Winter Olympics
Events include skiing, skating, and sliding sports. This topic is part of Olympics within Sports. This page currently draws on 6 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Winter Olympics trivia questions
The Winter Olympics feature sports mainly involving snow and what?
Answer: Ice
Bonus fact: Events include skiing, skating, and sliding sports.
The first Winter Olympics were held in 1924 in which country?
Answer: France
Bonus fact: Chamonix hosted the inaugural Winter Games.
What country hosted the first Winter Olympics, where bobsled was contested in 1924?
Answer: France
Bonus fact: Chamonix hosted the 1924 Winter Games.
Which Norwegian won Olympic ski jumping gold in 1924 and later an Olympic sailing silver medal in 1936?
Answer: Jacob Tullin Thams
Bonus fact: Thams became the second athlete to win medals at both the Summer and Winter Olympics.
Beijing hosted the Summer Olympics in 2008 and which later Olympics?
Answer: 2022 Winter Olympics
Bonus fact: Beijing became the first city to host both Summer and Winter Games.
The Miracle on Ice occurred at which Olympic Games?
Answer: 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics
Bonus fact: The United States upset the Soviet Union.