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Quiz 85 -
Olympic Games - Answers
Back to the Olympic
Games.
Believe it or not the 2012 London Games weren't
the only Olympic Games to be held so no
2012 questions in this particular quiz
(there are 2012 London Olympics quizzes previously set)
So are you going to get a
gold, silver or bronze
for your answers....
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1.
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In the 1988 Olympics Sean
Kerly was a member of which British gold medal
winning team?
Mens
Hockey
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2.
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Name the British
snowboarder who won a bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics
in Pyeongchang in the Big Air Event.
Billy
Morgan
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3. |
Competing
in his crash-helmet, in which event did the American pictured alongside
win a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics?
Pole Vault (Toby
Stevenson)
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4. |
Who were first country to win 300
gold medals in the history of the Winter Olympics?
Norway
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5. |
At
which games did Mark Spitz win his seven swimming gold medals?
1972
Munich
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6. |
The 1908 Olympics
were held in London - which was the main stadium used at those
Olympics?
White City
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7. |
The
Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens (pictured right) was the main stadium at the 1896 Olympics.
It was used again in 2004 for the marathon finishes and for staging which other
sport?
Archery
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8. |
The 1976 Olympics in Montreal was hit by a major boycott of nations -
mainly African countries - why?
Because New Zealand
were at those Olympics. There had been a widespread demand that New
Zealand be banned from the Olympics as their rugby union side had toured
South Africa in defiance of an apartheid ban. The IOC did not ban New
Zealand so a boycott followed
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Which country hosted both the 1972 and 1998 Winter Olympics?
Japan
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10. |
Which British city was
beaten in its bids to stage the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics?
Manchester
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