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Olympic Trivia: Answers

As we get ready for the Olympics opening ceremonies later this week, Patch will post trivia questions to test your knowledge. Here are the answers.

 

As hundreds of world-class athletes prepare to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games beginning July 27, Patch is celebrating the start of the games by posting Olympic trivia questions all this week.

Below are the answers to this week's trivia questions. New trivia will be posted each morning through July 28 and the answers will be updated daily at 6 p.m.

Test Your Olympic Knowledge: Round 1

Answers:

Q1. Tarzan

  • Johnny Weismuller, who won two swimming gold medals in 1924 and in 1928.
  • Buster Crabbe, who won a swimming bronze in 1928.
  • Hermann Brix, who won silver in the shot put in 1928.
  • Glen Morris, who took gold in the decathlon in 1936.

Q2. Golf - It was an Olympic event in 1900 and 1904.

Q3. He won all these medals even though he had a wooden leg

Q4. Seven

 

Test Your Olympic Knowledge, Round 2

Q1. Dr. Benjamin Spock. He won the gold for rowing in 1924.

Q2. 26.3 miles

Q3. Muhammad Ali

Q4. Wenlock

Check back for more questions and answers tomorrow for round three of Olympics trivia!

 

Test Your Olympic Knowledge, Round 3

Q1. Madrid. Moscow hosted in 1980, Seoul in 1988 and Melbourne in 1956.

Q2. False

Q3. 1900

Q4. Equestrian

 

Test Your Olympic Knowledge, Round 4

Q1. Great Britian

Q2. Silver

Q3. Harold Abrahams

Q4. Brown

 

Test Your Olympic Knowledge, Round 5

Q1. The Greek team

Q2. 1940

Q3. Airplane

Q4. Tug of war

 

Looking for a way to celebrate the Olympics locally? You can find local events for Olympic Fun Day on July 28 on the Let’s Move website, which has a page about how to set up your own local Olympics

Also check out our Directory and Events Calendar for listings of places where you can learn and participate in Olympic sports ranging from basketball to karate, gymnastics, swimming and more.


Related Topics: Olympics, Olympics 2012, and Olympics Trivia

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