The Olympic Games

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. How many athletes competed at the 1896 Athens Olympics? 100 115 121 245

2. How many women competed in the 2nd Olympics in 1900? 19 0 12 3

3. Which Oriental city won the bid for the 2008 Olympic Games? Answer: (One Word)

4. Three colours of the Olympic rings are blue, black and red. Which two colours are missing? Answer: (Two Words ... no punctuation)

5. Who won the first Olympic women's Marathon? Answer: (Two words, or just surname)

6. Which city was the first Latin American host of the Olympic Games? Answer: (Two Words)

7. What was different about Abebe Bikila? He wore no shoes in his first of two marathons He lost a leg He was blind He was bitten by a dog during the race

8. In which year were the Olympic Games first televised? 1921 1952 1936 1965

9. In which year were the Olympic Games first hosted in the Southern hemisphere? Answer: (One Word)

10. In which year did the idea of the Olympic flame originate? 1925 1927 1928 1926