Some sample questions from this category:
* Around 1913, the founder of the Modern Olympics designed the Olympic Flag. Who was this person?
* The five colors of the rings on the Olympic Flag are blue, yellow, black, red, and green. Three rings are across the top, and two are along the bottom. Which two are on the bottom?
* What is the Olympic Motto?
* Which country is first in line during the Opening Ceremony's Parade of Nations?
* During the Closing Parade of the Olympics, in what order to the athletes enter the stadium?
* In which cities were the modern Olympic Games due to be held/scheduled during the 'war years', i.e., 1916, 1940, and 1944?
* Where is the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee, the IOC?
* In which three years of the Modern Olympic Games were there boycotts by various Olympic teams?
* In which year were Olympic medals restored to Native American, Jim Thorpe?
* The Olympic flame was first lit during which year of the modern era?
* In which year of the Modern Olympics were the Winter Games added?
* In which of the following three years were the Olympic Games not held?
* In 1932, the second of the modern Olympic Games to be held in the USA were in Los Angeles, with which of the following not being introduced for the first time?
* In which year was the modern Marathon 'standardised' to a length of 42,195 metres?
* At which Modern Olympic Games did they first use electronic timing devices and a public address system?
* In which year was the official Olympic Flag first used at the modern Olympic Games?
* In which year were the very first modern Olympic Games held, and where?
* Approximately how many years after Theodosius I abolished the Olympic Games because of their pagan influence in 393 AD, did Pierre de Coubertin begin their revival?
* What was the great Sanctuary of Zeus, the setting for the Olympic Games, called by the Ancient Greeks?
* Which was put in place by the Greeks before and during all the Ancient Olympic festivals?
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