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Sample Olympic Games questions

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1. 1 Easy

   Which Winter Olympic sport involves sliding heavy granite stones toward a circular target on ice?

   Answer: Curling

   Why: Sweeping brooms in front of the stone warms the ice slightly to reduce friction and alter its trajectory.

2. 2 Medium

   How did Abebe Bikila famously win the 1960 Olympic marathon?

   Answer: Running barefoot

   Why: A new pair bought in Rome gave him blisters, so he raced as he trained, without shoes, and set a world best of 2:15:16.2.

3. 3 Hard

   Why were the 1956 equestrian events held in Sweden instead of Australia?

   Answer: Quarantine laws

   Why: Stockholm staged the riding in June 1956, five months before Melbourne opened, the only time one Olympics has run in two countries.

4. 4 Easy

   What symbol is traditionally lit at Olympia to begin the Olympic relay?

   Answer: The Olympic flame

   Why: It is kindled from the sun with a parabolic mirror at the Temple of Hera, and the whole relay tradition dates only from the 1936 Berlin Games.

5. 5 Medium

   Which city hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896?

   Answer: Athens

   Why: The revived Games drew 241 competitors from 14 nations to 43 events, and every single one of them was a man.

6. 6 Hard

   What did first-place winners receive at the first modern Olympics in 1896?

   Answer: A silver medal

   Why: Winners also collected a diploma, runners-up took a copper medal, and the familiar three-metal ranking only began in 1904.