Olympic Trivia 5 – Olympic Sports

From the last quiz which tested your knowledge on Olympic traditions, this segment will take it further with trivia on Olympic sports. So far, 42 different sports, spanning 55 different disciplines, have been part of the Olympic program at one point or another.

1. Only 5 sports have been contested in every modern Olympic Games from 1896. Name them

1. Athletics, Cycling, Fencing, Gymnastics, Swimming
2. Athletics, Basketball, Equestrian, Swimming, Rowing
3. Athletics, Gymnastics, Swimming, Rowing, Fencing
4. Athletics, Wrestling, Football, Swimming, Cycling

2. What are the two sports that will be added to Rio 2016?

1. Baseball, Golf
2. Rugby, Futsal
3. Baseball, Bowling
4. Rugby, Golf

3. A demonstration sport is a sport which is played to promote it, most commonly during the Olympic Games. Demonstration sports were officially introduced at 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm when Sweden introduced a traditional Scandinavian type of wrestling. What was the first official demonstration sport in Olympic history?

1. Pesapallo
2. Glima
3. Bandy
4. Croquet

4. Cricket appeared as an Olympic sport in a solitary edition. When was this?

1. Athens 1896
2. Paris 1900
3. London 1908
4. Stockholm 1912

5. Out of 12 sports which are completely discontinued from Olympics, only two sports were dropped since 1936. Name these two sports that were the last to be discontinued.

1. Polo, Lacrosse
2. Baseball, Polo
3. Baseball, Softball
4. Polo, Croquet

6. Apart from the 5 sports that have been contested in all Olympic editions, these two sports although being absent in the inaugural games in 1896, have been featured in every edition since 1900.

1. Rowing, Water Polo
2. Football, Basketball
3. Archery, Tennis
4. Handball, Boxing

7. A new sport was officially introduced at Seoul 1988, that has been dominated by Asians ever since.

1. Badminton
2. Table Tennis
3. Taekwondo
4. Synchronized Swimming

8. How many disciplines are currently contested under aquatics at the Olympics, which are generally considered as separate sports in common language?

1. 5
2. 7
3. 8
4. 4

9. Freestyle and Greco-Roman are the two disciplines of this Olympic sport.

1. Taekwondo
2. Fencing
3. Wrestling
4. Gymnastics

10. With the addition of a women’s event in this sport at London 2012, there are no Olympic sports that are only for men.

1. Boxing
2. Wrestling
3. Judo
4. Fencing

Stay tuned for the next quiz!

Answers

1. Athletics, Cycling, Fencing, Gymnastics, Swimming
2. Rugby, Golf
3. Glima
4. Paris 1900
5. Baseball, Softball
6. Rowing, Water Polo
7. Table Tennis
8. 4
9. Wrestling
10. Boxing