TASK TIME ONLINE - PART 2

QUIZ TIME Test your knowledge of all things Olympic. Use the information from Part 2 in the newspaper to see how much you understand.

1. How many different cities have hosted the summer Olympic Games? 2. Why were there no Games held in 1916, 1940, 1944? 3. Where were the 1980 Olympics held? 4. When were women first allowed to participate at the Games? 5. What was interesting about the win in the men’s marathon at the 1960 Rome Games? 6. What are two advantages and two disadvantages for the host city holding the Olympics? 7. What is the distance of the marathon? 8. When did table tennis first become an Olympic sport? 9. Who has won the most gold medals in Olympic competition for ? 10. What is the nickname of the Australian men’s hockey team?

COMPETITION CATEGORY

Mapping the Marathon Use the map showing the route of the marathon at the London Olympics to write the directions for the race. Begin with:-

The starting line of the marathon is located on The Mall near Horse Guards’ Parade and St James’s Park. At the sound of the starting pistol, the runners will begin the first loop (3.571km) of the race down The Mall into Northumberland Avenue ......

Rules of Table Tennis Here are some basic rules of the table tennis competition. Some of the words have been omitted. Can you fill in the blanks so it makes sense?

Scoring All matches in the Singles events will be the ______of seven games, while all ______in the Team events will be the best of five games. In both Singles and Team matches, each game is ______by the first ______(or pair) to score 11 points. A ______is scored after each ball is put into play (not just when the server wins the point). If the score reaches 10-10, the winner will be the ______player (or pair) to subsequently gain a lead of two points.

Flow of the Match Each player serves two points in a ______and then switch server. However, if a score of 10-10 is reached in any game, then each server serves only ______point and then the server is switched. After each game, the players ______sides of the table. In the final game (5th/7th game), the players switch sides ______after either player reaches 5 points.

1. What is the closest Underground station to the start/finish line? 2. On which street would you be at the 4,12 and 20 miles mark? 3. Which Pier are you near at the 8.16 and 24 miles mark? 4. Which bridge is part of the course run on? 5. What is the name of the cathedral that runners will be racing past?

LONDON LIVE One of the disadvantages of hosting the Games can be the huge cost involved. In the table below are the figures of some of the main costs. Add up each sub-total to find out what that total expenditure is likely to be.

Site Preparation and COST Transport COST Infrastructure (£million) (£million) Power lines 282 Stratford Regional Station 119 utilities 255 DLR upgrade 86 Enabling Works 364 Thornton’s Field relocation 47 Structures(bridges, roads) 830 North London line upgrade 110 Upgrade to Prescott Lock 5 Other capital projects 178 Other infrastructure 206 Other operating expenditure 357 SUB TOTAL SUB TOTAL Venues COST Olympic Village, Programme COST (£million) delivery, Taxation (£million) Stadium 496 IBC/MPC, Olympic Village 492 Other Olympic Park venues 574 Program delivery 647 Non- Olympic Park venues 101 Corporation Tax and Net 73 Interest SUB TOTAL SUB TOTAL

Other Parkwide Projects COST Remaining Contingency COST

(£million) (£million) Logistics for site 337 Including security 2009 construction Section 106 and master 127 Add all sub-totals planning Insurance 50 TOTAL COSTS (estimated) Security for park 354 construction SUB TOTAL

Source:DCMS

AUSSIE ATHLETES The list below shows the top 14 Australian Medal winners in our history at the Games. Identify which sport the athlete competed in and the number of medals they won by completing the table.

Name Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total 9 Dawn Fraser 8 Leisel Jones 8 Petria Thomas 8 Susie O’Neill 8 7 Shirley Strickland 7 6 Lisbeth Trickett 6 6 Frank Beaurepaire 6 Shane Gould 5 Andrew Charlton 5 Bradley McGee 5