Q 01/05

Which Japanese prime minister agreed with the IOC in March 2020 to postpone the Tokyo Olympics?

A) Shinzo Abe

B) Yoshihide Suga

C) Fumio Kishida

D) Junichiro Koizumi

Answer · why

A) Shinzo Abe

Shinzo Abe told parliament a delay might be unavoidable, and on 24 March 2020 he and the IOC agreed to move the Games to 2021.

Q 02/05

Which country's Olympic committee said in March 2020 it would keep athletes home unless Tokyo 2020 was postponed?

A) Canada

B) Spain

C) France

D) Germany

Answer · why

A) Canada

Canada's committee said nothing mattered more than athletes' health and safety, and within days the IOC and Japan moved the Games to 2021.

Q 03/05

Why were spectators barred from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic venues in the capital?

A) A state of emergency in Tokyo

B) A typhoon evacuation order

C) A heatstroke health alert

D) A terrorism threat assessment

Answer · why

A) A state of emergency in Tokyo

A state of emergency in Tokyo, declared as Delta cases spiked, forced organisers into a U-turn on crowds, though some venues outside the capital still...

Q 04/05

Which US gymnast won the Tokyo 2020 all-around gold after Simone Biles pulled out of the competition?

A) Sunisa Lee

B) Jordan Chiles

C) Gabby Douglas

D) Aly Raisman

Answer · why

A) Sunisa Lee

Sunisa Lee beat Brazil's Rebeca Andrade by 0.135 points, two years after her father was paralysed in a fall from a ladder just before the 2019 US cham...

Q 05/05

Four years before winning the 2020 Olympics, Tokyo lost the race to host the 2016 Games to which city?

A) Los Angeles

B) Rio de Janeiro

C) Barcelona

D) Melbourne

Answer · why

B) Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro won the 2009 vote in Copenhagen after Tokyo went out in round two, and Tokyo came back to win in 2013.