Question 1

True or false: Phelps holds the record for most gold medals in a single Olympics.

Accepted Answer

True. He set the record with 8 golds at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, surpassing Mark Spitz's 7.

Question 2

True or false: Phelps once raced a great white shark and lost by two seconds.

Accepted Answer

False. He raced a simulated great white shark for a TV special, but it was not a real shark race.

Question 3

True or false: Phelps's diet during training included 12,000 calories a day.

Accepted Answer

True. During peak training, he consumed about 12,000 calories daily to fuel his intense workouts.

Question 4

True or false: Phelps was banned from swimming for one year after a DUI arrest.

Accepted Answer

False. He was suspended for 6 months by USA Swimming after his 2014 DUI, not a full year.

Question 5

True or false: Phelps won his first Olympic gold medal at age 15.

Accepted Answer

False. He competed at 15 in 2000 but won no medals. His first gold came at age 19 in 2004.

Question 6

True or false: Michael Phelps has a wingspan longer than his height.

Accepted Answer

True. Phelps has a 6'7" wingspan but is only 6'4" tall, an unusual ratio that helps his swimming stroke.

Question 7

True or false: Phelps is the only swimmer to win an Olympic event in four consecutive Games.

Accepted Answer

False. He won the 200m individual medley in four straight Games (2004-2016), but other swimmers like Katie Ledecky have also achieved this.

Question 8

True or false: Phelps once swam a 200m butterfly with a broken wrist.

Accepted Answer

True. In 2007, he fractured his wrist but still won the 200m butterfly at the US Nationals with a cast.

Michael Phelps Trivia Questions