Olympics Quiz Answers

Date posted on: October 01, 2008


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

PARIS,1900

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

TAMARA AND IRINA PRESS(UKRAINAIN SISTERS)

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

ZERO(BOXING WAS INTRODUCED AS A FORMAL OLYMPIC SPORT IN THE 23RD OLYMPIAD IN 688 B.C)

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

LOS ANGELES, 1932(LOCATED IN BALDWIN HILLS ,COVERED 321 ACRES)

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

1994(WINTER GAMES WERE HELD IN 1992 AND AGAIN IN 1994 AND FROM THEN ON EVERY FOUR YEARS)

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?

SEBASTIAN COE(WON 1ST GOLD IN 1980 OLYMPICS,SERVED AS CONSERVATIVE MEMBER IN HOUSE OF COMMONS FROM 1992 TO 1997 AND WAS ELEVATED TO THE HOUSE OF LORDS IN 2000)

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

JESSE OWENS(BLEW HITLER'S ARYAN SUPERIORITY INTENTION)

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

NORWAY

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

TAEKWONDO

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

ANDRE AGASSI

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

PARIS

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

NO MUSIC IS PLAYED FOR MEN

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

POLE VAULT

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

BOXING AND WRESTLING

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

ANTWERP,1920

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