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 with this Winter Olympics host site quiz.


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Winter Olympic Locations Quiz Questions

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Question 1

The 2018 Winter Olympics took place in this country.

  • A
    China
  • B
    Norway
  • C
    South Korea
  • D
    Sweden

Question 2

The first Winter Olympics to be held in Russia took place at this site.

  • A
    Moscow
  • B
    Novosibirsk
  • C
    Sochi
  • D
    Saint Petersburg

Question 3

Calgary and this city are the two Canadian cities that have hosted the Winter Olympics.

  • A
    Vancouver
  • B
    Edmonton
  • C
    Montreal
  • D
    Toronto

Question 4

Cross-country skier Stefania Belmondo lit the Olympic Flame to open the 2006 Winter Olympics at this Italian location.

  • A
    Turin
  • B
    Bolzano
  • C
    Parma
  • D
    Camerino

Question 5

This is the most recent American site to host the Winter Olympics.

  • A
    Lake Placid
  • B
    Salt Lake City
  • C
    Squaw Valley
  • D
    Green Bay

Question 6

The Czech Republic won its first Olympic gold medal in men's ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics at this site.

  • A
    Turin
  • B
    Salt Lake City
  • C
    Lillehammer
  • D
    Nagano

Question 7

Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan won a silver medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics. In which city was this Olympics held?

  • A
    Calgary
  • B
    Albertville
  • C
    Seoul
  • D
    Lillehammer

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.

  • A
    Albertville
  • B
    Lillehammer
  • C
    Nagano
  • D
    Calgary

Question 9

Brian Boitano won gold in men's singles figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics in this Canadian city.

  • A
    Toronto
  • B
    Calgary
  • C
    Montreal
  • D
    Vancouver

Question 10

When Sarajevo hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics, it was part of what country?

  • A
    Prussia
  • B
    Czechoslovakia
  • C
    Mauritius
  • D
    Yugoslavia

Question 11

The United States men's ice hockey team won the gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics hosted at this site.

  • A
    Lake Placid
  • B
    Innsbruck
  • C
    Sarajevo
  • D
    Salt Lake City

Question 12

This European site has hosted the Winter Olympics twice.

  • A
    Lillehammer
  • B
    Sarajevo
  • C
    Turin
  • D
    Innsbruck

Question 13

The 1972 Winter Olympics, held in this city, were the first to take place outside of Europe or North America.

  • A
    Sarajevo
  • B
    Innsbruck
  • C
    Sapporo
  • D
    Sochi

Question 14

Figure skater Peggy Fleming won the United States' only gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France in which year?

  • A
    1964
  • B
    1972
  • C
    1968
  • D
    1976

Question 15

This is the only state in the United States that has hosted the Summer and Winter Olympics at least once.

  • A
    New York
  • B
    Michigan
  • C
    Utah
  • D
    California

Question 16

Fifty years after it hosted the Winter Olympics for the first time, this nation hosted its second Winter Games in 2006.

  • A
    Italy
  • B
    United States
  • C
    Canada
  • D
    Japan

Question 17

Oslo and Lillehammer are past Winter Olympic sites in which nation?

  • A
    Germany
  • B
    United States
  • C
    Norway
  • D
    France

Question 18

This is the only site in Switzerland to host the Winter Olympics.

  • A
    Rosswald
  • B
    Wengen
  • C
    Saas-Balen
  • D
    St. Moritz

Question 19

Adolf Hitler opened the Winter Olympics at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany in which year?

  • A
    1932
  • B
    1928
  • C
    1940
  • D
    1936

Question 20

In 1924, this site hosted the first Winter Olympic Games.

  • A
    Oslo
  • B
    St. Moritz
  • C
    Cortina d'Ampezzo
  • D
    Chamonix

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