Who else has been staying awake up until the wee hours of the morning, watching the great Olympic performances (though still tape-delayed) of all the athletes? One of these days, I would love to travel across the pond and see the Olympics in person! Oh well, one can dream.
In honor of the Olympians, this week’s Friday Blog Trivia subject will be the Olympics! There will be 8 questions, some with multiple parts, so please read and answer the questions carefully. The first to correctly and completely answer all 8 questions will win a Hawaiian sandal pen and pad set (ewww, leftovers from Hawaii!). After last week, however, I don’t think that it’s the prize that’s important anymore - I would think that some pride is at stake this week! So, who’s got the brains? We'll see!
Here are the questions for this week:
1. Name the youngest athlete to win an Olympic medal in an individual event.
2. This athlete is the only Olympian to win a gold medal in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. Name this athlete, the sports in which this athlete won the medals, and the year in which they were won.
3. Which city/country will host the 2012 Summer Olympics?
4. Referring to the answer to question #3, name an Olympic gold medalist in the decathlon from this country. (edited 8/16/08 - my apologies for the first draft of this question - the answer to this question should refer to the country in question #3.)
5. In these Olympic games, gold medals were not awarded. Name the year and country in which these games took place.
6. Referring to the answer to question #4, who was the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) during these games?
7. In the floor exercise, this Olympian broke their kneecap, but later helped their team win a gold medal with a gutsy performance in the rings. Name this athlete.
8. Originally for these games, the marathon was agreed to be 25 miles long. However, greater powers at these games, changed to the length of this race to a distance that it remains today - 26 miles, 385 yards. Name the year and city/country in which this change occurred.
~ Have fun!
16 comments:
OMG, where is everyone??? I was so busy at work today I couldn't get onto Q&Q at all so I thought I was a goner . . . have to do my homework now . . .
(1) Tara Lipinski, United States, Figure Skating, 1998 (15 years, 256 days)
(2) Eddie Eagan 1920 boxing & bobsleigh 1932
(3) London, England
(4) Bruce Jenner
(5) 1900 Paris France
(6) Lord Killanin
(7) Shun Fujimoto
(8) 1907 London, England
Ok, I'm back.... and nice try bronxbombers.
... keep trying.
Grrrr. No, just mad because Mo blew another game tonight. Yankees are looking really sad.:(
OK, here's another try:
(1) The youngest Olympic medal winner is still disputed as there is an argument that a 7 year old boy replaced a man deemed too heavy to compete in the sport of rowing in the year 1900. Nobody ever found out about this unidentified boy whose evidence of existence is based on a photo taken after they won the gold medal for that event. The boy was the coxswain for the Dutch pair oars boat event.
(2) Eddie Eagen, 1920 boxing, 1932 bobsled
(3) London England
(4) James Bausch 1932
(5) 1896 athens greece
(6) Henri de Baillet Latour
(7) Shun Fujimoto
(8) 1908 London England
I'm probably worse off than before!!
getting colder. brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
read question #4 carefully.
It's either a trick question or my brain is fried. Been staying up too late watching olympics!
i hear ya!
Cranzilla's here!!! for question 4, are you sure you don't mean to reference question 3, not 2?!
My brain hurts :(
An extra large "Whoops" for question #4 - nice catch, cranzilla!
Yes, question #4 should refer to the answer to question #3 (not #2).
Sorry for this error!
1. Dimitrios Loundras - 1896 Athens- gymnast
2 Eddie Egan 1920 boxing, bobsled 1932
3. London, England
4. Daley Thompson 1980 & 1984
5 1900 Paris France
6. Lord Killanin
7 Shun Fujimoto
8 1907 London England
So close, Anonymous. Just 1.5 answers away from a perfect score!
Try again!
Just a note, question #6 could be also very confusing as it was originally supposed to refer to the answer to question #5. However, the answers received so far are correct (if they are referring to the correct answers to questions #3 and #4). So, to clear up any confusion I just made out of this, the answer to #6 is Lord Killanin - and it also can be Juan Antonio Samaranch.
1) Inge Sorensen 200 m breast stroke 12 yrs 24 days
2) Eddie Eagan 1920 boxing & bobsleigh 1932
3) London, England
4) Daley Thompson
5) 1896 athens greece
6) Lord Killanin
7) Shun Fujimoto
8) 1908 London England
Winner!
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