Q 01/05

The ancient Games were a religious festival held at the sanctuary of which god?

A) Apollo

B) Poseidon

C) Zeus

D) Athena

Answer · why

C) Zeus

Zeus was honoured at Olympia, where 100 oxen were sacrificed on his altar at each festival; in one telling it was his son Heracles who founded the Gam...

Q 02/05

Which Roman emperor's 393 AD decree against pagan cults is the most cited end of the ancient Games?

A) Diocletian

B) Theodosius I

C) Hadrian

D) Marcus Aurelius

Answer · why

B) Theodosius I

Theodosius I, a Christian emperor, outlawed pagan festivals, and 393 is the date usually given for the end of the Games, a religious rite by then near...

Q 03/05

Which city hosted the inaugural modern Olympic Games?

A) Paris

B) London

C) Athens

D) Rome

Answer · why

C) Athens

Athens almost could not pay for the Games: money ran short until the businessman Georgios Averoff gave 920,000 drachmas to rebuild the city's ancient ...

Q 04/05

According to the Olympic Charter, the five interlocking Olympic rings represent the union of what?

A) The five oceans

B) The five continents

C) The first five host nations

D) Five ancient Greek cities

Answer · why

B) The five continents

The five continents, with the Americas counted as one: the rings' designer first wrote only that they stood for the five parts of the world 'now won o...

Q 05/05

In 2021 the IOC added which word, after an en dash, to the Olympic motto?

A) United

B) Together

C) Forever

D) Onward

Answer · why

B) Together

Together was approved in July 2021, days before the delayed Tokyo Games opened; IOC president Thomas Bach said the new word was there to mean solidari...