Olympic Summer Games Trivia

1. Though coming from Kansas, one Phoenix Rising member has the nickname 'Tacobowler'. He follows Mexican sport with alacrity and was very excited when which race-walker won the silver in Rio de Janeiro, in 2016?

From Quiz When the Champs are Down

Answer: Lupita González

The silver medals in Rio contained 30% recycled materials. Lupita (real name María Guadalupe González Romero) was the silver medallist but subsequently won the IAAF Race Walking Challenge. She was born in Tlalnepantla, Mexico, and though a favourite to win in Rio, suffered in the humid conditions and was unable to achieve gold. _________________________

From Quiz Just a Fraction More

Answer: Justin Gatlin

American Justin Gatlin was second and was 0.02 faster than Canadian Andre de Grasse. The Canadian was in turn 0.02 seconds faster than Jamaican Yohan Blake who finished just 0.01 seconds ahead of South African Akani Simbine. Fine margins indeed. Usain Bolt also won gold in the 200 meters race.

From Quiz Summer Olympics: Being First May Not Mean Gold

Answer: Melbourne (1956)

It was at the Melbourne Olympics in 1956 that a letter from a 17 year old Australian schoolboy (John Ian Wing) suggested to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that athletes should enter the closing ceremony as one nation. His letter suggested that war, politics and nationalities should be forgotten. This tradition has generally been maintained ever since.

From Quiz History of the Olympic Decathlon

Answer: Ireland and USA

This competition was noteworthy because all ten events took place on the same day. Great Britain offered Keily a free trip if he would represent Great Britain. Keily elected to pay his own way and competed for Ireland.

From Quiz The Early Modern Olympics (1896-1912)

Answer: Olive Branch

It was surprising to find out the winner received a silver medal and a olive branch and the runners-up got a bronze medal and a laurel branch. I would have thought the laurel would have a higher rank (as in the "laurels of victory"). Retroactively assigning gold, silver, and bronze to the top three finishers, the United States had the largest number of gold medals but Greece had the largest number of medals overall.

From Quiz Interesting Facts From The Olympics

Answer: The curves of the track were too tight

Achieving fast times in the running events was almost impossible in these Olympics because the elongated shape of the track featured extremely tight corners at either ends. Other interesting facts from these Olympics include the following. The crouch start was used for the first time in running, and an Australian, Edwin Flack, who'd gone along to watch the games, decided instead to run in the 800 and the 1,500 meters - and won both.

From Quiz Olympic Marathon Winners

Answer: Spyridon Louis

The route of the first Marathon was between the city of Marathon and the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens. The distance was 40 km and the winner posted a time of just under three hours (2:58:50). Spyridon Louis was an instant national hero and the Olympic stadium in Athens (built for the 2004 Olympics) bears his name. Another Greek, Kharilaos Vasilakos, finished in second place and Hungarian Gyula Kellner in third. Australian Edwin Flack and American Arthur Blake did not finish the race.

From Quiz Olympic Games Firsts

Answer: Women were allowed to participate.

Charlotte Cooper of Great Britain became the first female Olympic champion by winning the ladies' tennis singles title, when beating Helene Prevost of France 6-1, 7-5. To add to that she also won the mixed doubles title 6-2, 6-4, partnering Reggie Doherty. Born in 1870, Charlotte also became Wimbledon Ladies Singles champion on five separate occasions, winning her fifth and final title in 1908 at the remarkable age of thirty seven. In 1961 at the age of ninety, she flew down from her home in Scotland to Wimbledon, to attend a luncheon marking the seventy-fifth year of the championships. Five years later in 1966 she died at the age of ninety-six.

From Quiz Olympic Swimming

Answer: Doug Russell (USA)

Doug Russell also went on to win gold in the 4 x 100m Medley Relay. Don Schollander was a 5-time gold medalist over 2 Olympics. Kevin Berry won gold in the 200m Butterfly in Tokyo, and Mike Wenden won gold in the 100m and 200m freestyle in 1968.

From Quiz The Summer Olympics

Answer: Long Jump

He won the Long Jump from 1984 to 1996 (Los Angeles, Seoul, Barcelona and Atlanta).

From Quiz 10 Great Olympic Athletes

Answer: Ray Ewry

Ewry won 10 gold medals, and specialised in standing jump, since abolished from the Games. He won medals in standing long jump, standing high jump, and standing triple jump. He developed the strength in his legs when he was in a wheelchair with polio.

From Quiz Road Cycling in the Olympics

Answer: Men's Road Race

The 1896 Athens Olympics included a Men's Road Race won by a Greek, Aristidis Konstantinidis. At that time, bicycle design had been standardized for about 10 years, but the first Tour de France was still seven years in the future. After that, though, road cycling didn't return to the Olympics until 1912.

From Quiz Name That Olympic Sport

Answer: Table tennis

The penhold grip is appropriately named as it resembles how a pen is held. Their are various styles of penhold grips, including the Chinese penhold and Japanese penhold. The alternative grip is the shakehand, once again appropriately named as it resembles how you would perform a hand shake.

