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Australia in the Olympics
Australia in the Olympics
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1
At the Montreal Olympics, how many gold medals did Australia win?
none
fifteen
five
ten
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Edwin Flack won gold medals in the
triathalon
tennis
1500 metres
800 metres
3
The Melbourne games were held in
1948
1966
1956
1984
4
Dawn Fraser was one of our greatest Olympians. Her sport was
athletics
tennis
gymnastics
swimming
5
The Sydney games were held in
1988
2004
1996
2000
6
How many times have the Olympic Games been held in Australia?
never
once
four times
twice
7
Before the 2016 games, how many Gold Medals has Australia won at all summer Olympics?
196
147
86
250
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True or false. Edwin Flack was our only competitor in Athens in 1896.
False
True
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Our first Gold Medalist was
Ian Thorpe
Betty Cuthbert
Dawn Fraser
Edwin Flack
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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
11
Who carried the flag for Australia at the 2016 Olympics?
Bronte Campbell
Cate Campbell
Anna Meares
Andrew Bogut
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By contrast, how many athletes competed at Rio in 2016?
211
422
340
844
13
Dawn did not compete in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics because
she was injured
she was banned for stealing a flag at the Tokyo Olympics
she had retired
she was banned for taking drugs at the Tokyo Olympics
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Australia's very first Gold Medal was won at
London in 1948
Athens in 1896
Melbourne in 1956
Paris in 1900
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Cathy Freeman and Ron Clark were both
basketballers
runners
weight lifters
swimmers
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In reaction to this disasterous result, the Australian government
withdrew from the next Olympics
established the Australian Institute of Sport
established the Australian Association of Sport
sacked our Olympic coaches
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The Australian Institute of Sport is located in
Canberra
Adelaide
Melbourne
Sydney
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In which cities were they held?
Sydney and Perth
Adelaide and Perth
Melbourne and Sydney
Melbourne and Brisbane
19
Cathy Freeman won a gold medal in the
200 metres
marathon
400 metres
100 metres
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In which Olympics did we win the MOST Gold Medals?
Athens 2004
Sydney 2000
Melbourne 1956
Los Angeles
21
Which sport is NOT part of the AIS program?
Cricket
Athletics
Swimming
Volleyball
22
Dawn won gold medals at how many Olympics?
3- Melb 1956, Tokyo 1958, Rome 1962
4- Melb 1956, Tokyo 1960, Rome 1964, Mexico City 1968
4- London 1948, Melb 1956, Tokyo 1960, Rome 1964
3- Melb 1956, Tokyo 1960, Rome 1964
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Who lit the Olympic flame at the Sydney games
Cathy Freeman
Dawn Fraser
Ian Thorpe
Ron Clark
24
True or False. Australia has been in every Olympics since Athens in 1996.
True
False
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The Melbourne Olympic flame was lit by
Ron Clark
Murray Rose
Dawn Fraser
Lorraine Crapp
