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Answer the following questions related to the History of Olympic Games.

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1.

What is the meaning of the Olympic motto: Citius, Altius, Fortius?

  Higher, Stronger, Faster

  Stronger, Braver, Faster

  Faster, Higher, Stronger

  Braver, Faster, Higher

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2.

In which year were the Olympics games shown on television for the first time?

  1956

  1952

  1936

  1948

  Half-n-half Clue
 

3.

Name the American who was forced to return the gold medal he won at the 1972 Olympics?

  Jim Thorpe

  David Bolen

  Rick DeMont

  Ben Jonhson

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4.

Who, among the following, could neither watch nor particpate in the Olympics?

  Widowed women

  Men

  Women

  Married men

  Half-n-half Clue
 

5.

Who was the designer of the Olympic flag?

  Spirou Samara

  Heracles Palamas

  Pierre de Coubertin

  Zues Brundage

  Half-n-half Clue
 

6.

In which year were the formal drug tests introduced in the Olympic Games?

  1956

  1960

  1968

  1972

  Half-n-half Clue
 

7.

Which ceremony marks the end of the Olympic games?

  Playing musical bands

  Lighting Fireworks

  Releasing pigeons into the sky

  Extinguishing the Olympic flame

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