Olympics Quiz

Date posted on: October 01, 2008


1.IN WHICH OLYMPIC GAMES DID WOMEN 1ST COMPETE?

2.WHICH SIBLINGS COMBINED TO WIN FIVE OLYMPIC TRACK AND FIELD GOLD MEDALS DURING A CAREER IN WHICH THEY SET 26 WORLD RECORDS?

3.HOW MANY ROUNDS WERE FOUGHT IN ANCIENT OLYMPIC BOXING MATCHES?

4.DURING WHICH GAMES WAS THE FIRST OLYMPIC VILLAGE BUILT TO ACCOMODATE COMPETITORS AND OFFICIALS?

5.WHEN WERE THE OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES FIRST HELD IN A SEPARATE YEAR FROM THE SUMMER GAMES?

6.WHICH BRITISH ATHELETE WON 4 OLYMPIC MEDALS AND SET EIGHT WORLD RECORDS IN MIDDLE-DISTANCE RUNNING AND LATER SERVED IN BOTH THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND THE HOUSE OF LORDS?

7.WHICH AMERICAN ATHELETE WON FOUR GOLD MEDALS AT THE '36 BERLIN GAMES?

8.WHICH COUNTRY HAS WON THE MOST MEDALS AT THE WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES?

9.WHICH KOREAN MARTIAL ART WAS FIRST INTRODUCED AS AN EXHIBITION SPORT AT 1988 SEOUL OLYMPICS?

10.WHICH US TENNIS PLAYER'S FATHER HAS REPRESENTED IRAN AT THE OLYMPICS?

11.WHICH CITY WAS THE FIRST TO HOLD THE MODERN SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES TWICE?

12.IN OLYMPIC GYMNASTICS, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN'S AND WOMEN'S FLOOR EXCERCISES?

13.IN WHICH FIELD EVENT WERE WOMEN ALLOWED TO COMPETE FOR THE 1ST TIME IN 1996?

14.OF WHICH TWO MODERN DAY SPORTS WAS THE ANCIENT OLYMPIC SPORT OF PANCRATIUM A COMBINATION?

15.THE HOISTING OF THE OLYMPIC FLAG WAS INTRODUCED AT WHICH OLYMPIC GAMES?

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