OLYMPIC QUIZ

OLYMPIC QUIZ
1. At the 1908 London Olympics, much of the focus during the marathon event fell on Dorando Pietri, the Italian runner who entered the stadium first. However, he took a wrong turn, collapsed, was helped up by doctors, fell three more times, before being half-carried across the finish line by race officials. However, all this help got him disqualified. He did receive a special silver cup from Queen Alexandra of Denmark. Who was declared the winner after Pietri was disqualified?
 Johnny Hayes (USA)

2. The Olympic Creed - "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph, but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered, but to have fought well." This was adopted by Baron de Coubertin after hearing it from a sermon by the Bishop of Philadelphia. In what year was the creed first used?
 1912 Stockholm
3.Which young gymnast from the U.S.S.R. won the hearts of many for her alistic style in the 1972 Munich Olympics?
Olga Korbut
3. In the first Olympic Winter Games, who won a Silver Medal in the 5000m speed skating event and a Gold Medal in the 10,000m speed skating event?
 Julius Skutnabb (Finland)
4. On February 12, 2010, luger Nodar Kumaritashvili died after crashing, flying over a wall, and hitting his head on a metal support beam on the Whistler Sliding Center in Vancouver, Canada. Which country was he competing for?
Georgia
5. In 1980 Lake Placid Games, the USA men's ice hockey team beat the USSR 4-3 in the round-robin tournament. What was this game nicknamed?
Miracle on Ice
6. In the 1908 London Olympics, Jay Gould of the USA won the first (and to date only) Olympic Gold medal awarded for "Jeu de Paume". By what name is this sport better known in English-speaking countries?
Real Tennis
7. In the 1908 London Olympic Games, the finalists in this event were two 8-man teams of British policemen, from London (who took Gold) and Liverpool (Silver). A third team of British police took the Bronze medal by default, when their Swedish opponents didn't bother to turn up for the match. What now discontinued sport was this?
Tug-of-War

8. The Olympic Rope Climb was competed for on five occasions between 1896 and 1932, competitors being timed on the speed with which they ascended a free-hanging rope. But in the 1896 Athens Games, why did only two competitors reach the top of the 14-metre rope?

The rope was too long for most competitors

9. In the 1900 Paris Olympics, why did Frederick Lane of Australia have to climb over a pole and a row of boats, and swim under another row of boats. In which event he won the gold medal?
"Obstacle Race - Swimming" event
10. Not all discontinued sports appeared only in the earliest Olympic Games. This individual event was featured in three Games in 1984 (Los Angeles), 1988 (Seoul) and 1992 (Barcelona), during which period the USA, Canada and Japan were the only countries to win medals.

Solo Synchronised Swimming



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