olympics Trivia Quiz # 2
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The Gymnast - In what year did Jerry's girlfriend compete in the Olympics?
The correct answer is '1984'
Jerry is dating a Romanian gymnast named Katya. He tells this to Kramer because he discovered that she won a silver medal in the competition. After Kramer leaves the apartment, George comes out of the bathroom buttoning up his shirt. Jerry and Kramer see this and ask him what it's all about and he explains that he always takes his shirt off in the bathroom.
Olympics Question 2
Basic Gymnastics - Who was the youngest member of the 1996 US Women's Olympic gymnastics team?
The correct answer is 'Dominique Moceanu'
Olympics Question 3
Olympic Medallists: Women - Who is the highest ranked athlete from the USA in the list of most successful Olympic athletes?
The correct answer is 'Jenny Thompson'
Thompson won five gold medals and one silver.
Olympics Question 4
Canada, by Category - Sports: Which Canadian Olympic athlete received the bronze, silver and gold medal, all for the same event at the same games?
The correct answer is 'Beckie Scott'
Beckie Scott originally won the bronze medal for the women's 5-kilometer cross country ski event. The gold and silver winners, both Russians, later tested positive for drugs in another event. They were allowed to keep their medals because they had not tested positive for the 5K. The silver medal winner, Larissa Lazutina, lost her medal when it was discovered that she had tested positive for a previous World Cup race, thus making her ineligible to enter the Olympics, and Beckie was awarded the silver. The case of Olga Danilova's gold medal was taken to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and she was eventually stripped of her Olympic medals. Beckie Scott finally received her gold medal on June 25 2004, more than 2 years after the race.
Olympics Question 5
Homes Of The Athletes - An excellent African swimmer is from the Cape Verde Islands. In Olympic language, what it the code?
The correct answer is 'CPV'
Olympics Question 6
Björk: The Art of a Sugarcube - The Art of Entertainment:
Perhaps Björk's finest hour was when she sang in the opening ceremony of the 2004 Olympics. Performing "Oceania" from her "Medúlla" album, Björk was seen wearing a massive, blue-and-white flowing robe as the world's athletes ran to surround her podium. As a sheet of shimmering fabric unfurled from Björk's gown and covered the athletes, what symbolic gesture appeared around the songstress in the stadium?
Perhaps Björk's finest hour was when she sang in the opening ceremony of the 2004 Olympics. Performing "Oceania" from her "Medúlla" album, Björk was seen wearing a massive, blue-and-white flowing robe as the world's athletes ran to surround her podium. As a sheet of shimmering fabric unfurled from Björk's gown and covered the athletes, what symbolic gesture appeared around the songstress in the stadium?
The correct answer is 'A map of the Earth was revealed, projected onto the sheet.'
Instead of letting viewers enjoy the ceremony, the US commentators talked through it and made inappropriate jokes and comments. While many people around the world enjoyed this symbolic gesture, two American viewers had this to say with regards how the American commentators handled the situation.
"Björk's superior mind created something meaningful for us all to enjoy and meditate on during this special event (which we missed because of two small minded, self-important TV puppets) only to have that precious piece of art defaced by some inane comments", said Maryann and Exef, two fans of the Olympic Games.
"Björk's superior mind created something meaningful for us all to enjoy and meditate on during this special event (which we missed because of two small minded, self-important TV puppets) only to have that precious piece of art defaced by some inane comments", said Maryann and Exef, two fans of the Olympic Games.
Olympics Question 7
Twisted History: The Olympics - In 1766, the site of the original Olympic games was rediscovered in Olympia, Greece, and exactly 130 years later, one man took it upon himself to revive the Olympic games. This man was Baron de Coubertin, a French man (but an infamous Anglophile) who wanted to reinstate the great games as a testament to masculinity. He was also extremely purist in his views, and wanted all professionals to be banned from the games. Which of these descriptions best fits de Coubertin's attitude of the games?
The correct answer is 'The most important thing in the Olympic games is not to win, but to take part.'
The Olympics became a logistical nightmare when de Coubertin tried to ban professional athletes, but it was all a ruse. De Coubertin wanted to appeal to the British amateur ideal, and he really needed the backing of the United Kingdom for the idea to go ahead, but as Frank Deford says; "In few other disciplines has it ever been suggested that performers are somehow less sullied for failing to profit by their talent". Of course, it was all a front. De Coubertin supposedly employed this stance so that he (and the rest of his upper class buddies) could keep the poorer folk (who would profit from their talent as much as the could) from competing fairly.
Olympics Question 8
Think You Know Rowing? - Which of the following British Olympic gold medal winning rowers, attended Oxford Brookes University?
The correct answer is 'Steve Williams'
Oxford Brookes University is one of the Great Britain's leading Rowing Universities had has supplied many rowers to the GB squad.
Olympics Question 9
European and UK Stadiums - Who plays at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona?
The correct answer is 'Espanyol'
This stadium was host to the 1992 Olympic games, with flashy fountains, hosted Linford's golden sprint, etc.
Olympics Question 10
Former Olympic Boxers - Henry Tillman defeated Mike Tyson in the finals of the 1984 Olympic trials to win a berth on that team as the heavyweight (Tillman went on to win a gold medal at the games). Tillman as a pro received one title shot. Who did he fight for a title?
The correct answer is 'Evander Holyfield'
Tillman attempted to win the cruiserweight belt, but was stopped in the seventh round by the bronze medal winning Holyfield on 14 Feburary 1987, in Reno, Nevada. Tyson fought Tillman in the pro's, stopping him in one round, but this was Tyson's first fight back after losing the heavyweight championship to Buster Douglas in 1990.