olympics Trivia Quiz # 7
This is Olympics Quiz # 7, GOOD LUCK! You can head back to the main Olympics Quiz index, or try your luck at a random quiz.Olympics Question 1
Olympic Medallists: Men - Who is second in line of the all time medal table?
The correct answer is 'Mark Spitz'
Spitz, the swimmer from the USA.
Olympics Question 2
Olympic Record Holders - Athletics. The holder of the women's Olympic record for the heptathlon is:
The correct answer is 'Jackie Joyner-Kersee'
Jackie Joyner with 7291 points.
Olympics Question 3
Figure Skating Coaches - In his competitive career, he won one bronze and one silver Olympic medals. Who is this coach who guided his wife to her 2006 Olympic gold?
The correct answer is 'Zhulin'
Zhulin had a successful competitive career with partner and sometimes wife Maya Usova. He became infamous for having an affair with Olympic gold medalist Oksana (Pasha) Gritschuk. He married Tatiana Navka, and coached her and Roman Kostomarov to their Olympic gold, a goal he never achieved himself.
Olympics Question 4
Commemorative Coins and Issuing Countries - The 250th anniversary of discovery by Jacob Roggeveen issued in 1972, 10th British Commonwealth Games issued in 1974 and 1976 Olympic Games issued in 1976.
The correct answer is 'Western Samoa'
Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen was the first European to visit Samoa, named the archipelago the Baaumann Islands after the captain of one of his ships: 1 Tala in cupro-nickel. Western Samoa was one of 38 nations attending the British Commonwealth games in Auckland where Fautala Su'a and Vai Samu won bronzes medals in boxing, while Paul Wallwork did one better getting a weightlifting silver: 1 Tala in cupro-nickel and 1 Tala in silver wee struck. Of the 41 nations that won medals in the Montreal Olympics, none were won by Samoa: 1 Tala coins were made of both cupro-nickel and silver, as well as a 100 Tala gold coin.
Olympics Question 5
Olympic Games 1896 to 1904 - How many nations competed in the first Olympics of the modern era?
The correct answer is '13'
Only thirteen countries competed in these first games. Ten of them won medals, with the USA winning the most 'gold medals': 11, followed by the host country, Greece, with 10. In these early Games, however, only the first two placings received medals: silver for first and bronze for second.
Olympics Question 6
Figure Skating: 2002 Olympic Games - Who came third in the pairs event?
The correct answer is 'Xue Shen & Hungbo Zao'
Shen & Zao were from China. They came very close to being the first pairs team to land a quad throw, but they did not achieve that distinction.
Olympics Question 7
Olympics Throughout Time - When were women allowed to participate in modern Olympic Games?
The correct answer is '1900 - Paris'
Women were first allowed to participate in 1900 at the second modern Olympic Games. It was here that Britain's Charlotte Cooper became the first female gold medallist in the tennis singles competition. Only one other sport saw women's participation in 1900, golf. In the Ancient Olympic Games, women were forbidden to take part. Married women were not admitted even as spectators, let alone as competitors on pain of death. The Greeks believed that the presence of wives at Olympia would defile Greece's oldest religious shrine there, although young girls were allowed in. Ironically, the religious shrine the men were preserving was dedicated to a female, the goddess Rhea mother of the supreme god, Zeus. The penalty for women who broke the rule was to be thrown from a nearby cliff.
Olympics Question 8
More New Zealand Olympic Medallists - How many medals did New Zealand win at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992?
The correct answer is '10'
New Zealand won 1 gold, 4 silver and 5 bronze. Sailing was the most successful sport with 4 medals. The equestrian team returned with 2 medals. Athletics, boxing, cycling and swimming all contributed one medal each.
Olympics Question 9
Australian Sports Records - Who broke his own 400m record twice at the the 2000 Australian Olympic swim trials?
The correct answer is 'Ian Thorpe'
He broke 3 world records in three days. WOW!
Olympics Question 10
The History of Sports - Which event in the Olympic Games determined the best all-around athlete?
The correct answer is 'pentathlon'