| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Host city | Tokyo | 99%
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| Country with the most medals | USA | 98%
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| Country with the most gold medals | USA | 96%
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| Country that was not allowed to use its IOC name due to a doping scandal | Russia | 86%
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| Country that won the first gold medal awarded in these games | China | 74%
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| Next host city | Paris | 73%
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| Last country to march during the opening ceremonies | Japan | 64%
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| (Name one) Two countries that decided to share a gold medal after their athletes competed for hours but neither bested the other | Italy, Qatar | 63%
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| Country awarded gold medals in marathon during the closing ceremonies | Kenya | 53%
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| First country to march during the opening ceremonies | Greece | 52%
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| Country that expelled an athlete (she would later refuse to fly back to that country out of fear for her safety) | Belarus | 51%
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| Country with the most medals per capita (hint: one of the smallest and least populated countries in the world) | San Marino | 51%
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| (Name one) Countries/Territories that won their first-ever gold medals | Bermuda, Philippines, Qatar | 50%
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| (Name one) Countries that achieved a podium sweep by winning gold, silver, and bronze in a single event | Jamaica, Switzerland | 49%
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| Athlete who lit the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremonies | Naomi Osaka | 48%
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| (Name one) Countries that won their first-ever medals | Burkina Faso, San Marino, Turkmenistan | 43%
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| (Name one) Countries that debuted a new name in these games | Eswatini, North Macedonia | 41%
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| Country with the first openly transgender athlete to compete in an individual event at the Summer Olympics | New Zealand | 41%
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| Most populous country that did not receive any medal in these games | Pakistan | 40%
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| Country that withdrew all of its athletes due to Covid-19 concerns | North Korea | 33%
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