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What Do You Know About the Winter Olympics?

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Randy Lilleston,

AARP

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Published January 25, 2022

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What Do You Know About the Winter Olympics?

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  "question" : "The first Winter Olympic Games were held in 1924. Where were they held?",
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    "answer" : "Chamonix, France",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Grenoble, France",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Albertville, France",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Lake Placid, New York",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
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  "explanation" : "A little more than 10,000 paying spectators watched the events, according to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).",
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  "question" : "True or false? Olympic figure skating is older than the Winter Olympic Games.",
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    "answer" : "True",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "False",
    "correctAnswer" : false
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  "explanation" : "The first Olympic figure skating competition was at the 1908 Olympics in London, held before the Winter Olympics were established.",
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}, {
  "question" : "Through the 2018 Olympics, which country has won the most Winter Olympics medals?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Russia",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Sweden",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Norway",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "United States",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Norway won 368 medals through 2018. It is followed by the U.S. with 305 medals and Germany with 240.",
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}, {
  "question" : "The luge and the skeleton are among the Olympic sports involving a sled on an ice track. In which of the two does the athlete ride the sled head-first?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Luge",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Skeleton",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Skeleton competitors sometimes reach speeds of more than 80 miles per hour, the IOC says.",
  "hint" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "This event combines cross-country skiing and target shooting.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Biathlon",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Pentathlon",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Duaolothlon",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Megalodon",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The sport can be traced back to hunters on skis in Scandinavia, according to the IOC.",
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}, {
  "question" : "In curling, what is the area with the target on it called?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "The bull’s-eye",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "The house",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "The target (of course)",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "The vortex",
    "correctAnswer" : false
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  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The house consists of 12-foot ring, 8-foot ring, 4-foot ring and a \"button\" at the center.",
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}, {
  "question" : "Which of these broad categories drew the biggest TV audience at the 2018 Olympics?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Figure skating",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Curling",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Alpine skiing",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Closing ceremonies",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Ratings service Nielsen Sports says the alpine skiing events drew a cumulative audience of more than 1 billion.",
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}, {
  "question" : "As of 2022, when was the last time the USA hosted the Winter Olympics?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "1932",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "1980",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "2002",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Never",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The 2002 Olympics were hosted by Salt Lake City.",
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}, {
  "question" : "When was snowboarding first added to the Winter Olympic Games?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "1982",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "1990",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "1998",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "2006",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The 1998 games in Nagano, Japan, featured half-pipe and giant slalom snowboarding.",
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  "hintLink" : "",
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Randy Lilleston is the homepage editor for AARP.org. He previously served as editor-in-chief for business news publisher Industry Dive and was a senior digital editor for NPR, USA Today and CNN.