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Olympics Quiz
Team Name Table No. Round No.
1 How many seats in a stadium does FIFA require hosting countries to provide for the opening match?
a) 50 000 b) 30 000 c)65, 000 Answer: c) 65, 000
2 The original modern Olympic gold medals were made from pure gold. True or false?
Answer: True, the last Olympic gold medals that were made entirely from gold were awarded in 1912.
3 What do the Olympic Rings represent?
Answer: Five of the world’s continents and the meeting of athletes from throughout the world in
friendship at the Olympic Games.
4 In which European country were the first Paralympic Games held?
Answer: London in 1948. Dr Ludwig Guttmann of Stoke Mandeville Hospital hosted a competition for
British World War II veteran patients with spinal cord injuries, called the Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair
Games.
5 Which of these Olympic track events is nearest in distance to one mile?
a) the 4x400 m relay b) the 3,000 m steeplechase c) the 5,000 m
Answer: a) 4 x 400 m relay
6 Ethiopian runner Haile Gebrselassie, winner of two Olympic gold medals, used to run 10 km to school
every morning, and back every evening. This led to a distinctive running posture, with his left arm
crooked as if still holding his schoolbooks. True or false? Answer: True
7 In which year were women athletes first allowed to compete in the Summer Olympics?
Answer: Paris 1900, in tennis, sailing, croquet, golf, ballooning, equestrianism
8 What was the exact time and date of the Olympic Opening Ceremony in Beijing 2008?
Answer: 08.08.08, at 8 minutes and 8 seconds past 8pm
9 To athletes in which Olympic sport did Pope Benedict say: “Dear athletes, you are models for your peers,
and your example can be crucial to them in building their future positively. So be champions in sports
and in life!”? a) Swimming b) Running c) Gymnastics
Answer: a) Swimming, at the World Swimming Championships 2009
10 Which brand, named after the Greek word for ‘ethical’, makes fair trade and child labour-free sports balls?
a) Nike b) Etiko c) Reebok Answer: b) Etiko, an Austalian company that produces sustainable sneakers
and streetwear. Its offspring company Jinta Sport makes fair trade and sustainable soccer balls.
11 Since 1896, three Summer Olympics have been cancelled. Why?
Answer: Because of the two World Wars. Games were cancelled in 1916, 1940 and 1944
12 How many players on a soccer team?
a) 9 b) 13 c)11 Answer: c) 11
13 Cambodian athlete Hem Bunting, who finished 73rd in the marathon at Beijing 2008, could not afford to
buy running shoes. A BBC article on him moved one reader to send him new training shoes prior to the
Beijing Olympics. True or false? Answer: True
14 How many billion people worldwide watched the 2010 World Cup?
a) 3.2 billion b) 1.4 billion c) 2.7 billion Answer a) 3.2 billion (46.4 percent of the world)
15 Which country will become the first in South America to host the Olympic Games?
Answer: Brazil – Rio de Janeiro in 2016

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Olympics Quiz
1. What is wrong with this logo? Answer: 2. The Rio 2016 mascot ‘Vinicus’ is a 3. Soccer is the most popular game in the
It’s upside down mix of different Brazilian animals. world. True or false?
Answer: True, based on the number of people who
- Can you name
play it.
any Brazilian
animals? Answer
examples: Jaguar, Howler Monkey,
Toucan

- Why is the mascot

named ‘Vinicus?’
Answer: Tribute to renowned Brazilian writer and
musician Vinicus de Moraes.

4. Which country, whose flag is 5. Which is the correct Paralympics 6. What does this logo represent?
pictured below, hosted the Olympics in logo? Answer: a) Answer:
1968? Answer: Mexico Special
a) b) c) Olympics

7. Which Olympic sport is played on 8. In which sport, shown here, did 9. In which Olympic team-sport might
this court? Answer: Basketball Anna Meares win gold for Australia at these foam overshoes
the 2012 London be worn?
Olympics? Answer:
Answer: Hockey

Women’s Sprint Track

Cycling

10. Which world stadium is this? 11. Pamela Jelimo won gold in 12. The first modern Olympics were held
Answer: The O2 stadium in London the 800 m at Beijing 2008 in Athens in 1986. True or false?
for which
Answer: False.
country,
The first modern
shown here?
Olympics were held in
Answer: Kenya
Athens in
1896.

13. For which Games was this gold 14. In which Olympic 15. Which Olympic country, where Caritas
medal designed? sport would this Australia works, is highlighted?
a) Berlin 1936 be used? Answer:
a) Sailing Cambodia
b) Seoul 1988
c) Barcelona b) Show jumping
1992 c) Rhythmic
Answer: Seoul, gymnastics
reverse shown Answer:
Rhythmic gymnastics

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