Sports in Paris 2024 Trivia Quiz

Breaking is also known as breakdancing. It is a very athletic form of dance that originated in the Bronx borough of New York City in the 1970s. By the 1990s, this dance style had expanded to many countries of the world. This type of dance involves performing dance steps while standing (toprock), movements while being supported by both the hands and the feet on the floor (downrock), moves that require strength and endurance where the dancer's upper body remains in contact with the floor, typically with feet and legs spinning around above them (power moves), and poses where the dancer stops moving while they suspend their body above the ground using their hands (freezes). Breaking is very improvisational, with dancers moving "in the moment" in response to the music.

In 2020, the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) submitted a proposal to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that breaking be included as a sport at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The International Olympic Committee accepted the WDSF proposal because, as stated by the IOC president Thomas Bach, they wanted to increase interest in the Olympics amongst young people. Sixteen male and sixteen female breakers competed, with Ami Yuasa of Japan winning the women's gold medal, and Philip Kim of Canada winning the men's gold medal.

Judo is a martial art that was developed in Japan in the 1880s. In this sport, two people of a similar weight compete with one another. The sport does not use weapons in formal competitions such as the Olympics. Instead, competitors attempt to throw their opponents to the ground and pin them to the mat. Alternatively, a win is attained by one of the competitors if their opponent submits and ends the match. The main goal in judo is not violence. In fact, its two guiding principles are "good use of energy", and "mutual welfare and benefit".

In 1960, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) considered a proposal from Japan to have judo included as a sport at the Summer Olympics. The proposal was accepted, and at the 1964 Summer Olympics, judo became the first traditionally Japanese sport to be included in the Olympics. The Olympics offered a medal for men only until 1988 when judo was offered as a demonstration sport for women. In 1992, judo became an official Olympic sport for women.

In 2024, twenty-six nations participated in the Summer Olympics judo competitions. Seven men's and seven women's competitions were held, plus one team event. Gold medals were awarded to athletes from a range of countries, including Kazakhstan, Japan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, France, Uzbekistan, Canada, Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, and Brazil.

Olympic boxing has two competitors of similar weights wearing soft helmets and thick padded gloves. The competitors attempt to throw punches at their opponents while guarding their own bodies against the punches from the person that they are fighting. All of this happens in a "ring", a square area that has ropes around the outside. The Olympic boxing ring measures 6.1 meters by 6.1 meters (20.1 feet by 20.1 feet).

Boxing has been a competition in the summer Olympics since 1904. The sport has been included in all games since then except at the Summer Olympics in Stockholm in 1912 because the sport was illegal in that country at that time. Through 1948, both losers of the semifinal matches fought against one another for the bronze medal. However, it was deemed an unfair practise because competitors did not have time to recover from the semifinals. So, the bronze medal in boxing was eliminated in 1950. Then, in 1970, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to award two bronze medals in the sport - one to each who fought but lost in the semifinals. Bronze medals were awarded retroactively for those who had fought in the semifinals between 1950 and 1970.

When it premiered as an Olympic sport, it was limited to amateur boxers who were men only. In 2012, the IOC added women's boxing to the Summer Olympics for the first time. In 2016, professional boxers were allowed to compete at the Olympics for the first time. At the 2024 Olympics, 248 boxers from 68 countries participated in the competitions. Seven gold medals were awarded to men and six were awarded to women. Uzbekistan won five men's gold medals, while Cuba and Ukraine won the remaining two. China won three of the women's gold medals, while Ireland, Chinese Thaipei, and Algeria won the remaining three gold medals.

Handball is a team sport that is typically played on indoor courts, although field handball is sometimes played. There are seven players on each team, with one goalkeeper and six players who play in the court. The main goal is to carry a ball up the court and throw it into the opposing team's goal. The ball cannot be kicked, and if the player is moving with the ball, it must be bounced, similar to a basketball dribble. Each game is 60 minutes long, divided into two 30-minute periods.

Men's field handball was played at the Berlin Summer Olympics in 1936. Field handball was then dropped from the list of Olympic sports. At the Helsinki Summer Olympics in 1952, men's indoor handball returned as a demonstration sport, and was included as an official men's sport at the 1972 Munich Summer games. In 1976 at the Montreal Summer Olympics, women's handball became an official Olympic sport. In 2024, twelve men's teams and twelve women's teams were entered in the Olympics, with a total of 336 athletes competing. Denmark won the men's handball gold medal and Norway won the women's handball gold medal.

