Olympic Games of the 2010s Trivia Quiz

Answer: The NHL rink is narrower

An Olympic hockey rink is 200 feet long and 98.5 feet wide. An NHL hockey rink is 200 feet long and 85 feet wide. There was some question as to whether North American Hockey teams would be at an advantage in Vancouver because of their familiarity with the narrower rink.

The rink used was the now Rogers Center, home of the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL. The Canadian team won the gold, the US team won the silver, and the Finnish team won the bronze in both the Men's and Women's competition.

Answer: Switzerland

Switzerland won the gold medal for the normal hill individual and large hill individual events. Austria won the gold medal for the large hill team event (and two bronze medals for the other two events). For ski jumping the term "normal hill" means that the width of the hill of between 279 and 358 feet.

There was some controversy over women's ski jumping not being one of the events at Vancouver.

Answer: Every eligible country was represented by female Olympians at least once

Female Olympians from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Brunei made their debut at the 2012 Olympics. Athletes from six continents (North America, South America, Oceania, Europe, Africa, and Asia) had previously competed in an Olympics. Slightly under 11,000 athletes participated in the 2012 Olympics. The games ran from July 27-August 12, 2012.

Answer: Judo

An Kum-ae won the Women's Judo event at 52kg. She had previously won the silver medal for the same event in 2008. In addition, North Korean athletes won three bronze medals (two for weightlifting and one for wrestling) for a total of seven medals. Although North Korean athletes competed in the other three choices at the 2012 Olympics, they did not win a medal in any of those.

Answer: Germany

The four events for luge were men's singles, women's singles, doubles (two men), and team relay (one woman and three men). Russia won two silver medals (men's singles and team relay). Austria won the silver medal in doubles. Latvia won two bronze medals (doubles and team relay). Germany also won a silver medal for women's singles.

In addition, Italy won the bronze medal for men's singles and the United States won the bronze medal for women's singles.

Answer: Netherlands

In three (men's 500m, men's 5000m, and men's 10,000m) of the twelve events, the Netherlands dominated the podium (winning gold, silver, and bronze) and took 23 of 36 medals overall. Poland won three medals with a gold in men's 1500m, a silver in women's team pursuit, and a bronze in men's team pursuit.

The Czech Republic won a gold in women's 5000m and a silver in women's 3000m (both won by Martina Sablikova). Russia won a silver for women's 500m and two bronzes for women's 3000m and women's team pursuit.

Answer: Fiji

Rugby sevens is a a variation that--you guessed it--is played by seven player teams. Fiji's win in the men's tournament at the Olympics represents the first medal of any color won by Fiji in any Olympic event. In all, Great Britain and five of its former colonies (if the United States is counted) were among the twelve countries that participated in this event at the Olympics. Though Fiji's women's team also competed, they were less successful (being eliminated in the quarter finals).

Answer: Russia

While the Russian women's team won a gold medal for handball, the men's team did not qualify for the Olympics. Handball is played between two teams who pass the ball as part of an attempt to score goals. At the 2016 Olympics, the handball matches were played at the Future Arena. Both men's and women's handball had a tournament of twelve nations each.

Answer: Women's

South Korea won the silver medal in women's curling. (Sweden won the gold medal and Japan won the bronze.) This was the first medal South Korea had ever won for curling. Ten nations competed in the women's curling tournament at the PyeongChang Olympics. The women's team had a record of 8-1 with the only loss in the gold medal game when they lost 8-3 to Sweden.

Answer: Men's singles

Austria's record in the luge included the gold for men's singles, the silver for doubles, and the bronze for team relay. In addition to the three gold medals, Germany also won the silver for women's singles and the bronze for men's singles and the team relay. Germany and Austria won between them nine of the twelve total medals for luge.