Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Trivia Quiz

Answer: COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, was first reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Japan reported its first COVID-19 case on 16 January 2020. In March 2020, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (TOCOG) announced that the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, originally scheduled to be held from 24 July to 9 August 2020, would take place from 23 July to 8 August 2021.

Answer: The first Asian city to host the Summer Olympics twice

Tokyo also played host to the 1964 Summer Olympics. Paris is the first city that played host to the Summer Olympics twice - first in 1900 and second in 1924.

Answer: Russia

Founded in 1911, the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) is Russia's National Olympic Committee. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) issued a ban to all Russian athletes in 2019, prohibiting them from participating in any international sport events for a period of four years. The decision was made after WADA found that Russia had manipulated the laboratory data that was submitted to WADA.

Answer: North Korea

North Korea did not participate in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, due to COVID-19 concerns. North Korea boycotted both the Los Angeles 1984 and Seoul 1988 Olympic Games.

Answer: Women's 10 metre platform diving

Quan Hongchan was born in Guangdong, China in 2007. At a very young age of 14, she performed three (out of five) perfect dives in the final round of the women's 10 meter platform diving event in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Answer: Skateboarding

Momiji Nishiya was born in Osaka, Japan in 2007. She won the women's street event. The four sports introduced in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games were karate, skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing.

Answer: USA

Caeleb Remel Dressel was born in Green Cove Springs, Florida, USA, in 1996. He won gold medals in the following five events: 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, 100 metre freestyle, 100 metre butterfly, 50 metre freestyle, and 4 x 100 metre medley.

Answer: Jamaica

Elaine Thompson-Herah won the gold medal for the women's 100 metres event. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won the silver medal, whereas Shericka Jackson won the bronze medal. It is noteworthy to note that the three aforementioned athletes, and Briana Williams, also won the women's 4 × 100 metres relay event in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Answer: Fiji

Flora Duffy of Bermuda won the women's triathlon event. Hidilyn Diaz of the Philippines won the women's 55 kg weightlifting event. Fares El-Bakh of Qatar won the men's 96 kg weightlifting event. Fiji won the rugby sevens event, both in the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Answer: USA

USA won a total of 113 medals (39 gold, 41 silver, 33 bronze). China finished second with 88 medals (38 gold, 32 silver, 18 bronze). Japan was third, accumulating 58 medals (27 gold, 14 silver, 17 bronze). Great Britain finished fourth with 65 medals (22 gold, 21 silver, 22 bronze).