Olympics Quiz - Answers

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1. Now it’s time for the answers !

2. 1.Identify both & who is missing ?

3. Answer They are Buster Crabbe & Herman Brix , they are few of the Olympians who portrayed Tarzan in films . The missing one is Johnny Wiesmuller !

4. 2. What are they trying to recreate ? Why this in an Olympic quiz ?

5. Answer They are recreating the Tlatelolco March which resulted in massacre and was happened just 10 days before the 1968 Mexico Olympics !

6. 3.A 2008 event . Who were their famous husbands ?

7. Answer Wives of Tommie Smith and John Carlos who received an Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the 2008 ESPY Awards honoring their action in the Mexico Olympics !

8. 4.An ever lasting name in Olympic history . Who , Why ?

9. Answer Dick Fosbury / Fosbury Flop

10. 5.A text question about a inspirational Olympian! Four Months before an Olympics , his coach told him to start preparing for the Olympics coming after 4 years .But he wanted to compete in that year’s event itself , so he worked hard and achieved success in all national events . And competed in that year’s Olympics itself and became the youngest winner of that event .He won the gold medal in the next Olympics as well . He also acted in couple of films & TV series . Who ?

11. Answer Bob Mathias

12. 6.Two time gold medalist . What exactly was his claim to fame ?

13. Answer Karoly Takacs who won two Olympic gold medals in the 25 metre rapid fire pistol event even after his right hand got disabled .

14. 7. The film,shares its name with a surfing song was filmed during an Olympics , the film also marked the last appearance of a legendary actor in a feature film. In the beginning of the film a thanking message was added to the hosting nation for putting up with them during the Olympics . Id the film & the Olympics .

15. Answer Walk , Don't Run , the last known appearance of Cary Grant released during Tokyo 64

16. 8.He is the inventor of a certain system . What’s his connection to Winter Olympics ?

17. Answer Melvil Dewey , inventor of the Dewey Decimal system of library classification, and a founder of the Lake Placid Club . Lake Placid best known as the two-time site of the Winter Olympics, in 1932 and 1980.

18. 9. Thomas Hicks , Johnny Hayes & Frank Shorter are the only Americans to have won the Olympic Marathon . What ‘s so special about all these victories ?

19. Answer In all these three instances the winner did not enter the stadium first Thomas Hicks : Fred Lorz  Johnny Hayes : Dorando Pietri Frank Shorter : Norbert Sudhaus

20. 10.Who & what special privilege was given to her during an Olympics ?

21. Answer Princess Anne of the UK was the only female competitor not to have to submit to a sex test in 1976 Montreal Olympics .

22. 11.Why is this gesture memorable in Olympics history ?

23. Answer This gesture is known as Bras d honneur or the arm of honour . In Poland this gesture is known as “ G est Kozakiewicza " named after the Polish pole vault jumper Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz ..who showed the gesture in 1980 Moscow Olympics to many soviet spectators after winning the gold .

24. 12.A simple one to end with . Which port city has hosted the sailing events in a certain Olympics & was also the subject of a famous painting which resulted in naming an art movement ?

25. Answer Le Havre , which hosted the sailing events of the 1900 Olympics & immortalized by Claude Monet work , Impression, soleil levant which in turn resulted in the naming of Impressionism !