From Quiz Track and Field Olympic Athletes

Answer: Edwin Moses & Moses

Edwin Moses won 107 consecutive finals and 122 consecutive races from 1977 through 1987. He set the world record in the 400 meter hurdles four different times. He also won the Jesse Owens award in 1981, the James E Sullivan American Athlete Award in 1983, and the Sportsman of the Year Award in 1984.

From Quiz Summer Olympic Games

Answer: Al Oerter

Al Oerter set an Olympic record with each Gold Medal. Al won the men's discus gold medal at the 1956 Melbourne, 1960 Rome, 1964 Tokyo and 1968 Mexico City Summer Olympic Games. Billy Mills won the mens 10,000 meters gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games. Steve Prefontaine particpated in the men's 5000 meter race at the 1972 Munich Summer Olympic Games, but only finished fourth, and was killed in a tragic car accident a year before the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympic Games. Frank Shorter won the Gold Medal in the Men's Marathon at the 1972 Munich Summer Olympic Games, and a silver medal in the Men's Marathon at the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympic Games.

From Quiz Modern Summer Olympics

Answer: 1896

The Games were revived in the early 1890s by Pierre Fredy, the Baron de Coubertin, a French nobleman. The first modern Olympics were held in Athens in 1896.

From Quiz The Summer Olympics

Answer: Waldemar Cierpinski

Bikila ran barefoot during his Rome win in 1960. Cierpinski's wins came in 1976 and 1980. His victory in Munich in 1972 prevented Frank Shorter from achieving back to back marathon wins. Shorter had to settle for the silver medal.

From Quiz Tennis in Olympics

Answer: John Boland

John Boland of Ireland, later to become a British Member of Parliament, defeated Dionysios Kasdaglis of Greece to become the first Olympic tennis champion. The other three mentioned here are all early Wimbledon champions.

From Quiz A-Z Summer Gold Medallists

Answer: Andre Agassi & Agassi

The first Grand Slam champion (seven titles to 2003) to win Olympic gold, Andre Agassi beat Sergi Bruguera of Spain 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 in the final. Steffi Graf won the women's singles at Seoul in 1988, and was silver medallist four years later in Barcelona.

From Quiz Soccer in the Olympic Games

Answer: Great Britain

The British won back-to-back tournaments against the same opponent, Denmark, in 1908 and 1912.

From Quiz Olympics: Cycling

Answer: 1896

Cycling is one of only five sports that have been in every modern Olympics. The others are fencing, gymnastics, athletics, and swimming.

From Quiz Olympic Medallists: Men

Answer: 12

Nurmi was from Finland.

From Quiz Olympic City

Answer: Mexico City

From Quiz Olympic Games

Answer: Sydney

From Quiz Summer Olympic Dates

Answer: 1964

From Quiz When the Champs are Down

Answer: Dawn Fraser

Dawn Fraser was a controversial character who was as well known for her touch of larrikinism as she was for her prowess in the pool. One of the highlights of her career was winning the gold medal for the women's 100 metre freestyle event at the Olympics in 1956, 1960 and 1964. Despite this glittering array she proved she was fallible by being relegated to second spot in her first event, the 400 metres freestyle. Dawn's Olympic career ended after the Tokyo games in 1964 with a trophy cabinet that boasted four Olympic golds (the fourth was in the 4 x 100 metres freestyle relay) and four silver medals, the other three were all relay medals. Pheonix Rising member, Pollucci19, VegemteKid, 1nn1 and ozzz2002 had great pleasure supporting Dawn into second place.

From Quiz Just a Fraction More

Answer: Tori Bowie

Tori Bowie of the United States finished in second place beating Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica into third place by 0.03 seconds. Another Jamaican athlete, Christania Williams, finished in fourth place with the same time as Fraser-Pryce. Asha Philip and Desiree Henry both from Great Britain were eliminated in the semi finals. Elaine Thomson also won gold in the 200 meters race.

From Quiz Summer Olympics: Being First May Not Mean Gold

Answer: Rick DeMont (USA)

Rick DeMont was originally awarded the gold medal but a few days later he was disqualified due to taking the drug ephedrine, which at the time was illegal. Prior to the games he had informed the USA swimming authorities that he was taking the drug due to his asthmatic attacks, but they failed to inform the IOC. Brad Cooper was then awarded the gold medal, Steve Genter the silver and Tom McBreen the bronze medal.

From Quiz History of the Olympic Decathlon

Answer: Jim Thorpe

The movement to reinstate Thorpe's performance and records began in 1914 and were not successful in his lifetime. On October 13, 1982, the IOC lifted the ban against Thorpe, his name was returned to the record books, and the medals were presented to his children the following year. Jim Thorpe played both professional baseball and football between 1915 and 1928 and was recognized by the Associated Press as the greatest athlete of the first half of the century. Thorpe's 1912 performance was so impressive it would have earned him the silver medal in the 1948 Olympics.

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