Q 01/05

What prize did champions at the ancient Olympic Games receive?

A) An olive wreath

B) A gold medal

C) A bronze shield

D) A silver cup

Answer · why

A) An olive wreath

An olive wreath of wild olive leaves crowned each champion, though in later times winners could also collect generous cash rewards.

Q 02/05

Who founded the International Olympic Committee?

A) Jacques Rogge

B) Pierre de Coubertin

C) Avery Brundage

D) Juan Antonio Samaranch

Answer · why

B) Pierre de Coubertin

Pierre de Coubertin, who founded the IOC, later won an Olympic gold medal himself, for a poem he entered in the 1912 literature contest under pen name...

Q 03/05

Which stadium was the main venue of the first modern Olympic Games?

A) The Panathenaic Stadium

B) The Stade de France

C) The Colosseum

D) Wembley Stadium

Answer · why

A) The Panathenaic Stadium

The Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, rebuilt in marble for 1896, still hosts the ceremony where Greece hands each Olympic flame to the next host.

Q 04/05

Which word was added to the Olympic motto?

A) Cleaner

B) Braver

C) Forever

D) Together

Answer · why

D) Together

Together was added in July 2021; the IOC said the change recognised the unifying power of sport and the importance of solidarity.

Q 05/05

Which town beneath Mont Blanc hosted the first Winter Olympics?

A) St Moritz

B) Lake Placid

C) Chamonix

D) Garmisch

Answer · why

C) Chamonix

Chamonix billed its 1924 event as an International Winter Sports Week; only later did the IOC recognise it as the first Winter Olympics.