Winter Olympics Quiz

The first Winter Olympics were held in 1924 in Chamonix, France. It featured six sports and 16 events, setting the foundation for the Winter Games tradition.

Norway tops the Winter Olympics medal tally with over 400 medals, including a significant number of gold medals in skiing and biathlon events.

The first Asian country to host the Winter Olympics was Japan. The event took place in Sapporo in 1972. It marked the first time the Winter Games were held outside of Europe and North America.

Lake Placid, USA, hosted the Winter Olympics in 1932, the first time the Games were held outside Europe.

Women competed in figure skating at the first Winter Olympics in 1924.

South Africa became the first African nation to participate in the Winter Olympics in 1960, competing in Alpine skiing in Squaw Valley, USA.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is responsible for organizing the Olympic Games.

Figure Skating is the only event that was featured in both the Summer Olympics (1908 and 1920) and later became a core event of the Winter Olympics starting in 1924.

After the 1992 Winter Olympics, the schedule changed so that the Winter and Summer Games alternated every two years, starting with the 1994 Lillehammer Games.

France was the first country to host both, with the Summer Olympics in Paris (1900) and the Winter Olympics in Chamonix (1924).