olympics Trivia Quiz # 43
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It's Fun, It's Trivia - Only five nations have been represented at all of the first twenty-four summer Olympic Games. Australia, France, United Kingdom, Greece and ....
The correct answer is 'Switzerland'
Olympics Question 2
Do You Remember 1960? - Where were the Summer Olympic Games held?
The correct answer is 'Rome, Italy'
The Winter Games were in Squaw Valley, California.
Olympics Question 3
Mark Spitz - How many gold medals did he win from the Olympics through his entire career?
The correct answer is '9'
He also won one silver and one bronze medal in the Olympics.
Olympics Question 4
Coubertin's Legacy - Which athletic event did Abebe Bikila win in 1960 at the Rome Olympics?
The correct answer is 'Marathon'
He was the first African to win Olympic gold. In 1964, in Tokyo he became the first athlete to win back to back Olympic marathons. What was most remarkable at Tokyo, was that six weeks earlier he had undergone an operation for an appendix.
Olympics Question 5
Olympics: Archery - What must be engraved on each arrow?
The correct answer is 'archer's initials'
Olympics Question 6
History of the Olympic Games - In which year of the Modern Olympics were the Winter Games added?
The correct answer is '1924'
The Winter Games were added in 1924 with skating, skiing, the bobsled, the luge, the toboggan, ice hockey, and the biathlon (skiing and shooting) included. After 1992, the Winter and Summer Games were not held in the same calendar year. The Winter Games were held after a two-year interval, in 1994, and then every four years after that.
Olympics Question 7
Muhammad Ali - The Greatest - Muhammad Ali won a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics. In which city were the games held that year?
The correct answer is 'Rome'
Ali fought as a Light Heavyweight in the Olympics.
Olympics Question 8
2000 Olympic - Which event is a part of the 3-Day Event?
The correct answer is 'Show Jumping'
Olympics Question 9
1924 - On January 25, the very first Winter Olympics were opened in what location in France?
The correct answer is 'Chamonix'
Chamonix, at the foot of Mont Blanc, was the site of the first Winter Olympics. Subsequent Winter Games were held in Grenoble (1968) and Albertville (1992).
Olympics Question 10
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.