Olympic Games

Question 1

Where were the ancient Olympic Games held?

Answer 1

In Olympia from 8th century BC to 4th Century AD

Question 2

When were the olympics founded?

Answer 2

1896

Question 3

Who founded the Olympics?

Answer 3

Baron Pierre de Coubertin

Question 4

What was De Coubertin’s inspiration for the Olympics?

Answer 4

• Visiting Britain late 19th Century taking values from English schools.
• The Robert Dover Games
• The Much Wenlock Games

Question 5

What was the main philosophy of the Olympic Games?

Answer 5

To bring countries together through healthy competition and establish world peace

Question 6

What are the 4 aims of the Olympic Games?

Answer 6

• Promotes physical/moral qualities
• Spread the olympic principles throughout the world
• Bring together athletes from all over the world every 4 years
• Educate young people on the values of sport

Question 7

What are the 3 olympic values?

Answer 7

Effort
Preserve human dignity
Harmony

Question 8

When were the British Olympics Association formed?

Answer 8

1905

Question 9

What is the role of the BOA?

Answer 9

Execution and planning of team GB’s olympic participation.
They select the team GB

Question 10

How many summer olympic sports are there?

Answer 10

28

Question 11

How many winter olympic sports are there?

Answer 11

7

Question 12

How are the BOA funded?

Answer 12

Not by politics or government but by commercial sponsorship and fundraising income

Question 13

When was the International Olympics Committee formed?

Answer 13

1894

Question 14

What is the role of the IOC?

Answer 14

Administer the olympic movement, they select and support hosting cities inn the management of the games.
They own the rights for the olympic symbol and are based in Switzerland

Question 15

What do the 5 rings in the olympic symbol represent?

Answer 15

The 5 continents that participate

Question 16

What is the origin of the Paralympics?

Answer 16

WWII veterans with serious back injuries

Question 17

What was the first Paralympics?

Answer 17

Rome 1960

Question 18

In what Paralympics was the range of disability groups increased?

Answer 18

Toronto 1976

Question 19

What was the first winter Paralympics?

Answer 19

Sweden 1976

Question 20

What are the 4 Paralympic values?

Answer 20

• Equality
• Determination
• Courage
• Inspiration

Question 21

What is the aim of the IOC regarding politics?

Answer 21

To separate sport from politics, though the olympics are used for political movements

Question 22

What Olympics did Hitler use the games to stage propaganda for the Third Reich?

Answer 22

Berlin 1939

Question 23

How did the German team treat Berlin 1939?

Answer 23

They expected to win to show superiority, all members were of the aryan race

Question 24

How did the German’s train for Berlin 1939?

Answer 24

Full-time which effectively made them professionals, though Olympics is an amateur competition

Question 25

Who was German superstar in Berlin 1939?

Answer 25

Lutz Lang

Question 26

Who was Jesse Owens in Berlin 1939?

Answer 26

The best athlete at the time, he was African-American and won 4 gold medals, even beating Lutz Lang in long jump, which upset Hitler

Question 27

How many gold medals were won by USA African-American team in Berlin 1939?

Answer 27

13, Hitler refused to present them with medals

Question 28

What olympics was used to boycott the games due to South Africa’s racial segregation, leading to South Africa’s invitation being withdrawn?

Answer 28

Mexico City 1968

Question 29

What two USA athletes boycotted Mexico City 1968?

Answer 29

Tommie Smith and John Carlos

Question 30

How did Tommie Smith and John Carlos boycott Mexico City 1968?

Answer 30

They used the medal ceremony to protest against the lack of rights in the U.S, they both wore one glove.
Tommie smith wore a glove on the right hand, representing ‘black power’, and black socks with no shoes.
John Carlos wore a glove on the left hand, representing ‘black unity’, and black socks with no shoes

Question 31

What was the result of Tommie Smith and John Carlos’s boycott of Mexico City 1968?

Answer 31

Both athletes were stripped of medals and told to leave the olympics.
When they returned home some people seen them as heroes and some seen them as embarrassments

Question 32

What olympics did Black September conduct a terrorist attack?

Answer 32

Munich 1972

Question 33

Why did Munich originally host the 1972 Olympics?

Answer 33

To restore reputation after the holocaust

Question 34

What were the actions of Black September in Munich 1972?

Answer 34

They took 11 members of the Israeli Olympic Team hostage and demanded 234 prisoners of war to be released.
Germany’s rescue attempt failed and all hostages were killed, plus 5 of the terrorists

Question 35

In what olympics did the USA boycott soviet troops invading Afghanistan?

Answer 35

Moscow 1980

Question 36

What was Margaret Thatchers view regarding Moscow 1980?

Answer 36

The boycott would explain the enormity of the situation to the Russian public

Question 37

What USA president announced the Moscow 1980 boycott?

Answer 37

Jimmy Carter

Question 38

When did the Soviet Union invade Afghanistan?

Answer 38

December 1979

Question 39

In what olympics did the Soviet Union announce a boycott?

Answer 39

Los Angeles 1984

Question 40

Why did the Soviet Union boycott the LA 1984 Olympics?

Answer 40

The commercialisation of the games and the USA using the games for a political purpose.
They also blamed a lack of security measures

Question 41

How many nations joined the Soviet Union’s boycott of LA 1984?

Answer 41

14

Question 42

What was the view of the Soviet Union’s boycott of the LA 1984 Olympics?

Answer 42

It was a ‘tit-for-tat’ response to the USA’s boycott