Thursday, March 11, 2010 11:17

Quiz #2

Q1.

Identify the two missing personalities.

A) Pargat Singh B) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore. Torch-bearers for India at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics . 1992 – Shiny Abraham (Wilson); 1996 – Pargat Singh; 2000 – Leander Paes; 2004 – Anju Bobby George; 2008 – Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore.

Q2.
The 1956 Olympics were held at Melbourne. However one event was held at Stockholm a few months before the event. Which and why?

Australian quarantine laws were too severe to allow the entry of foreign horses, so the equestrian events were held separately in Stockholm. The events included Dressage, Eventing, and Show Jumping. All three disciplines had both individual and team competitions. The competitions were held from June 11, 1956 to June 17, 1956.

Q3.
Identify this Legend. His first taste of international competition was the Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv, Israel at the age of 15 in 1965. He won 2 gold medals in the 1968 Olympics. He was evacuated from the Munich Olympics due to his Jewish heritage.

Mark Spitz

Q4.
A Gold Medal winner in his sport in the 1968 Olympics, he revolutionized the event by creating his own style, which in years to come became the dominant style in this event. Who is this legend who has given his name to this unique style.

Dick Fosbury, the creater of the Fosbury Flop in High Jump

Q5
Canada has a dubious distinction when it comes to hosting Olympics which it did in 1976 (summer at Montreal) and 1988 (winter at Calgary). What?

Canada is the only host country never to win a GOLD medal on home soil having hosted 2 Olympic Games.

Q6.
This Olympic tradition started off as propaganda to promote Nazi ideology and has stayed on ever since as an integral part of the Olympics. What?

Olympic Torch Relay – from Olympia (Athens) to the Venue.

Q7.
What’s so special about the lady in the picture with relation to the Olympics?

Priestess Demeter – the only non–virgin woman who was allowed to watch the Ancient Olympics.