Year 10 HG Quiz - 12th August Edition!

When was the first modern Olympic Games?

• 1896

• 1900

• 1906

• 2000

Where was the first Olympics held?

• Athens

• London

• Rome

• Paris

The number of Olympic Rings are...

• 5

• 4

• 6

• 8

True or false: The Olympic Rings in the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony were carved from the trees planted by Japanese Athletes in 1964.

• True

• False

In what year did the Olympics return to Athens?

• 2000

• 2004

• 2008

• Never returned

True or false: The Olympics did not run in 1916 due to WW1.

• True

• False

• The Olympics will stop for nothing!

True or false: The Olympic Torch did not originate in Athens. In fact, it originated in Nazi Germany.

• True

• False

• Get outta here!

When was the first Winter Olympic Games?

• 1920

• 1922

• 1924

• 1930

A gymnast won 6 gold medals in the 1904 Olympics. What was cool about him?

• He had a wooden leg

• He had a glass eye

• He could use his 6th sense to see dead people

• He was from Braemar College

True or false: until 1948, artists could compete in the Olympics.

• True

• False