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A comprehension quiz to follow-up on reading unit The Olympics: Past and Present
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The first modern Olympic Games were held in
Italy
The United States
Germany
Greece
2
The first Olympic Winter Games were held in
Germany
France
Greece
Austria
3
BONUS: The 2016 all-around women's gymnastics champion is
Gabby Douglas
Mary Lou Retton
Simone Biles
Nadia Comaneci
4
The five Olympic rings represent
The five settled continents
The number of Greek gods
The members of the IOC
Five original running events
5
The Olympics began in
Greece
France
Germany
Italy
6
Originally, all Olympic athletes were
young boys
men
rich
slaves
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BONUS: The last Summer Olympics in the US were held in 1996 in
New York, New York
Los Angeles, California
Atlanta, Georgia
Chicago, Illinois
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How many countries sent athletes to the first modern Olympic Games?
5
50
14
600
9
Athletes from this country were captured and killed by terrorists in 1972.
Israel
Brazil
Russia
Spain
10
The Olympic torch relay began in
1936
1984
2002
1998
11
The earliest competitors came from different Greek
suburbs
tribes
slums
city-states
12
The Roman leader who ended the Olympic games was named
Socrates
Plato
Theodosius
Homer
13
The prize for first place in the ancient Olympics was
olive branch
dove
trophy
golden eagle
14
The Ancient Olympics honored the god
Zeus
Apollo
Thor
Athena
15
BONUS: Michael Phelps has won how many gold medals?
10
23
15
20
16
The figure skater from Norway who won gold medals in 1928, 1932 and 1936 was
Tenley Albright
Tara Lipinski
Sonja Henie
Dorothy Hamill
17
Were professional athletes allowed to participate in the Olympic Games?
No
Only if they were poor
Yes
Only if they were rich
18
The first Winter Olympic Games were held in the year
1890
1950
1968
1924
19
The city that held the ancient Games was
Athens
Rome
Olympia
Berlin
20
The opening parade or procession was adopted in
1800
2002
1950
1906
21
The boxer that lit the Olympic torch in the 2002 Games was
Muhammad Ali
George Foreman
Mike Tyson
Joe Frazier
22
People found the ruins of the original Olympic grounds by
the 1500's
the 1960's
the 1920's
the 1890's
23
How many athletes competed in the first modern Olympic Games?
5,000
800
25
200
24
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) was founded in
1894
1776
1967
1949
25
What African American runner angered Hitler at the 1936 Berlin Games by winning gold medals?
Florence Griffith-Joyner
Wilma Rudolph
Usain Bolt
Jessie Owens
26
BONUS: The next Summer Olympics will be held in 2020 in
Barcelona, Spain
Tokyo, Japan
Moscow, Russia
Sydney, Australia
27
Women were first allowed to compete in the Summer Olympics in
1900
1928
1960
1972
28
The earliest Olympic events included only
races
boxing
swimming
wrestling
29
The Olympics began in the year
3000 BC
776 BC
1895 AD
1949 AD
30
The winner of an Olympic event receives a
gold medal
bronze medal
trophy
silver medal
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Who determines which sports will be in the Olympics?
The president of Greece
The athletes themselves vote
The IOC
The host country
32
The new Olympic flag first appeared in
1946
1998
1920
1800
33
Some athletes are disqualified because
They are too old
They don't have a country
They took drugs
They are too rich
34
BONUS: The 2014 Winter Olympics were held in
Sochi, Russia
Athens, Greece
Innsbruck, Austria
London, England
35
One reason that the next two Olympic games were not as successful was
war
the athletes went on strike
greed
bad weather
