olympics Trivia Quiz # 140
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More Olympics for Dummies - Rulon Gardiner is which kind of wrestler?
The correct answer is 'Greco-Roman'
Rulon participated in Greco-Roman wrestling and won a gold in Sydney and a bronze in Athens.
Olympics Question 2
General Aussie Trivia - How many Olympic Games have been held in Australia as of 2003?
The correct answer is 'Two'
1956 in Melbourne and 2000 in Sydney
Olympics Question 3
2004 Olympics - Two countries were in the Olympics for the first time. What were they?
The correct answer is 'Kiribati and Timor-Leste'
Kiribati and Timor-Leste came in for the first time in 2004. Neither of them won any medals.
Olympics Question 4
Departed in the 1960s - It's 1960: The Olympic Games open in Rome, the first laser makes its appearance and work is just beginning on the Aswan Dam in Egypt. The author of 'Dr. Zhivago,' this Russian poet and novelist, dies on the 30th May from lung cancer. Who was he?
The correct answer is 'Boris Pasternak'
Boris Leonidovich Pasternak was born in Moscow in 1890. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958, but because of fierce opposition in the Soviet Union, where 'Dr. Zhivago' had been banned as a "hostile political act," he declined the honour. It was to be accepted posthumously by his son in 1989.
Olympics Question 5
Olympics Throughout Time - According to Aristotle, which athletes 'are the best, because they are naturally endowed with both strength and speed'?
The correct answer is 'Pentathletes'
According to Aristotle, 'The pentathletes are the best, because they are naturally endowed with both strength and speed.' To participate in the pentathlon required a combination of qualities: speed, strength, skill, and endurance. These qualities were not always found in combination with competitors of each individual sport.
Olympics Question 6
A Year in Sports: Pt 2 - The baseball world mourned as Babe Ruth died. In the last Basketball Association of America championship before becoming the NBA, the Philadelphia Warriors beat the Baltimore Bullets. Citation won the Kentucky Derby. The USA took top honors with the most Olympic medals in London. Which year was this?
The correct answer is '1948'
After retiring in 1935 as a Boston Brave, the great Yankee, Babe Ruth, died in New York at the age of 53. The Warriors had won the only two BAA Championships held.
Olympics Question 7
Olympic Swimmers - I am the 2003 World Champion in the 100M Butterfly. At the Athens Olympics, I contested the 100M Butterfly, 4X100M Freestyle, 4X100M Medley Relay, and the 50M Freestyle. I had 12 Olympic medals to my name. Who am I?
The correct answer is 'Jenny Thompson'
At Athens, Jenny only managed two silver medals, compared to two gold, two silver, and one bronze she took home from the 2003 World Championships.
Olympics Question 8
Two Word Common Bond - In which year did Tokyo host the Summer Olympics?
The correct answer is '1964'
1964 also saw Martin Luther King Jr. receive the Nobel Peace Prize, and the Beatles' famous appearance on the Ed Sullivan show.
Olympics Question 9
Olympics: Oceania - The Olympic abbreviation for the Cook Islands is:
The correct answer is 'COK'
Olympics Question 10
Jim Thorpe: All-American - After the 1909 track season, Thorpe took a two-year hiatus from Carlisle, returning in time for the 1911 football season, which saw him win All-American honors as a halfback. The following year, Thorpe enjoyed perhaps his greatest moment, winning two gold medals at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm. One of these medals was for the decathlon, a collection of ten track and field events that, in its Olympic context, is said to determine "the world's greatest athlete". In what other event did Thorpe win Olympic gold?
The correct answer is 'Pentathlon'
The now-defunct pentathlon was a five-event relative of the decathlon; Thorpe won four of the five events, scoring twice as many points as his nearest competitor. Meanwhile, his performance in the decathlon was so strong that it would have won him a medal in the event as late as 1948. Thorpe did compete in the high jump and long jump, but finished out of the running, placing fourth and seventh, respectively. For the record, the United States' entry in the 1912 modern pentathlon (which features horse riding, fencing, pistol shooting, swimming, and distance running) was none other than future World War II general George S. Patton.