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Australia in the Olympics
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True or False. Australia has been in every Olympics since Athens in 1896.
True
False
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How many times have the Olympic Games been held in Australia?
never
four times
twice
once
3
Australia's very first Gold Medal was won at
Athens in 1896
Melbourne in 1956
London in 1948
Paris in 1900
4
Edwin Flack won gold medals in the
tennis
triathalon
800 metres
1500 metres
5
The Australian Institute of Sport is located in
Canberra
Adelaide
Melbourne
Sydney
6
By contrast, how many athletes competed at Tokyo in 2021?
340
211
472
844
7
Before the 2021 games, how many Gold Medals has Australia won at all summer Olympics?
196
250
86
154
8
Our first Gold Medalist was
Dawn Fraser
Ian Thorpe
Betty Cuthbert
Edwin Flack
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In which Olympics did we win the MOST Gold Medals?
Sydney 2000
Melbourne 1956
Athens 2004
Los Angeles
10
Which sport is NOT part of the AIS program?
Cricket
Athletics
Volleyball
Swimming
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The Melbourne games were held in
1984
1948
1966
1956
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Dawn won gold medals at how many Olympics?
4- Melb 1956, Tokyo 1960, Rome 1964, Mexico City 1968
3- Melb 1956, Tokyo 1960, Rome 1964
3- Melb 1956, Tokyo 1958, Rome 1962
4- London 1948, Melb 1956, Tokyo 1960, Rome 1964
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At the Montreal Olympics, how many gold medals did Australia win?
five
none
fifteen
ten
14
Who carried the flag for Australia at the 2021 Olympics?
Paddy Mills
Ariarne Titmus
Bronte Campbell
Cate Campbell
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The Sydney games were held in
1996
1988
2000
2004
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In which cities were they held?
Melbourne and Brisbane
Melbourne and Sydney
Adelaide and Perth
Sydney and Perth
17
In reaction to this disasterous result, the Australian government
established the Australian Association of Sport
withdrew from the next Olympics
established the Australian Institute of Sport
sacked our Olympic coaches
18
Who lit the Olympic flame at the Sydney games?
Ron Clark
Cathy Freeman
Ian Thorpe
Dawn Fraser
19
Dawn did not compete in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics because
she had retired
she was injured
she was banned for stealing a flag at the Tokyo Olympics
she was banned for taking drugs at the Tokyo Olympics
20
Cathy Freeman won a gold medal in the
100 metres
marathon
200 metres
400 metres
21
Roughly how much does Australia spend on Olympic funding per medal won?
1 million dollars
9.2 million dollars
500,000 dollars
4.4 million dollars
22
True or false. Edwin Flack was our only competitor in Athens in 1896.
False
True
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Dawn Fraser was one of our greatest Olympians. Her sport was
swimming
gymnastics
athletics
tennis
