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Olympics Trivia Questions and Answers. 1. Question: In which country did the Olympics originate? Answer: Greece. 2. Question: The Olympic games in Greece were held how often? Answer: Every four ...
Welcome to this week’s Olympics quiz, where we’ll recap our favorite moments from the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. From record-breaking Team USA achievements to viral photos, relive these ...
🎿 Olympics trivia. American skier Scott Macartney during the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics. (Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images) ... Trivia answer: Lake Placid (1932, 1980) and Los Angeles (1932, 1984)
The 1896 Summer Olympics (Greek: Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί ΑγÏŽνες 1896, romanized: Therinoí Olympiakoí Agónes 1896), officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad (Greek: ΑγÏŽνες της 1ης Ολυμπιάδας, romanized: Agónes tis 1is Olympiádas) and commonly known as Athens 1896 (Greek: Αθήνα 1896), were the first international Olympic Games held in ...
In the beginning, before the Olympics became a global event, sweeps were more common amongst fewer competing countries and larger numbers of entries from a single country. After the 1908 Olympics, a sweep became an increasingly treasured status symbol of national dominance in an event. 1964 was the first Olympiad to have no sweeps.
After the First World War, the Olympic Games resumed in 1920, in Antwerp. Twenty-nine nations participated, [15] but not Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, or Turkey, none of which were invited because of their roles in the war. Several newly created European states, such as Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, made their Olympic debut.
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There will be 227 participants from 24 nations at the 2024 Quiz Olympiad. Some notable participants include Issa Schultz of Australia; Nico Pattyn, Ronny Swiggers, and Tom Trogh of Belgium; Dean Kotiga of Croatia; Pat Gibson and Paul Sinha of England; Tero Kalliolevo of Finland; Sebastian Jacoby and Sebastian Klussmann of Germany; Anne Hegerty and Barry Simmons of Scotland; and Victoria Groce ...