General Awareness: Olympic Mascots Quiz

1. The idea of an Olympic mascot to represent the Games is not one that has been around for as long as the modern games. During which of these Olympics was a mascot first adopted?

a) 1968 Winter Olympics (Grenoble)
b) 1972 Summer Olympics (Munich)
c) 1968 Summer Olympics (Mexico City)
d) 1964 Winter Olympics (Innsbruck)

The correct answer is a) 1968 Winter Olympics (Grenoble)

2. During which Olympics games were Syd, Millie, and Ollie mascots?

a) 2010 Winter Olympics (Vancouver)
b) 1996 Summer Olympics (Atlanta)
c) 2000 Summer Olympics (Sydney)
d) 2002 Winter Olympics (Salt Lake City)

The correct answer is c) 2000 Summer Olympics (Sydney)

3. In 2004, the Olympic Games returned to their home country of Greece and its capital, Athens. During these games, two mascots were adopted. One was Phevos, a name derived from a byname for the ancient Greek sun god, Apollo. However, which other ancient Greek deity was the source of Phevos' companion's name?

a) Aphrodite
b) Demeter
c) Athena
d) Persephone

The correct answer is c) Athena

4. Which of these animals is not represented by one of the fuwa which were the mascots for the 2008 Beijing Olympics?

a) Panda
b) Swift
c) Fish
d) Tiger

The correct answer is d) Tiger

5. The names of the 2012 London Olympic mascots are named after the English villages where the first Paralympic Games were held, and the precursors to the modern Olympics were held.

a) True
b) False

The correct answer is a) True

6. Which of the following was not one of the official 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic mascots, but rather the official sidekick of the mascots?

a) Mukmuk
b) Quatchi
c) Miga
d) Sumi

The correct answer is a) Mukmuk

7. At 2008 Beijing, which colour fuwa did not represent an animal?

a) Red
b) Green
c) Blue
d) Black

The correct answer is a) Red

8. Hidy and Howdy were Olympic mascots for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

a) True
b) False

The correct answer is b) False

9. Of which Olympic Games was Misha the mascot?

a) 1988 Summer Olympics (Seoul)
b) 1976 Summer Olympics (Montreal)
c) 1980 Summer Olympics (Moscow)
d) 1984 Summer Olympics (Los Angeles)

The correct answer is c) 1980 Summer Olympics (Moscow)

10. Lyo and Merly were the mascots for which Olympic first?

a) Summer Olympics
b) Winter Paralympics
c) Summer Paralympics
d) Youth Summer Olympics

The correct answer is d) Youth Summer Olympics