Q 01/05

Whose experience was the modern pentathlon designed to simulate?

A) A siege engineer under fire

B) A naval officer adrift at sea

C) A frontier scout in the mountains

D) A cavalry soldier behind enemy lines

Answer · why

D) A cavalry soldier behind enemy lines

Coubertin imagined an officer forced to ride an unfamiliar horse, fight with pistol and sword, swim and run back to his own lines.

Q 02/05

In which year was the sport first held at the Olympic Games?

A) 1896

B) 1900

C) 1908

D) 1912

Answer · why

D) 1912

It has been on the Summer Olympic programme continuously ever since.

Q 03/05

Which city hosted the Games at which the sport made its Olympic debut?

A) Stockholm

B) Antwerp

C) London

D) Paris

Answer · why

A) Stockholm

Sweden entered 12 of the 32 competitors and swept the top four places.

Q 04/05

Most sources credit which man with inventing the modern pentathlon?

A) Avery Brundage

B) Pierre de Coubertin

C) Henri de Baillet-Latour

D) Juan Antonio Samaranch

Answer · why

B) Pierre de Coubertin

The founder of the modern Olympics lobbied from 1909 to get a pentathlon back on the programme.

Q 05/05

Which discipline replaced equestrian show jumping in senior competition from 2025?

A) Obstacle course racing

B) Kayak slalom run

C) Mountain bike sprint

D) Archery shoot-off

Answer · why

A) Obstacle course racing

The change was modelled partly on ninja-style TV courses and makes its Olympic debut at Los Angeles 2028.