We hosted the Olympics Quiz on 3rd August 2024 as part of the 2024 Paris Olympic celebrations.
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Questions
Considered to be the Greatest of all time, Simone Biles was seen wearing what pendant at Paris Olympics after winning her sixth Olympic gold medal?
2. Which double Olympic medalist is named after the nickname of Rani Laxmi Bai?
3. Shown here is Waldi, the official mascot of the 1972 Munich Olympics.
It is reported that Waldi was designed to match the colors of the Olympic rings, but later black and red were consciously excluded.
Why?
4. Ibtihaj Muhammad is an American sabre fencer who won an Olympic bronze medal for the United States in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Why did Ibtihaj's parents choose fencing as a sport for her?
5. Identify this shooter from the 2012 London Olympics. (0.5)
What nickname from the action world is given to him by the netizens due to his calm demeanour and marksmanship? (0.5)
6. Chinese weight lifter Li Fabin pulled off his signature one-legged clean and jerk lift at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics to win a gold medal.
What nickname from the world of fauna is given to him due to this unique stance?
7. To commemorate the 50th anniversary, Rome organized a Marathon in 2010.
The winner, Ethiopian runner Siraj Gena, did something to pay tribute to his predecessor appropriately and received a €5,000 bonus for it.
What did he do in the last 300m?
8. Pyrros Dimas is a former Greek weightlifter, widely considered as one of the greatest weightlifters of all time with three Olympic Gold medals.
Due to his success with the number of Olympic gold medals, what nickname is given to him? (Anagram of his surname)
9. Bruno Fratus is a Brazilian swimmer, who finally won a bronze medal in the 50-metre freestyle at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after several failed attempts.
Fratus’ Bronze Medal ceremony went viral with people comparing it to what in pop-culture?
10. Identify this American weight lifter, who finished at disappointing 14th place in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in the Super- Heavyweight class.
11. Victory Salute is a monument that depict which strong incident from the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, featuring two American athletes and an Australian supporter?
12. The men’s javelin throw at the 1980 Moscow Olympics is considered to be a controversial event in which Soviet athletes Dainis Kula and Aleksandr Makarov won gold and silver, whereas East German’s Wolfgang Hanisch ended up with bronze.
It’s widely believed that Soviet officials took advantage of the stadium design behind the javelin sector layout to favour their own athletes.
What did they do to aid Soviet throws?
13. In 2012, the French cricket team toured England in order to play a tournament against Old Blundellian Cricket Club and Castle Cary Cricket Club.
Organized as an exhibition game alongside London Olympics, these matches were seen as a rematch of what?
14. Yoshinori Sakai was the Olympic flame torchbearer who lit the cauldron at the 1964 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.
How choosing him symbolized Japan's postwar reconstruction and peace?
15. Dorando Pietri was an Italian long-distance runner who finished first in the marathon at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London but was subsequently disqualified.
Impressed by the effort of the Italian, a journalist commissioned by the Daily Mail to write a report about the race decided to raise money and help Pietri to open a bakery in his native town.
Who was this “sports” journalist?
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Olympic Quiz Answers
Goat
Manu Bhaker
Colors of the Nazi's
Mandatory head covering due to their religious beliefs
Yusuf Dikec, John Wick
Flamingo
Ran Barefoot as a tribute to Abebe Bikila who won the marathon in the 1960 Rome Olympics barefoot.
Midas
Third Place meme
Mark Henry
Black Power Salute
Opened the gates to let more wind to aid their throws
Only cricket game at the Olympics (1900, Paris)
He was born on the day Hiroshima was bombed.
Arthur Conan Doyle.
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