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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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