Torvill and Dean haven’t a patch on you; you’ll skate through this quiz.
1. Where are the 2026 Winter Olympics being held?
2. How many countries south of the equator have hosted the Winter Olympics?
3. In which year was the first Winter and Summer Olympics in alternating even numbered years?
4. What is the most successful nation ever at the Winter Olympics in terms of medals won?
5. Which Winter Olympic sport was once called military patrol?
6. How many Winter Olympics sports are contested indoors?
7. Speed skater Steven Bradbury won the country’s first Winter Olympics gold medal. Which year was this?
8. In which sport do two teams of four players each, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite rocks? What are these rocks called?
9. When did Australia first compete in the Winter Olympics?
10. Women’s slalom skier, Zali Steggall, won Australia’s first individual medal at which Winter Olympics?
11. Which is the only country that has won a gold at every Winter Olympic games?
12. Which British pair became the highest scoring figure skaters of all time receiving perfect scores from every judge?
13. Who won gold for Australia in the 2002 Winter Olympics in the women’s aerials freestyle?
14. Which country has hosted the most Winter Olympic games?
15. In what year did Australia send women to the Winter Olympics for the first time?
16. The diameter of a Winter Olympic medal must be at least what?
17. In which years were the Winter Olympics not held?
18. How many times has United Kingdom hosted the Winter Olympics?
19. Which are the only two countries south of the equator that have won medals at the Winter Olympics?
20. Australia’s maiden Winter Olympic medal came in 1994 when our men’s short track relay team was victorious. Which medal did they win?
Bonus question: Which was the first city to host the Winter Olympics twice? Answer in Quiz #4.
Answers: 1.Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo in Italy 2.None 3.1994-Lilehammer 4.Norway 5.Biathlon 6.Four 7.2002-Salt Lake City 8.Curling/Stones 9.1936 10.1998-Nagano 11.USA 12.Torvill & Dean 13.Alisa Camplin 14.USA 15.1952 16.60mm 17.1940 & 1944 18.None 19.Australia & New Zealand 20.Bronze.
Bonus question answer (from Quiz #2) : The Gila Cliff Dwellings and Fort Union National Monuments are in the US state of New Mexico.
