2024 Corn Maze Trivia

1. What was the theme for the 2023 corn maze?
Westmoreland County

2. When was the application process started to procure the land for what is now known as Gearhard Farms?
1769

3. What anniversary is this for the Gearhard Farms Corn Maze?
25th

4. In the 1993 movie, “Cool Runnings,” the story loosely followed the story of the 1988 Olympic bobsled team from which country?
Jamaica

5. Who is the most decorated American gymnast?
Simone Biles

*Simone Biles has 11 Olympic medals and 30 World Championship medals.

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6. In the 2004 film, “Miracle,” the US team beats which country in the 1980 Olympics?
Soviet Union

*This victory was a major upset over the Soviet Union who had won gold medals in 5 of the 6 previous Winter Olympics.

7. Which US entertainer was one of the last torch bearers in the 2024 Olympic torch
relay?
Snoop Dog

8. USA and China tied in the 2024 Olympics for the most gold medals. How many golds did each country win?
40

9. The five rings of the Olympic symbol represent the five inhabited continents of the world. What are the five colors of the Olympic rings (which represent colors from national flags)?
Blue, yellow, black, green, red

10. In the 1996 Olympics, which US gymnast competed with a sprained ankle?
Kerri Strug
 

11. Who has the most gold medals in the Olympics of all time?
Michael Phelps, US swimmer

*American swimmer Michael Phelps is the most-decorated Olympian of all time, with 28 medals, 23 of which are gold. He also was the first athlete to win 8 gold medals at a single Olympics. In second place for career medals is Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina, the winner of 18 medals. Next is Marit Bjørgen of Norway. Mark
Spitz earned 7 Gold Medals in the 1972 Olympics (then a record for a single Olympics, since eclipsed by Phelps's 8 Golds in the 2008 Olympics; Spitz earned 11 medals (9 Gold) over two Olympics.

12. Which US woman Olympian has won the most medals?
Katie Ledecky

*Katie has won 7 gold medals and 3 silver medals.

13. In the 1936 Olympics, Jesse Owens won four gold medals in the 100m, 200m,
4x100m relay, and long jump. Where were the 1936 games held?
Berlin, Germany

14. Where will the 2028 Summer Olympics be held?
Los Angeles, CA USA

15. When were the first Olympic games held in Greece?
8th century BC
 

16. When were the first modern Olympics restarted in Greece?
1896

17. How many medals did the US earn at the 2024 US Olympics?
126

18. How many sports made up the 2024 Summer Olympics?
32

* While there were a total of 32 sports in the 2024 Summer Olympics, there were 329 events.

19. Of the 10,500 athletes that competed in the 2024 Olympics, how many were
women?
5,250

*This was the first time in Olympic history that there was gender equality.

20. Where is the Olympic flame ignited each Olympic year?
Temple of Hera, Olympia

*A group of women representing the Vestal Virgins (usually 11 in number) perform a celebration at the Temple of Hera, during which a fire is kindled by the light of the Sun, its rays concentrated by a parabolic mirror. The fire is used to light the first torch of the Olympic Torch Relay.