Olympic Host Cities
We're making a marathon sprint across the globe to bring you trivia about the dozens of cities that have hosted the Olympic Games since 1896.
15 questions · Published July 8, 2024
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. Host of the 2016 Summer Olympics, what South American city also holds the largest Carnival festival in the world?
Known as Carnaval do Rio de Janeiro in Portuguese, the biggest Carnival festival in the world precedes the Christian festival of Lent.
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2. Which of these Atlanta professional sports team competes in the National Football League?
Established in 1965, the Atlanta Falcons play in the National Football League and are the oldest professional sports franchise in the United States without a championship.
- Multiple Choice
3. What American singer is buried in an unmarked grave in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, France?
When Doors lead singer Jim Morrison died of an overdose in 1971, his body was buried in an unmarked grave in Paris's famed Père Lachaise Cemetery, also the final resting place of Oscar Wilde, Marcel Marceau, and Édith Piaf.
Temporary markers placed at Morrison's grave were stolen time and again, and now the site is surrounded by a protective railing.
Paris hosted the Olympics in 1900, 1924, and 2024.
- Multiple Choice
4. Which mountain range is home to Lake Placid, host of two Winter Olympic Games?
Lake Placid is located in New York's Adirondack Mountains.
The village hosted the Winter Olympics in 1932 and 1980.
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5. Europe's oldest capital city, _________, Greece, hosted the first Olympic Games in 1896.
Athens, Greece, hosted the Games of the I Olympiad in 1896; the city again hosted the Summer Olympics in 2004.
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