olympics Trivia Quiz # 40
This is Olympics Quiz # 40, GOOD LUCK! You can head back to the main Olympics Quiz index, or try your luck at a random quiz.Olympics Question 1
Do You Remember 1976? - Where were the Summer Olympics held in 1976?
The correct answer is 'Montreal'
It was at these Olympics that 14 year old Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci became the first gymnast to score a perfect 10. (In the uneven bars event)
Olympics Question 2
Olympic Stats from Athens - Michael Phelps won 50% of the gold medals USA won in the swimming pool?
The correct answer is 'True'
Phelps won gold in the 400m individual medley, 200m butterfly, 200m individual medley, 100m butterfly, 4x100m medley relay, and 4x 200m free relay. He added the bronze for the 200m freestyle and the 4x100m free relay. This gave him a total of 8 individual medals of which 6 were gold. The US team as a whole secured 12 golds (and 28 in total).
Olympics Question 3
'N' is for.... - I must admit to being an avid sport fan...I will watch anything from Aussie Rules Football to Darts. Something I do like is to watch 'natation' when it is on in the Olympic Games. What is this?
The correct answer is 'Swimming'
Natation is swimming or the ability to swim. It comes from the Latin 'natare' meaning to swim.
Olympics Question 4
Athens Olympics - Stefano Baldini of Italy won the gold medal for the Men's Marathon.
The correct answer is 'True'
Stefano Baldini came in first with a time of 2:10:55.
Olympics Question 5
Sports: Say What? - What U.S. tennis star's father boxed for the Iranian Olympic team?
The correct answer is 'Andre Agassi's'
Andre Agassi was raised in Las Vegas where he still calls home, he has a street named after him there.
Olympics Question 6
Foxgap Common Bond 1 - Who won the women's figure skating championship at the Nagano Winter Olympics in 1998?
The correct answer is 'Tara Lipinski'
Olympics Question 7
Cool Olympic Facts - Who was the "inventor" of the modern Olympic Games?
The correct answer is 'Baron Pierre de Coubertin'
Olympics Question 8
Interesting Actor/Actresses Facts - Which actor break danced in the 1984 closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles?
The correct answer is 'Cuba Gooding, Jr.'
He was suggested by Roger Moore to replace Pierce Brosnan as James Bond.
Olympics Question 9
Olympic Facts - In what sport did Sweden win its first ever Olympic gold medal?
The correct answer is 'Tug-of-war'
The first Olympic gold medal for Sweden was won by a combination of three Swedes and three other Scandanavians in a tug-of-war competition in 1900.
Olympics Question 10
On May 20th - On May 20, 1900 the second of the modern Olympic Games started. Where was it held?
The correct answer is 'Paris, France'
The first of the modern Games was held in Athens, Greece in 1896.