1932 Olympics in Lake Placid Trivia Quiz

Answer: New York

Lake Placid, New York, was a very scenic venue for the Olympics. It was a small town in the northeast corner of the state, situated in the Adirondack Mountains. When the games returned in 1980, it became the first location in North America to have hosted the Olympic Games twice.

Answer: Franklin Roosevelt

Then Governor of New York, Franklin Roosevelt officially opened the games on February 4, 1932. Later that same year he was elected to the first of his four terms as President.

Answer: U.S.

The United States won a total of 12 medals at these games. They also won the most gold medals at 6, winning twice as many as their next competitor Norway with 3 gold medals. It would not be until 2010 in Vancouver that the U.S. would again have the highest medal count at a Winter Olympics.

Answer: Canada

There were only four teams competing in ice hockey at these Games. Canada took the gold medal in this competition, the U.S. won the silver, and Germany took home the bronze. The fourth country to compete was Poland. The worldwide economic depression had a major effect on these games and many countries were unable to compete for financial reasons.

Answer: Norway

Norway dominated ski jumping in spite of poor snow conditions. Ski jumping was one of the most highly contested competitions at these games, with 10 countries sending an athlete.

Answer: He won a gold medal in both the Summer and Winter Olympics in different sports

Eddie Egan won a gold medal in boxing in the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, and then won a gold medal in bobsled in the Winter Olympics of 1932 to become the first and only person in the 20th Century to accomplish that feat. He went on to study law at Harvard and Oxford.

Answer: Figure skating

Hungary won the bronze medal in pair's figure skating. Their second figure skating pair placed 4th. These were the only athletes Hungary was financially able to send. Hungary was one of only 12 countries that competed in every modern Winter Olympics in the 20th Century.

Answer: Sonja Henie

Sonja Henie was one of the premier figure skaters in the early part of the 20th Century. She not only won gold medals at three Olympics, she was also a six-time European Champion and a 10-time World Champion. She went on to a successful acting career. She was considered by many to be one of the greatest female skaters to ever compete, and was inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1976.

Answer: True

The only countries that competed were Canada and the U.S. The U.S. had seven contestants and Canada had five. Even with fewer contestants, Canada took the gold and the bronze. This two-day event was run twice on a tract 25.1 miles (40.5 km). Before the event began, it had been rumored that gold medal winner Emile St. Goddard was not going to be able to compete due to lack of funding.

Answer: True

Poor weather had been a problem throughout these Games. The bobsled competition was not the only event affected. Snow had to be trucked in for the cross country skiing event, and there were times that athletes participating in the ski jump splashed down into large puddles.