Eurosport. All sports. All emotions. OLYMPIC QUIZ Are you a Games expert? Test your friends with this bumper set of questions from Gavin Fuller Our quizmaster Gavin Fuller has compiled all the tools you need for a huge Olympics quiz to test the knowledge of family and friends. So gather everyone around — at home, at your workplace or in the pub. In this pack you will find complete question lists spread out over 20 categories, team answer sheets and solutions. It’s the perfect way to whet everyone’s appetite for the Games. When the Games start, Eurosport will be covering its 12th edition of the Olympics, with more than 100 hours in 3D on Sky 3D and Virgin Media. British Eurosport is available in HD on Sky 410 and Virgin Media 522, and online or on your mobile via eurosportplayer.co.uk. If you love athletics, cycling, swimming and tennis, there’s no better place to watch than Eurosport. £ British Eurosport is the home of cycling with more coverage than any other channel, including all three Grand Tours, major Spring Classics and the road and track World Championships. £ Eurosport recently showcased its commitment to athletics with coverage of the European and World Junior Championships. £ British Eurosport will show more than 1,200 hours of blockbuster tennis in 2012, including the Australian, French and US Open championships and the Davis Cup. Quiz sheet 1 Eurosport. All sports. All emotions. Olympic history (1) Famous Olympians 1 Who was president of the IOC from 1896 to 1925, and 1 Which current Premier League footballer was top scorer in honorary president until his death in 1937? the football tournament in Athens, scoring eight goals to help Argentina to gold? 2 What natural event led to Rome being unable to host the 1908 Games, London stepping in at short notice to do so? 2 Which grill entrepreneur won an Olympic gold at Mexico in 1968? 3 Where did the rowing events take place when London staged the 1948 Olympics? 3 How did Gertrude Ederle, who won bronze medals in the 100m and 400m freestyle and a gold in the 4x100m freestyle 4 Josef Barthel was which European country’s only gold medal in Paris in 1924, make swimming history two years later? winner when he won the 1,500m at Helsinki in 1952? 4 Who won the 400m freestyle swimming at the 1932 5 Which games were the first to receive a fee from Los Angeles Games before embarking on an acting career, broadcasters to show the Olympics, the IOC collecting becoming the only actor to play Tarzan, Flash Gordon and $1.2 million with the games being broadcast in 21 countries? Buck Rogers? 6 What was the name of the Palestinian terrorist group who 5 Which Second World War American General competed in the blighted the Munich games with their kidnap and murder of modern pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, coming 11 Israelis? fifth, the highest place for a non-Swede? 7 Who is the only person to light the Olympic torch and win a 6 Childcare expert Dr Benjamin Spock was an Olympic gold gold medal at the same games, winning her country’s 100th medallist in which sport? gold in the process in front of the largest-ever crowd at an Olympic session? 7 Weightlifter Harold Sakata, who won the light heavyweight silver at London in 1948, later became famous for his role in 8 Which is the only country credited with having won a gold which part in a James Bond film? medal at every modern Olympic Games? 8 What nationality was Juan Antonio Samaranch, president 9 What are the only five sports to have been played at all of the IOC from 1980 to 2001? the modern Olympic Games? 9 Which fencing competitor at Melbourne in 1956 was 10 With 207 golds, Great Britain takes fourth place in the president of the World Bank from 1995 to 2005? all-time medal table for the Summer Olympics. What are the three countries ahead of us? 10 Which country did Lennox Lewis represent when he won the Olympic super heavyweight boxing title at Seoul in 1988? British gold (1) 1 Which bald British swimmer won gold at the 1980 Olympics in London 2012 (1) the 100m breaststroke? 1 In which city was it announced on July 6, 2005, that London was successful in its bid to host the 2012 Olympics? 2 Who was the first British woman to win two gold medals at the same Olympic Games? 2 From where did the Olympic torch embark at 7am on Saturday, May 19, on its tour around the country? 3 Which three rowers helped Steve Redgrave to his fifth gold medal at Sydney? 3 Who is artistic director of the opening ceremony? 4 Who ran the anchor leg when Britain shocked the Americans 4 What is the price of the costliest ticket to the opening to win the men’s 4x100m at Athens in 2004? ceremony? 5 In which sport did Malcolm Cooper win gold at Los Angeles in 5 Who is the architect of the Aquatic Centre for the Olympics? 1984 and Seoul in 1988? 6 Who is the chairman of the London 2012 Organising 6 Chris Hoy won gold medals in Beijing in the sprint, team sprint Committee? and which other cycling event? 7 Which artist designed the ArcelorMittal Orbit tower at 7 Britain won the first four gold medals, between 1900 and the Olympic Park? 1920, in which seven-man team sport, but has never won a medal in it since? 8 What was Wolff Ollins’ key contribution to the 2012 Olympics? 8 In which event have Laurieston (in 1972) and Shear l’Eau (in 2004) helped the UK to Olympic gold? 9 Which watch company is official timekeeper to the 2012 Olympics? 9 In which sport did brothers Laurie and Reggie Doherty both win two gold medals at Paris in 1900? 10 Which river runs through the Olympic Park? 10 At which two Olympic Games did Daley Thompson win gold medals in the decathlon? Answer sheet 1 Eurosport. All sports. All emotions. Olympic history (1) Famous Olympians 1 1 ............................................................................................ ............................................................................................ 2 2 ............................................................................................ ............................................................................................ 3 3 ............................................................................................ ............................................................................................ 4 4 ............................................................................................ ............................................................................................ 5 5 ............................................................................................ ............................................................................................ 6 6 ............................................................................................ ............................................................................................ 7 7 ............................................................................................ ............................................................................................ 8 8 ............................................................................................ ............................................................................................ 9 9 ............................................................................................ ............................................................................................ 10 10 ............................................................................................ ............................................................................................ British gold (1) London 2012 (1) 1 1 ........................................................................................... ............................................................................................ 2 2 ............................................................................................ ............................................................................................ 3 3 ............................................................................................ ............................................................................................ 4 4 ............................................................................................ ............................................................................................ 5 5 ............................................................................................ ............................................................................................ 6 6 ............................................................................................ ............................................................................................ 7 7 ............................................................................................ ............................................................................................ 8 8 ............................................................................................ ............................................................................................ 9 9 ............................................................................................ ............................................................................................ 10 10 ............................................................................................ ............................................................................................ Quiz sheet 2 Eurosport. All sports. All emotions.