Archery first appeared at the 1900 Summer Olympics. At that time, only men competed. Archery competitions then occurred at the Summer Olympics in 1904, 1908, and 1920 before being removed from Olympic competition until 1972. It then appeared as an event at every Olympic Games through 2024. Women's archery events were included at the 1904 and 1908 Games, but only men were included in the archery events at the 1920 Games. Men and women were included in archery events from 1972 through 2024.

In 2024, 64 men and 64 women competed across five archery events. These included the men's individual event, the women's individual event, the men's team event, the women's team event, and the mixed team event. South Korea won all gold medals in the archery events in 2024.

Beach volleyball was first introduced as a demonstration sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics, and was included as an official event from 1996 onward. Unlike its indoor counterpart that has six players per team on the court at a time, beach volleyball has only two players from each side on the court at one time. Both men and women compete in separate Olympic events in this sport. In 2024, all games were held outside at the Eiffel Tower Stadium.

In 2024, twenty-four teams per gender started the tournament. At each stage, one team is knocked out of competition while the winner proceeds until the semifinals. At that point, the two winning teams compete for the gold and silver medals, while the two losing teams compete for the bronze medal. In 2024, Sweden won the men's beach volleyball gold medal and the women's beach volleyball gold medal was won by Brazil.

Both men and women have been allowed to compete in Olympic golf tournaments since the sport was first included in the Olympics in 1900. The sport was only included in the 1900 and 1904 Olympics before a dispute between England (host nation) and Scotland in 1908 led to a boycott of golf and it was not included in the Olympics that year. Golf next appeared as a potential sport in the 1920 Olympics, but the event was cancelled due to lack of competitors. Golf made its next appearance in the 2016 Olympics, and remained an official sport in 2020, and 2024.

In 2024, sixty men and sixty women from 38 countries qualified to compete in golf at the Olympics. Both men and women played four rounds of golf on the same course, with a par 71 for men and par 72 for women. The United States won the gold medal in men's golf, and New Zealand won the gold medal in women's golf in 2024.

Shooting is an old Olympic event. It made its first appearance at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. It has appeared at every Olympic Games through 2024 except at the 1904 and 1928 games. Over the years, the shooting events have changed a considerable amount. These changes have involved targets (e.g., live pigeons were used in 1896, moving or stationary bull's-eye targets), weapons (e.g., rifles, pistols, shotguns), and position of shooters (e.g., standing, kneeling, lying prone). Shooting were men's only events until 1984 when women were included in the competitions.

In 2024, there were 15 shooting events at the Olympics. This included two men's rifle competitions, two women's rifle competitions, and one mixed gender team rifle competition. It also included the same number of competitions for men, women, and teams using an air pistol. Finally, there were also two men's, two women's, and one mixed team competitions using a shotgun. Of the fifteen gold medals awarded, China won five, South Korea won three, and the US, Great Britain, Italy, Guatemala, Switzerland, Chile, and Serbia each won one gold medal in shooting.

Rowing was supposed to have been introduced at the 1896 Summer Olympics, but the event had to be cancelled due to bad weather. This sport made its debut at the Paris games in 1900 instead. Rowing has appeared in every Olympics since. Only men were allowed to compete in Olympic rowing until 1976 when women's rowing was finally included in the Olympics. Events in rowing have included single, double, and quadruple skulls (two oars for each rower), coxless pair and four (one oar each), and the "eight", with eight rowers (one oar each), plus a coxswain or person who steers.

In 2024, there were fourteen gender-based competition categories, with a total of 502 competitors from 64 nations. Rowing events included Coxless pairs, Coxless fours, Eights with coxswains, Single sculls, Double sculls, Lightweight (weight restricted) double sculls, and Quadruple sculls. Of the fourteen gold medals awarded in rowing, the Netherlands won four, Great Britain won three, Romania won two, and New Zealand, Germany, Ireland, the US, and Croatia all won one.

Men and women have competed in table tennis at the Olympics since 1988. From 1988 through 2004, men's and women's singles and doubles events took place. In 2008, singles competitions continued for both and doubles competitions were dropped and replaced with men's team and women's team events. The difference is that table tennis teams are made up of three players who play a combination of single and double games to achieve a team score. In 2020, a mixed doubles event with one man and one woman playing together was introduced. China has historically dominated the medals in this sport.

There were 70 nations participating in the table tennis tournaments at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Five medals were given, one each for men's and women's singles, one each for men's and women's team, and one for mixed doubles. China won all five gold medals in 2024. China also won the women's singles silver medal. Remaining medals went to Sweden (both men's silver medals), Japan (women's team silver and women's singles bronze), North Korea (mixed doubles silver), France (both men's bronze medals), and South Korea (women's team bronze and mixed doubles bronze).