer marched shirtless and oiled in the cold at the 2018 Olympics?

A) Fiji

B) Samoa

C) Tonga

D) Palau

Answer · why

C) Tonga

Tonga's Pita Taufatofua had done the same at Rio 2016 as a taekwondo fighter. He then took up cross-country skiing and was his country's only athlete ...

Q 02/05

Which crop gave South Korea's silver-medal women's curling team its nickname at the 2018 Olympics?

A) Garlic

B) Ginseng

C) Rice

D) Cabbage

Answer · why

A) Garlic

Garlic is what the rural county of Uiseong was long known for, so fans dubbed its curlers the Garlic Girls. All five team members share the surname Ki...

Q 03/05

The 2018 Olympic host was styled 'PyeongChang', with a capital C, to avoid a mix-up with which city?

A) Pyeongtaek

B) Pohang

C) Pocheon

D) Pyongyang

Answer · why

D) Pyongyang

Pyongyang is the capital of North Korea, and in English the two names differ by only a few letters. The Games emblem was built from the Korean letters...

Q 04/05

Yun Sung-bin won skeleton gold at the 2018 Olympics in a helmet styled after which Marvel superhero?

A) Spider-Man

B) Iron Man

C) Captain America

D) Black Panther

Answer · why

B) Iron Man

Iron Man appeared to fly head-first down the track on Yun's helmet. He won by 1.63 seconds, a record margin for Olympic skeleton, and gave Asia its fi...

Q 05/05

Which skier scattered her war-veteran grandfather's ashes near the 2018 Olympic downhill course?

A) Mikaela Shiffrin

B) Julia Mancuso

C) Picabo Street

D) Lindsey Vonn

Answer · why

D) Lindsey Vonn

Lindsey Vonn's grandfather Don Kildow, who taught her to ski, had served in the Korean War and died three months earlier. She raced with his initials ...