10 quiz questions to kick off your week – Scroll to the bottom for the answers

–  SPECIAL OLYMPIC GAMES EDITION –

  1. Excluding 2020, how many times have the Olympic Games ever been cancelled?
  2. In 1992, the USA team dubbed the “Dream Team” played what Olympic sport?
  3. Wrestling and which other Olympic sport are only open to amateur athletes?
  4. Paris and what other city have both hosted the modern Olympic games 3 times?
  5. Which female tennis player became the only ever ‘Golden Slam’ winner in 1988 (A Grand Slam & Olympic Gold Medal)
  6. Which continent has never hosted the Summer Olympic Games?
  7. The medals from the 2024 Paris Olympics are inlaid with Iron sourced from what iconic structure?
  8. The Fosbury Flop technique revolutionised which sport at the1968 Mexico City Olympics?
  9. At the 1952 Helsinki games Emil Zátopek won 3 gold medals, in the 5,000m run, 10,000m run and what other event that he had never competed in before?
  10. What country’s team was recently accused of using a drone to spy on practice by the NZ women’s football team?

 

Answers:

  1. 3 times (in 1916 during WWI, and 1940 & 1944 during WW2)
  2. Basketball
  3. Boxing
  4. London
  5. Steffi Graf
  6. Africa
  7. The Eiffel Tower
  8. High Jump
  9. The Marathon (Emil won his first ever Marathon by 2:01 minutes)
  10. Canada