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Q1: In which year were the first Modern Olympics held?

1698	1798	1896	1968

Q2: Who was the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 seven times at the Olympics?

Abebe Bikila	Nadia Comaneci	Mark Spitz	James Connelly

Q3: Which of these has not been an official Olympic sport?

Underwater swimming	Live pigeon shooting	Power boating	Skateboarding

Q4: In the early Olympic Games, only free, male Greek citizens could compete. After Rome conquered Greece, Romans participated as well. Which Roman emperor competed at Olympia in a ten-horse chariot race?

Augustus	Nero	Tiberius	Vespasian

Q5: The earliest recorded Olympic footrace was one stade in length. Which modern race would be the nearest equivalent?

200 metres	1500 metres	5000 metres	10000 metres

Q6: Who is the only athlete to win the Olympic marathon title twice in succession?

Nadia Comaneci	Kipchoge Keino	Mark Spitz	Abebe Bikila

Q7: The principal founder of the modern Olympic Games, which began in Athens in 1896, was a French aristocrat, Baron Pierre de Coubertin. One reason for de Coubertin’s interest in the Olympics was that he hoped to counter the contemporary tendency toward

An unhealthy obsession with appearance	Alcohol abuse among teenagers	Declining athletic standards	Commercialism in sport

Q8: By what name is the Paralympic sport of wheelchair rubgy also known?

Murderball	Rollerball	Wheelieball	Chairball

Q9: Who has won the maximum number of gold medals in a single Olympic Games in the history of the Olympics?

Nadia Comaneci	James Connelly	Abebe Bikila	Mark Spitz

Q10: Which of these Hollywood stars won gold in Olympic swimming?

Clark Gable	Paul Newman	Buster Crabbe	John Candy

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