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Winter Olympics 1998
  Winter Olympics 1998   top quiz  
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
At the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan in 1998, six countries each won only a single medal. One of these was Denmark, whose women's curling team won silver. Answer a few questions about the curlers, the other five countries, their medallists and more.
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  Winter Olympics - 1998 Nagano    
Match Quiz
 15 Qns
Match the Olympic event with its gold medal winner.
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  1998 Nagano Olympic Winter Games   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The 1998 Winter Olympics were held in Nagano, Japan. There were many Olympic firsts at Nagano, as well as some disappointments, particularly for North American hockey fans.
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1998 Nagano Trivia Questions
1. What 'first' occurred for the 1998 Winter Olympics?

From Quiz 1998 Nagano Olympic Winter Games

Answer: First time the NHL took an Olympic break

1998 was not the first time that professionals were allowed to compete. 1994 (Lillehammer Games) was the first for professionals. However, the National Hockey League did not take a break for the Olympics in 1994, and NHL teams did not release their players to allow them to compete internationally. Some people thought that this was a huge disadvantage for Canada and the USA, because in Europe there are plenty of top calibre hockey players who play only in their home country and not in NHL. In North America, however, the majority of excellent professional players play in the NHL. So, while Russia and Sweden, for example, had teams stacked with pros, Canada and the US could not have the best of the best on their Olympic teams. Starting in 1998, the NHL takes a three week break in Olympic years so that their players may compete. As a result, Canada and the US went into the 1998 Games heavily favoured. As it turns out, the NHL break didn't necessarily work in their favour. After all, the European teams now had NHL players too, and the gold-medal winning Czech Republic was certainly helped by the stellar goaltending of Dominik Hasek who, at that time, was playing for the Buffalo Sabres.

2. Which American teenager won her first gold medal at the 1998 Games, narrowly beating out a teammate on Team USA in ladies' figure skating?

From Quiz 1998 Nagano Olympic Winter Games

Answer: Tara Lipinski

Tara Lipinski won the gold medal by three votes over Michelle Kwan. 15-year old Lipinski became the youngest single champion in Olympic history with her win in 1998. 17-year old Kwan received the silver medal, and Chen Lu, of China, won bronze.

3. Canadian Ross Rebagliati won a gold medal, then had it taken away because he failed a drug test. In which sport, which made its Olympic debut in Nagano, did Rebagliati compete?

From Quiz 1998 Nagano Olympic Winter Games

Answer: Snowboarding

Specifically, Ross Rebagliati won the gold medal in the Giant Slalom snowboarding event. After winning, he was disqualified after a drug test found he had marijuana in his system. The decision was overturned later though, on the grounds that marijuana isn't a performance-enhancing drug, and Rebagliati was awarded his medal.

4. Norweigan athlete Bjorn Daehlie won recognition for finishing first in his event, and then waiting more than 20 minutes for the last competitor to finish, to hug and congratulate him. In which event did Daehlie compete?

From Quiz 1998 Nagano Olympic Winter Games

Answer: Cross-country skiing

Daehlie won three gold medals in 1998, which set a new record for the most medals won by a Winter Olympian, eight gold and 12 in total. He was given much kudos for his show of good sportsmanship after winning the 10 km event. He waited at the finish line for everyone else to finish. The last competitor, Philip Boit of Kenya, finished a little more than 20 minutes later, and received a hug from Daehlie when he crossed the finish line.

5. Other than in ladies' singles which saw two Americans placed first and second, what country dominated the figure skating competitions, winning five medals total?

From Quiz 1998 Nagano Olympic Winter Games

Answer: Russia

Russia came away from the 1998 Olympics with three gold and two silver medals in figure skating. Ilia Kulik won gold in men's singles; Oksana Kazakova and Artur Dmitriev won gold in pairs' skating, and Elena Bereznaya and Anton Sikharulidze won silver in pairs' skating. Oksana Grishuk and Evgeny Platov won gold in ice dancing, and Anjelika Krylova and Oleg Ovsyannikov won silver in ice dancing.

6. One clip shown more than a few times worldwide from the 1998 Olympics was the terrible fall suffered by a skier in the downhill event. Amazingly, this athlete went on to win gold medals later that week. Who was he?

From Quiz 1998 Nagano Olympic Winter Games

Answer: Hermann Maier (Austria)

During the downhill event, Hermann Maier went flying and landed far off the course, tumbling over a few times. A picture of the airborne Maier appeared on the cover of "Sports Illustrated" on February 23, 1998. He not only survived his crash and burn, he made a great comeback to take gold in both the Super-G and Giant Slalom events.

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