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Cities of the Olympic Winter Games

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(44 votes)
8 questions
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1

The first Olympic Winter Games were held in 1924. Where?

Chamonix

Cortina d'Ampezzo

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

St. Moritz

Hard  27% got this right

The sport of Military patrol was an official Olympic sport only once, in 1924.
2

Which was the first Asian city to host the games?

Sapporo

Beijing

Nagano

PyeongChang

Hard  23% got this right

At Sapporo 1972, Canada boycotted the Games in protest of Eastern European "state amateurs".
3

Where was the 2010 Winter Games held?

Vancouver

Salt Lake City

Sochi

Torino

44% got this right

The hockey games were played on smaller NHL-sized ice for the first time, saving millions of dollars.
4

Which is the only Scandinavian capital to have hosted the Winter Games?

Oslo

Copenhagen

Helsinki

Stockholm

61% got this right

At Oslo 1952, Germany and Japan were allowed to participate for the first time since World War II.
5

At what Olympics did Jamaica enter its first bobsled team?

Calgary 1988

Albertville 1992

Lillehammer 1994

Sarajevo 1984

Hard  34% got this right

Calgary 1988 was also when British ski jumper Eddie "the Eagle" Edwards came in last in the 70-meter and 90-meter jumps.
6

What city hosted the Games in 1992?

Albertville

Cortina d'Ampezzo

Grenoble

Innsbruck

44% got this right

At these games Germany sent a single team after East and West German reunification in 1990.
7

Which of the following cities have NOT hosted the Games twice?

Chamonix

Innsbruck

Lake Placid

St. Moritz

Hard  25% got this right

Innsbruck: 1964/1976 - Lake Placid: 1932/1980 - St. Moritz: 1928/1948
8

What American city hosted the Games in 1960?

Squaw Valley

Calgary

Lake Placid

Salt Lake City

Hard  18% got this right

Sweden's Klas Lestander won the first-ever biathlon, an event that combined cross-country skiing and shooting.