Olympics Trivia Quiz # 6
This is Olympics Quiz # 6, GOOD LUCK! You can head back to the main Olympics Quiz index, or try your luck at a random quiz.Olympics Question 1
It Happened in July 2001 #2 - What country has won the right to host the 2008 Summer Olympics Games?
The correct answer is 'China'
Yes -- Beijing beat these other contenders: Paris, Toronto, Osaka and Istanbul. There is great hope that hosting the games will encourage China's government to improve human rights.
Olympics Question 2
Olympic Games: Melbourne 1956 - Which Australian Olympian ran into the stadium with the flame and lit the cauldron?
The correct answer is 'Ron Clarke'
Ron Clarke set 17 world records in middle distance running. He was the first man to break 13 minutes for 3 miles, and 27 minutes for 6 miles. He represented Australia at 3 Olympics.
Olympics Question 3
"The Pilot" - Dan is supposed to quote high-level sources inside the ____ Olympic committee on Helsinki’s bid for the 2010 Olympics. Helsinki is in Finland, but it is listed on the teleprompter as being in what country?
The correct answer is 'Switzerland'
"Yeah. Finland. The national bird is the whooping swan." - Thanks Elliot!
Olympics Question 4
Homes Of The Athletes - They don't play too bad baseball, there in Surinam. In Olympic language that is what?
The correct answer is 'SUR'
Olympics Question 5
Twisted History: The Olympics - In 1766, the site of the original Olympic games was rediscovered in Olympia, Greece, and exactly 130 years later, one man took it upon himself to revive the Olympic games. This man was Baron de Coubertin, a French man (but an infamous Anglophile) who wanted to reinstate the great games as a testament to masculinity. He was also extremely purist in his views, and wanted all professionals to be banned from the games. Which of these descriptions best fits de Coubertin's attitude of the games?
The correct answer is 'The most important thing in the Olympic games is not to win, but to take part.'
The Olympics became a logistical nightmare when de Coubertin tried to ban professional athletes, but it was all a ruse. De Coubertin wanted to appeal to the British amateur ideal, and he really needed the backing of the United Kingdom for the idea to go ahead, but as Frank Deford says; "In few other disciplines has it ever been suggested that performers are somehow less sullied for failing to profit by their talent". Of course, it was all a front. De Coubertin supposedly employed this stance so that he (and the rest of his upper class buddies) could keep the poorer folk (who would profit from their talent as much as the could) from competing fairly.
Olympics Question 6
Super Mixed Trivia II - Which city was originally slated to host the 1940 Summer Olympics?
The correct answer is 'Tokyo'
The outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937 forced Tokyo to forego its opportunity to host the 1940 Olympics. The alternate site, Helsinki, was also ruled out after Russian troops invaded in 1939. And World War II forced the cancellation of the 1944 Games, scheduled for London. London would serve as Olympic host in 1948, Helsinki in 1952, Melbourne in 1956 and Tokyo in 1964.
Olympics Question 7
Volleyball 101 - When was volleyball introduced to the Olympics?
The correct answer is '1964'
Volleyball was introduced to the Olympics in 1964 in Tokyo.
Olympics Question 8
Olympics: Americas - The Olympic abbreviation for the Cayman Islands is:
The correct answer is 'CAY'
Olympics Question 9
USAG Junior Olympic Trampoline - In what level was the front drop (sometimes known as a stomach drop) introduced?
The correct answer is '2'
In the level 2 pass, a gymnast would go from a hands and knees drop, to a front drop, and then return to a hands and knees drop. Hands and knees drops are incredibly painful if you have bad knees.
Olympics Question 10
The Eurovision Song Contest - FunTrivia Edition! - Here comes Peach for another 'flourish'. She is now singing her song for Norway, a country famous for their nil point efforts. Cover your ears, people. Here she goes...
'Take me to the fjörds and hold me close
Stavanger and the cold, wet snow
Svalbard! Svalbard! Torshavn and Faeroe
Two hammers and a town called Oslo!
Wooo!'
Well at least they'll get a point from Sweden. I hope. When the Winter Olympics was held in Norway in 1994, what town were the majority of the events held in?
Hint: The answer is also where the games were actually held.
'Take me to the fjörds and hold me close
Stavanger and the cold, wet snow
Svalbard! Svalbard! Torshavn and Faeroe
Two hammers and a town called Oslo!
Wooo!'
Well at least they'll get a point from Sweden. I hope. When the Winter Olympics was held in Norway in 1994, what town were the majority of the events held in?
Hint: The answer is also where the games were actually held.
The correct answer is 'Lillehammer'
The Lillehammer 1994 Winter Olympics were interesting, because it was the only time that the Winter Olympics were held two years after the last ones. This is because in 1986, it was decided that the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics should not be held on the same year, but on alternating even-numbered years. This came into effect after the 1992 Winter Olympic games in Albertville, France.
Lillehammer beat off stiff competition from Anchorage, Östersund/Åre (in Sweden), and Sofia (capital of Bulgaria) to host the Winter Olympics in 1994. There were 67 countries competing, and a total of 1737 participants in 61 events (in six sports).
Lillehammer beat off stiff competition from Anchorage, Östersund/Åre (in Sweden), and Sofia (capital of Bulgaria) to host the Winter Olympics in 1994. There were 67 countries competing, and a total of 1737 participants in 61 events (in six sports).