Microsoft Rewards Bing Homepage Quiz: Where was the first Winter Olympics held in 1924?
A Oslo, Norway
B Chamonix, France
C Lake Placid, New York
Originally staged as ‘International Winter Sports Week’ in association with the 1924 Summer Olympics, over 250 athletes arrived in the French Alps to compete in sports like ski jumping and bobsledding. Norway topped the medal table, and American speed skater Charles Jewtraw became the first Winter Olympics gold medalist. With the success of the event, it was retroactively designated by the International Olympic Committee as ‘the first Olympic Winter Games.’
The correct answer is Chamonix, France.