PRELIM

Question 1

Who helped organize the first modern Olympics?

Answer 1

Baron Pierre de Coubertin

Question 2

Other term for Olympic Games

Answer 2

Olympiad Games

Question 3

The modern Olympic is held every how many years?

Answer 3

4 years

Question 4

Motto of modern Olympic?

Answer 4

Swifter, Higher, Stronger

Question 5

Sporting events become so popular that the athletic contest was started in what year?

Answer 5

776 BC

Question 6

The greatest athletes from Greece i 776 BC come to this place to compete.

Answer 6

Olympia

Question 7

In what year did the Rome conquered Greece that the sport became more less of a sport and more liked a organized combat.

Answer 7

146 BC

Question 8

Who ordered to halt the Olympic Games in 394 A.D.?

Answer 8

Roman Emperor Theodosius I

Question 9

How many years of absence does the Olympics before it begun again?

Answer 9

1,500 years

Question 10

When did the Olympics start again after years of absence?

Answer 10

April 1896

Question 11

Where did the Olympics takes place after of years of absence?

Answer 11

Athens, Greece

Question 12

It is oval shaped made up of two long straight sections connected together by two curved sections.

Answer 12

track stadium

Question 13

How many lanes are there in a track?

Answer 13

8 lanes

Question 14

measurement of track

Answer 14

400 meters

Question 15

Length of each lanes in a track

Answer 15

1.22 meters

Question 16

It has four six sharp metal spikes on its sole. The spikes grip the track’s surface to give the runner better traction.

Answer 16

track shoes

Question 17

Firearm used by a judge to signal the start of a race by firing blanks into the air

Answer 17

starting pistol

Question 18

are a device used in the sport of track and field by sprint athletes to brace their feet against at the start of a race so they do not slip as they stride forward.

Answer 18

starting blocks

Question 19

is a small stick that is passed from one runner to the next during a relay race

Answer 19

baton

Question 20

is a smooth, hollow, one-piece tube made of wood, metal or another rigid material. It measures between 28 and 30 centimeters long and between 12 and 13 centimeters in circumference. It must weigh at least 50 grams.

Answer 20

baton

Question 21

Barrier used as an obstacle in certain track events; it is placed at regular intervals on the circuit and its height varies depending on the event.

Answer 21

hurdles

Question 22

A barrier used in steeple chase with a length if 6.96 meters and height of 0.914 meters in men and 0.762 in women.

Answer 22

steeple chase hurdle

Question 23

The fiberglass equipment used to propel the vaulter up and over the bar.

Answer 23

pole

Question 24

is a light spear made of alloy

Answer 24

javelin

Question 25

is composed of a ball (competition balls are made of turned or stainless steel), a rotating (ball-bearing) swivel, a hammer wire and a handle, normally aluminum, which can be straight or curved according to the thrower’s preferences.

Answer 25

hammer

Question 26

A circular disk usually wooden with a metal rim and thicker in the center than at the edge, for throwing for distance in athletic competition.

Answer 26

discus

Question 27

A solid ball of smooth metal used in shot put.

Answer 27

shot

Question 28

Events in athletics, Run

Answer 28

sprint race, middle distance race, long distance race, hurdles, relays