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Quiz Questions - Olympic Games I

The 20th Winter Olympics were held where in 2006 ?

Nagano
Turin
Salt Lake City, Utah
Vancouver

In which year were the Summer and Winter Olympic games first celebrated apart every 2 years ?

1936
1996
1992
1896

The first modern Olympic Games in 1896 were held in

London
Paris
St Louis Missouri
Athens

The International Olympic Committee are based in

Paris France
New York
Lausanne, Switzerland
Madrid Spain

An Olympiad is a what in reference to the Olympic Games ?

A competitor
A period of 4 years
An Athlete
A medal winner

The first Olympic Games in ancient Greece were thought to have started in which year ?

776 BC
276 AD
776 AD
276 BC

In which year did Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaw the Olympic Games ?

893 BC
393 AD
893 AD
393 BC

The President of the IOC since 2001 has been

Avery Brundage
Jacques Rogge
Juan Antonio Samaranch
Lord Killonin

The 29th Olympiad in 2008 will be held in

Sydney
Beijing
Athens
London

Which French Aristocrat was the founder of the modern Olympic Games ?

Pierre de Coubertin
Henri de Baillet-Latour
Godefroy de Blonay
Sigfrid Edstrom

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