Q 01/05

Which sport made its Olympic debut at Paris 2024?

A) Surfing

B) Breaking

C) Skateboarding

D) Sport climbing

Answer · why

B) Breaking

Breaking was the one new sport in Paris, since the other three had arrived at Tokyo 2020, and it may prove a one-off: it is not on the programme for t...

Q 02/05

Which French football great ran the Olympic flame through Paris in the opening film of the 2024 ceremony?

A) Thierry Henry

B) Zinedine Zidane

C) Kylian Mbappé

D) Michel Platini

Answer · why

B) Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Zidane dashed through the streets and into the Métro with the flame, then reappeared at the end of the night to hand it to a Spaniard, Rafael...

Q 03/05

Which animated characters starred in an underwater sketch made for the Paris 2024 opening ceremony?

A) The Smurfs

B) Astérix and Obélix

C) The Minions

D) Tintin and Snowy

Answer · why

C) The Minions

The Minions got the slot as icons of French cinema: the Despicable Me films are animated at Illumination's Paris studio, and French director Pierre Co...

Q 04/05

Which other city was the last rival left when the IOC decided to award 2024 and 2028 together?

A) Los Angeles

B) Hamburg

C) Budapest

D) San Francisco

Answer · why

A) Los Angeles

Los Angeles and Paris were the last bidders standing after rivals pulled out over costs, so the IOC kept both: the Americans agreed to wait until 2028...

Q 05/05

Paris's previous Olympics, in 1924, are the setting of which film?

A) The Boys in the Boat

B) Unbroken

C) Chariots of Fire

D) Foxcatcher

Answer · why

C) Chariots of Fire

Chariots of Fire follows British sprinters Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell at the 1924 Paris Games; the stadium where they ran, at Colombes, was brou...