Q 01/05

The first Winter Olympics were held in 1924 in which French resort?

A) Grenoble

B) Val d'Isère

C) Albertville

D) Chamonix

Answer · why

D) Chamonix

Chamonix staged it as an 'International Winter Sports Week', and only afterwards did the IOC decide that the event had been the first Winter Olympics.

Q 02/05

Until 1992, the Winter Olympics shared a year with which event?

A) Summer Games

B) Soccer World Cup

C) Commonwealth Games

D) Asian Games

Answer · why

A) Summer Games

The Summer Games and the winter edition had shared a year ever since 1924, until the IOC voted in 1986 to stagger them, so the next Winter Olympics ca...

Q 03/05

Which US state hosted the Winter Olympics in both 1932 and 1980, the year of the 'Miracle on Ice'?

A) Colorado

B) New York

C) Vermont

D) Utah

Answer · why

B) New York

New York's village of Lake Placid staged both: the first bid was driven by Godfrey Dewey, son of the man behind the Dewey Decimal System, and Governor...

Q 04/05

Norway set the record for most gold medals at a single Winter Olympics in 2026 with how many?

A) 12

B) 14

C) 16

D) 18

Answer · why

D) 18

It took 41 medals in total, another record.

Q 05/05

Which Japanese city hosted the first Winter Olympics held in Asia, in 1972?

A) Nagano

B) Tokyo

C) Sapporo

D) Osaka

Answer · why

C) Sapporo

Sapporo had first been chosen for the 1940 Winter Games, only to hand them back once Japan was at war in China, so the city waited more than thirty ye...