Q 01/05

As of 2025, which diver holds the record for Olympic diving medals, with eight?

A) Tom Daley

B) Guo Jingjing

C) Dmitri Sautin

D) Wu Minxia

Answer · why

C) Dmitri Sautin

Dmitri Sautin: when the Olympic programme doubled to eight events in 2000, he entered all four men's events and won a medal in each.

Q 02/05

In which country were the first modern diving competitions held, in the 1880s?

A) Sweden

B) Germany

C) United States

D) England

Answer · why

D) England

England staged the first modern diving competitions in the 1880s; its Amateur Swimming Association ran a national plunging championship from 1883 to 1...

Q 03/05

Acrobatic diving grew out of gymnasts in which two countries leaping into water?

A) France and Italy

B) Germany and Sweden

C) Britain and Ireland

D) Denmark and Norway

Answer · why

B) Germany and Sweden

Germany and Sweden: gymnasts there had dived into water since the early 1800s, because the soft landing let them try bolder feats in the air.

Q 04/05

Farid Simaika scored the most points in the 1928 Olympic platform final; why did Pete Desjardins get gold?

A) Most judges ranked him first

B) Simaika was disqualified

C) An American protest was upheld

D) Desjardins had harder dives

Answer · why

A) Most judges ranked him first

Most judges ranked him first: placings decided the event rather than total points, and the Egyptian anthem had already been played for Simaika.

Q 05/05

Diving made its Olympic debut at which Games?

A) 1896 Athens

B) 1908 London

C) 1912 Stockholm

D) 1904 St. Louis

Answer · why

D) 1904 St. Louis

Diving debuted at the 1904 St. Louis Games with two men's events, platform diving and the plunge for distance; springboard events were added in 1908.