Help Wanted: Question writer for Friday Blog Trivia.

Congratulations (again!) to bronxbombers for winning this week’s blog trivia! Nice work!

I’m not sure if it was the poor question writing or the number of questions in this week’s game, or a combination of both, but it sure did take a while for someone to answer all 8 questions correctly. Nevertheless, excellent researching job by everyone in uncovering this week’s answers. Here they are:

1.) Name the youngest athlete to win an Olympic medal in an individual event.
• Inge Sorensen - was 12 years-old when she won the bronze medal in the 200m breaststroke in the 1936 Berlin games, making her the youngest athlete ever to win an individual event medal at the Olympics. Dimitrios Loundras, a gymnast on the 1896 Greek gymnastics team, was 10 years old when his team won the bronze medal. He is, in fact, the youngest Olympic participant and medalist.
Source: http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1936

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.
• Eddie Eagan
boxing - 1920
4 man bobsledding - 1932
Source: http://www.classroomzoom.com/lessons/view.php?lid=385

3.) Which city/country will host the 2012 Summer Olympics?
• London, England

4.) Referring to the answer to question #4, name an Olympic Gold Medalist in the decathlon from this country.
• Daley Thompson

5.) In these Olympic games, gold medals were not awarded. Name the year and country in which these games took place.
• Paris, 1900

6.) Referring to the answer to question #4, who was the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) during these games?
• Everyone gets credit for this question. When I re-numbered the questions for this quiz, this question was to refer to question #5, where the answer would be Pierre de Coubertin - widely known as the founder of the modern day Olympics. As asked on the blog, the correct answer(s) are indeed either of the following: The head of the IOC in 1980 was Lord Killanin when Daley Thompson won his first Olympic decathlon. Juan Antonio Samaranch was head of the IOC when Thompson won his second decathlon gold in 1984.

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.
• Shun Fujimoto
Source: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/events/1996/olympics/daily/july22/flashback.html

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.
• London, 1908 - In order to get a better view of the race’s climax, the finish line was moved back to accomodate the wishes of the royal family.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1908_Summer_Olympics

No need to fear, the question writer for Friday Blog Trivia has been terminated - on grounds of spending too much time playing Pac-Man, instead of concentrating on the task at hand. A new question writer will be on board for the final Friday trivia game next week... hopefully, with fewer questions.

Thanks again to all who corrected my question-writing gaffes, as well as, for your Olympic-sized effort on this week’s Friday Blog Trivia!