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Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning Quiz Questions - Olympic Games I
Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning


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

 

393 AD
393 BC
893 BC
893 AD

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

 

1996
1896
1936
1992
Which French Aristocrat was the founder of the modern Olympic Games ?

 

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

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

 

A period of 4 years
A medal winner
A competitor
An Athlete
The 29th Olympiad in 2008 will be held in

 

Beijing
London
Sydney
Athens

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

 

276 AD
276 BC
776 BC
776 AD
The President of the IOC since 2001 has been

 

Jacques Rogge
Lord Killonin
Avery Brundage
Juan Antonio Samaranch

 The first modern Olympic Games in 1896 were held in

 

Paris
Athens
London
St Louis Missouri
The 20th Winter Olympics were held where in 2006 ?

 

Turin
Vancouver
Nagano
Salt Lake City, Utah

 The International Olympic Committee are based in

 

New York
Madrid Spain
Paris France
Lausanne, Switzerland


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