Prepare for the Beijing Games with this Winter Olympics quiz
Take this ten-question quiz to see how much you know about past Olympic athletes and events
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Stockholm,
Sweden
What city did Beijing defeat in a close vote to host the 2022 Olympics?
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Almaty, Kazakhstan
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Katarina Witt
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Sweden
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Skeleton
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Nordic combined
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New Zealand
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Oslo,
Norway
Almaty,
Kazakhstan
Milan,
Italy
Katarina Witt
Sonja Henie
Peggy Fleming
Dorothy Hamill
Who was the last woman to win back-to-back gold medals in women's figure skating?
Canada
Finland
Switzerland
Sweden
Which country did the U.S. defeat to win an unexpected gold medal in men's curling in 2018?
Curling
Skeleton
Short track speedskating
Biathlon
Which sport returned to the Winter Olympics in 2002 for the first time since 1948?
Nordic
combined
Cross-country
skiing
Biathlon
Snowboarding
Which sport uses the Gundersen method?
Monaco
Taiwan
New Zealand
Portugal
Which country's entry finished one spot behind Jamaica in the two-man bobsled in 1988?
Tommy Moe
Fritz Strobl
Hermann Maier
Lasse Kjus
What skiing star rebounded from a terrible-looking crash in the men's downhill in 1998 and won gold medals in that year's super-G and giant slalom?
1948
1964
1976
1980
What year was luge introduced to the Olympic program?
South Korea in short track speedskating
Norway
in biathlon
United States in snowboarding
Austria in
ski jumping
Which of the following is the highest?
Total medals won by…
Germany and Norway
Germany and Sweden
Sweden and
Finland
Italy and
Norway
Which two countries finished 1-2 in the men's 4x10km cross-country skiing relay for four straight Olympics from 1992-2002 – including three races in which the final margin was under a second?
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Hermann Maier
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1964
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South Korea in short track speedskating
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Which sport returned to the Winter Olympics in 2002 for the first time since 1948?
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Italy and Norway
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