olympics Trivia Quiz # 11
This is Olympics Quiz # 11, GOOD LUCK! You can head back to the main Olympics Quiz index, or try your luck at a random quiz.Olympics Question 1
First Times From Around The World - Scotland: At what Olympic Games did Scotland win their first gold medal?
The correct answer is '1908 London Games'
Scotland would perform well at the 1908 Olympic Games held in London, England, taking home 5 gold medals from 9 events. Arthur Robertson, who also won a silver medal, officially won the first gold for Scotland in the team steeplechase. Scotland would have another successful Olympics at the 1912 games in Stockholm, winning 7 gold medals, along with a silver and a bronze.
Olympics Question 2
Athens Olympic Swimming - Which two female swimmers won the most gold medals at the Athens 2004 Olympics?
The correct answer is 'Petria Thomas (Australia) & Jodie Henry (Australia)'
Both Petria and Jodie came home with three gold medals each. Two of the three golds came in the 4X100M freestyle and 4X100M medley relay, in which both Petria and Jodie swam. Their other gold medal came from the respective individual events, Petria in the 100M butterfly and Jodie in the 100M freestyle.
Olympics Question 3
The Summer Olympics - In 1924, Gertrude Ederle won the 100-meter freestyle. Two years later, she was the first woman to do what?
The correct answer is 'Swim the English Channel'
Ederle swam the Channel in a time that was almost two hours faster than the existing record.
Olympics Question 4
20th Century Olympics - What is the length of an Olympic swimming pool?
The correct answer is '50 metres'
Olympics Question 5
Cities of the Olympics 2 - The 1960 Winter Olympics was located in Squaw Valley, California. Near which lake is the resort situated?
The correct answer is 'Lake Tahoe'
Shasta Lake is much further north than Squaw Valley, and the other two options aren't even in California! Winnemucca is in the state of Nevada, and Lake Owyhee is in Oregon.
Olympics Question 6
1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team - In a 1981 made for T.V. movie called "Miracle on Ice", what actor played coach Herb Brooks?
The correct answer is 'Karl Malden'
Andrew Stevens played captain Mike Eruzione in the movie.
Olympics Question 7
USA Gymnastics - Which girl broke her ankle and could not compete in the 2000 Olympics?
The correct answer is 'Morgan White'
Olympics Question 8
Olympic Symbols - Which of the following years were both the Summer and Winter Olympics were held in the same country?
The correct answer is '1936'
Both the Summer and Winter Olympics were held in the same country on three occasions in the 20th century. 1924 (Paris and Chamonix), 1932 (Los Angeles and Lake Placid), and 1936 (Berlin and Garmisch-Partenkirchen). Japan would've hosted both games in 1940 (Tokyo and Sapporo) had it not been for WWII.
Olympics Question 9
Australia's My Home - What Australian Television Network televised the 2000 Olympic Games?
The correct answer is 'Seven'
Olympics Question 10
Horsey Ride, Daddy, Horsey Ride - 1960. Rome. Olympic Men's Decathlon. Rafer Johnson (USA ), silver medalist at the 1956 Games, held a 67 point lead on Chuan-kwang (C. K.) Yang of Taiwan going into the final event, the 1500 meter run. Needing to finish within 10 seconds of Yang (a strong 1500m. runner) to clinch the gold medal, Johnson ran arguably the race of his life. How did the race end?
The correct answer is 'Yang beat Johnson by 1.2 seconds'
Prior to the 1960 Olympic games, Yang and Johnson, along with Vassily Kuznetsov (USSR) were considered the favourites to contend for the medals. Each in turn had broken the world record, with Johnson holding the world mark of 8683 points up to the 1960 Games.
After 9 events, Yang had won an incredible 6 events (Johnson the other 3), but found himself trailing Johnson, with Kuznetsov a non-threatening third. Although Yang was a much superior 1500 meter runner, he could not shake Johnson.
In the end, the final decathlon result was:
Gold - Rafer Johnson (USA) 8392 points
Silver - C. K. Yang (Taiwan) 8334 points
Bronze - V. Kuznetsov (USSR) 7809 points
Although Johnson, Yang, and Kuznetsov competed for different countries, all remained good friends. Both Yang and Johnson attended UCLA University in the US and trained together. They had the same coach, "Ducky" Drake ( died 1988 ), who would pretend to favour one over the other in order to get the maximum effort from both athletes.
After 9 events, Yang had won an incredible 6 events (Johnson the other 3), but found himself trailing Johnson, with Kuznetsov a non-threatening third. Although Yang was a much superior 1500 meter runner, he could not shake Johnson.
In the end, the final decathlon result was:
Gold - Rafer Johnson (USA) 8392 points
Silver - C. K. Yang (Taiwan) 8334 points
Bronze - V. Kuznetsov (USSR) 7809 points
Although Johnson, Yang, and Kuznetsov competed for different countries, all remained good friends. Both Yang and Johnson attended UCLA University in the US and trained together. They had the same coach, "Ducky" Drake ( died 1988 ), who would pretend to favour one over the other in order to get the maximum effort from both athletes.