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1
Which of the following is true of ancient Olympics?
All athletes compete in team sports.
Women and men competed equally in the ancient games.
Athletes performed naked at the Olympics.
2
The tug-of-war was an Olympic sport..
It has never been an Olympic sport.
Between 1900 and 1920.
From 1945 to the present day.
3
The largest Olympic stadium, able to hold four 747 jumbo jets side by side, was used in the...
2012 Summer Olympics in London, England.
2000 Summer Olympics in Syndey, Australia.
2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
4
The number of interlocking rings in the offical symbol of the modern Games is...
Seven
Five
Six
5
The torch relay in ancient Greece was...
Always the first competitive race of the Games.
Run by politicians.
A relay race with the winner lighting the Games' flame.
6
During the opening ceremony the procession of sports people is always led by:
The Greek team.
The country that is first on the alphabet.
The host country.
7
What does the word Olympiad mean?
Greek for the "biggest and the best"
Four years in a row
An athlete that has competed in 2 consecutive Olympic Games
8
Two continents have never hosted an Olympic Games. These are:
Africa & Antarctica
South America and Antarctica
South America and Africa
9
Olympic gold medals are...
100% gold
90% silver
Clay discs painted with real gold
10
The first mascot was in the 1968 Olympics (Mexico). The mascot for the 2016 Olympic Games is..
A cat
A lemur.
A mixture of many animals from Brazil.
11
The first Olympic race was won by a chef called Corubus in...
1776
776 BC
776
12
The number of countries taking part in the 2016 Rio Olympics is...
92
117
206
13
The oldest athlete to compete in the Olympic Games was a Swedish shooter. He was..
72 years & 281 days old.
54 years & 3 days old.
92 years old.
14
Women were first allowed to take part in the Olympic Games in:
1954
1900
1860
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Why were no Olympics held in 1916, 1940 or 1944?
Mass outbreak of the flu.
The host cities did not finish building stadiums.
Because of World War I and World War II.
