Olympics Quiz
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This a Olympics quiz consisting of different questions. Created by my young brother Dibyendu Sarkar.
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Olympics Quiz
- 1. Quiz
- 3. • Q1.Where were the first Olympic games held?
- 4. Olympia
- 5. • Q2.Greek history has it that Olympic games are held in honor of one of their gods.Which one?
- 6. Zeus
- 7. • Q3.When were the first Olympic games held?
- 8. 776 BC
- 9. • Q4.In1908,the Olympic games were awarded to a city,but then had to be shifted to another venue ,London,because of the eruption of a volcano.Which city was it?
- 10. Rome
- 12. • Q1.Name the 2 athletes who raised their fists in a Black Power Salute at the 1968 Olympics after winning the gold and silver in 200m?
- 13. John Carlos and Tommie Smith
- 14. Q2.Which terrorist group kidnapped 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics in Munich?
- 15. Black September
- 16. • Q3.At which games East and West Germany compete as separate teams for the first time?
- 17. 1968
- 18. • South Africa was barred from the Olympics in 1964.At which Games did they return?
- 19. 1992,Barcelona
- 20. MONEY GAMES
- 21. • Q1.Why was Paavo Nurmi banned from the 1932 Olympic Games?
- 22. Paavo Nurmi,who won 9 gold and 3 silver medals in 3 games from 1920 to 1928 was banned from taking part in Los Angles on the ground that he had claimed too much money in travel expenses on a trip to Germany.It was belived that he took money to compete which would make him a professional
- 23. • Q2.Which games are believed to have incurred the biggest loss for the host of the Olympic Games?
- 24. The 1976 Games in Montreal. They are estimated to have lost $310 million because of labor problems and financial mismanagement,in addition to security expenses,following the Munich terrorist attack in 1972.
- 25. • Q3.At the 1984 games the right to be a part of the Torch Relay was sold openly.What was the price fixed for it?
- 26. $3000.the right to be part of the torch relay was sold for$3000 a km.a total$11 million was raised and givento local youth groups.
- 27. • Q4.How much did Japan spend to get ready for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics?
- 28. Japan spent about $3 billion to rebuild Tokyo for the Olympics. the city had been devastated by earthquakes and World War II bombings.With 25 Olympic and world records broken in the games,Japan’s world wide image got a significant boost.
- 30. • Q1.When were the 1st doping tests carried out at the Olympic Games ?
- 31. The 1st doping tests for anabolic steroids were carried out at the1976 Games in Montreal.
- 32. • Q2.When was the international Olympic Committee’s Medical Commission formed?
- 33. The International Olympic Committee’s Medical Commission was formed in 1967.
- 34. • Q3.Which city has hosted the Summer Olympics thrice?
- 35. London
- 36. • Q4.Which was the 1st communist country to host the Games?
- 37. Soviet Union
- 39. • Q1.Name the Indian rifle shooter who won the first individual gold medal in the 2008 Olympics.
- 40. Abhinav Bindra
- 41. • Q2.At which Olympic games did India’s Gurbachan Singh Randhawa finish 5th in the 110 m hurdles?
- 43. • Q3.What was Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore’s event,in which he won a silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games?
- 44. S Double Trap.
- 45. • Q4.Who was India’s hockey captain at the 1936 Olympics?
- 46. Dhyan Chand