{"id":654,"date":"2016-08-08T09:00:58","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T09:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.craftypuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=654"},"modified":"2016-08-08T09:02:46","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T09:02:46","slug":"summer-olympics-quiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craftypuzzles.com\/blog\/summer-olympics-quiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer #Olympics Quiz"},"content":{"rendered":"

Test Your #Olympic Knowledge.<\/h1>\n

All answers are listed below.\u00a0 Good Luck.<\/p>\n

1. In which city were the first Modern Olympics held?
\n\u2022 Munich
\n\u2022 Barcelona
\n\u2022 Athens
\n\u2022 Olympia<\/p>\n

2. In which year were the first Modern Olympics held?
\n\u2022 1698
\n\u2022 1798
\n\u2022 1896
\n\u2022 1968<\/p>\n

3. When was the original Olympiad first held?
\n\u2022 1776 B.C.
\n\u2022 776 B.C.
\n\u2022 1698
\n\u2022 1896<\/p>\n

4. Who has won the maximum number of gold medals at a single Olympic Games in the history of the Olympics?
\n\u2022 James Connelly
\n\u2022 Mark Spitz
\n\u2022 Abebe Bikila
\n\u2022 Michael Phelps<\/p>\n

5. Name the person who has won the maximum number of total career gold medals (i.e., cumulative gold medals over a period of time) in the Olympics.
\n\u2022 Paavo Nurmi
\n\u2022 Michael Phelps
\n\u2022 Carl Lewis
\n\u2022 Mark Spitz<\/p>\n

6. Who was the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 seven times at the Olympics?
\n\u2022 James Connelly
\n\u2022 Mark Spitz
\n\u2022 Abebe Bikila
\n\u2022 Nadia Comaneci<\/p>\n

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\n7. What do the rings on the Olympic Games flag represent?
\n\u2022 Seven continents of the world
\n\u2022 Five primary colors
\n\u2022 Seven primary colors
\n\u2022 Five continents of the world<\/p>\n

8. Which new game was introduced at the 2000 Sydney Olympics?
\n\u2022 Decathlon
\n\u2022 Triathlon
\n\u2022 Pentathlon
\n\u2022 Hockey<\/p>\n

9. Which country’s team always marches last in the March Past at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics?
\n\u2022 Greece
\n\u2022 USA
\n\u2022 host country
\n\u2022 France<\/p>\n

10. In which Olympics did the world-famous American boxer Muhammad Ali win the light heavyweight boxing title?
\n\u2022 1960 Rome Olympics
\n\u2022 1972 Munich Olympics
\n\u2022 1976 Montreal Olympics
\n\u2022 1984 Los Angeles Olympics<\/p>\n

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1. Athens, Greece<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

2. 1896<\/p>\n

3. 776 B.C.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

4. Michael Phelps<\/span><\/span> – 8 swimming medals<\/p>\n

5. Michael Phelps<\/span><\/span> – 14<\/p>\n

6. Nadia Comaneci<\/span><\/span> in gymnastics<\/p>\n

7. Five continents of the world<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

8. Triathlon<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

9. The host country<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

10. 1960 Rome Olympics<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Test Your #Olympic Knowledge. All answers are listed below.\u00a0 Good Luck. 1. In which city were the first Modern Olympics held? \u2022 Munich \u2022 Barcelona \u2022 Athens \u2022 Olympia 2. In which year were the first Modern Olympics held? \u2022 1698 \u2022 1798 \u2022 1896 \u2022 1968 3. When was the original Olympiad first held? \u2022 1776 B.C. \u2022 776 B.C. \u2022 1698 \u2022 1896 4. Who has won the maximum number of gold medals at a single Olympic Games in the history of the Olympics? \u2022 James Connelly \u2022 Mark Spitz \u2022 Abebe Bikila \u2022 Michael Phelps 5. Name <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-puzzles","has_thumb"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftypuzzles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftypuzzles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftypuzzles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftypuzzles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftypuzzles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftypuzzles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":660,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftypuzzles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654\/revisions\/660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftypuzzles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftypuzzles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftypuzzles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftypuzzles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}