The Olympic Quiz (1)

March 12th, 2008 | Uncategorized


Test your knowledge of the Olympics!

  1. What comes next after “Citius, Altius,…..”?

    2. Dominus
    Fortius
    Mundus

  2. The first Asian country to host the Olympic Games is?

    3. South Korea
    China
    Japan

  3. The modern Olympic Games was revived by……..

    4. Juan Antonio Samaranch
    Mitt Romney
    Pierre de Coubertin

  4. Which city hosted the 1992 Olympic Games

    5. Barcelona
    Seoul
    Atlanta

  5. What does the acronym IOC stand for?

    6. International Olympic Corporation
    International Olympic Cooperation
    International Olympic Committee

  6. The Olympic ring represents the ….

    7. first five charter members of the IOC
    five continents
    five governing Olympic bodies

  7. Which of these countries did not participate in the 1980 Moscow Olympics?

    8. Great Britain
    West Germany
    France

  8. Nadia Comaneci, the famous gymnast is from?

    9. Yugoslavia
    Bulgaria
    Romania

  9. During the Seoul Olympics, Steffi Graf won the tennis singles gold medal by beating?

    10. Gabriela Sabatini
    Jana Novotna
    Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario

  10. The 1984 movie, Chariots of Fire is based on the story of….

    11. Jesse Owens and Adolf Hitler
    Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell
    Paavo Nurmi and Ville Ritola

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