The Winter Olympics Host Locations
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Lake Placid, Lillehammer, Vancouver are some of the most iconic Winter Olympics host locations. Test your sports history and geography skills!
Lake Placid, Lillehammer, Vancouver are some of the most iconic Winter Olympics host locations. Test your sports history and geography skills with this Winter Olympics host site quiz.
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Question 1
The 2018 Winter Olympics took place in this country.
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AChina
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BNorway
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CSouth Korea
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DSweden
South Korea
South Korea will host the Winter Olympics for the first time in 2018.
Question 2
The first Winter Olympics to be held in Russia took place at this site.
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AMoscow
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BNovosibirsk
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CSochi
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DSaint Petersburg
Sochi
Sochi hosted the Winter Olympics from February 7-23, 2014.
Question 3
Calgary and this city are the two Canadian cities that have hosted the Winter Olympics.
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AVancouver
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BEdmonton
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CMontreal
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DToronto
Vancouver
Calgary hosted the 1988 Winter Olympics. Vancouver hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Question 4
Cross-country skier Stefania Belmondo lit the Olympic Flame to open the 2006 Winter Olympics at this Italian location.
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ATurin
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BBolzano
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CParma
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DCamerino
Turin
Turin was the second Italian site to host the Winter Olympics.
Question 5
This is the most recent American site to host the Winter Olympics.
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ALake Placid
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BSalt Lake City
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CSquaw Valley
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DGreen Bay
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Question 6
The Czech Republic won its first Olympic gold medal in men's ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics at this site.
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ATurin
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BSalt Lake City
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CLillehammer
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DNagano
Nagano
Goaltender Dominik Haek and winger Jaromr Jgr guided the Czech Republic to the gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
Question 7
Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan won a silver medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics. In which city was this Olympics held?
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ACalgary
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BAlbertville
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CSeoul
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DLillehammer
Lillehammer
Kerrigan won silver in ladies' singles figure skating weeks after an associate of rival skater Tonya Harding attacked her.
Question 8
In 1992, the last year the Winter and Summer Olympics were held in the same year, the Winter Games took place at this site.
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AAlbertville
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BLillehammer
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CNagano
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DCalgary
Albertville
Following the 1992 Winter Olympics, Lillehammer hosted the Winter Games in 1994, beginning the Winter Olympics' own four-year cycle.
Question 9
Brian Boitano won gold in men's singles figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics in this Canadian city.
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AToronto
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BCalgary
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CMontreal
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DVancouver
Calgary
Calgary was the first Canadian city to host the Winter Olympics.
Question 10
When Sarajevo hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics, it was part of what country?
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APrussia
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BCzechoslovakia
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CMauritius
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DYugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia was an European country from 1918-92.
Question 11
The United States men's ice hockey team won the gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics hosted at this site.
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ALake Placid
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BInnsbruck
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CSarajevo
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DSalt Lake City
Lake Placid
The United States men's ice hockey upset the Soviet Union 4-3 en route to winning the gold medal in 1980.
Question 12
This European site has hosted the Winter Olympics twice.
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ALillehammer
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BSarajevo
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CTurin
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DInnsbruck
Innsbruck
Innsbruck hosted the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics.
Question 13
The 1972 Winter Olympics, held in this city, were the first to take place outside of Europe or North America.
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ASarajevo
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BInnsbruck
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CSapporo
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DSochi
Sapporo
Sapporo and Nagano are the two Japanese cities that have hosted the Winter Olympics.
Question 14
Figure skater Peggy Fleming won the United States' only gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France in which year?
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A1964
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B1972
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C1968
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D1976
1968
Fleming won the gold medal in ladies' singles at the 1968 Winter Olympics.Photo: Peggy Fleming. Express Newspapers / Staff / Hulton Archive / Getty Images
Question 15
This is the only state in the United States that has hosted the Summer and Winter Olympics at least once.
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ANew York
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BMichigan
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CUtah
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DCalifornia
California
Squaw Valley, California hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics. Los Angeles, California hosted the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics.
Question 16
Fifty years after it hosted the Winter Olympics for the first time, this nation hosted its second Winter Games in 2006.
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AItaly
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BUnited States
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CCanada
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DJapan
Italy
Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy hosted the 1956 Winter Olympics. Turin, Italy hosted the 2006 Winter Games.
Question 17
Oslo and Lillehammer are past Winter Olympic sites in which nation?
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AGermany
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BUnited States
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CNorway
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DFrance
Norway
Oslo hosted the 1952 Winter Olympics. Lillehammer hosted the 1994 Winter Olympics. (Photo: Getty Images)
Question 18
This is the only site in Switzerland to host the Winter Olympics.
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ARosswald
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BWengen
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CSaas-Balen
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DSt. Moritz
St. Moritz
St. Moritz hosted the Winter Olympics in 1928 and 1948.
Question 19
Adolf Hitler opened the Winter Olympics at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany in which year?
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A1932
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B1928
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C1940
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D1936
1936
Garmisch-Partenkirchen is the only Germany location to host the Winter Olympics.
Question 20
In 1924, this site hosted the first Winter Olympic Games.
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AOslo
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BSt. Moritz
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CCortina d'Ampezzo
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DChamonix
Chamonix
Two-hundred fifty-eight athletes participated in the 1924 Winter Olympics.
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