How Much Do You Know About the Paris Olympics? Take Our Fun Quiz!

The 2024 Summer Olympics began on July 26. How much do you know about the Olympics or Paris, the city where the 2024 games are being held? Take our fun quiz to find out!

Questions

1. How many Olympic games have been held in Paris?
2. What is the 2024 Paris Olympic mascot?
3. What do the Olympic rings stand for?
4. Which country is sending the most athletes to the Olympic games?
5. Are there more women or men competing in the 2024 Olympic games?
6. When were the Olympic rings created?
7. What special component will the Olympic medals feature in 2024?
8. Where are the Olympic surfers living during the games?
9. What sport is making its debut at the 2024 Summer Olympics?
10. Which nation always enters first during the Parade of Nations?

Answers

1. Paris hosted the Olympic games twice, once in 1900 and once in 1924.
2. The Phryges (pronounced "FREE-jes") are the mascots of the Paris Games. The little red hats, known as a Phrygian caps (or liberty caps), are a symbol of the French liberation, and they are "sporty, and love to party ... and are so French."
3. The five Olympic rings represent five continents — Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and Oceana. The blue, yellow, black, green and red colors represent the colors of the flags of all the participating countries at the time they were created.
4. Team USA is sending 529 athletes, the most of any participating country.
5. Trick question! For the first time in Olympic history, there are exactly the same number of female and male athletes... out of 10,500 athletes competing, 5,250 are men and 5,250 are women.
6. The Olympic rings were created in 1913, by Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the International Olympic Committee.
7. Every gold, silver and bronze Olympic medal will include 18 grams of iron taken from Eiffel Tower renovation scraps.
8. Olympic surfers will compete in the Pacific Ocean near the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, will be living on the water in the first-ever floating Olympic village.
9. Break dancing, also known as breaking, is joining the ranks of Olympic sports this year, welcoming "B-Boys" and "B-Girls" to the games.
10. Greece has the honor of entering first during the Parade of Nations, in homage to the home of the ancient Olympics, while the host nation enters last.

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