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Answer the following questions related to the Modern Summer Olympic Games.

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1.

What is the distance of the marathon race in the Olympics?

  21 miles 585 yards

  22 miles 855 yards

  24 miles 835 yards

  26 miles 385 yards

  Half-n-half Clue
 

2.

What object did the archers hit during the competition before the target board was introduced?

  A fish

  A ball

  A bird

  A cylinder

  Half-n-half Clue
 

3.

Which American diver won a double gold at the 1988 Seoul Olympics in spite of hitting his head on the 3-m springboard?

  Greg Louganis

  Dawn Fraser

  Pierre de Coubertin

  Mark Spitz

  Half-n-half Clue
 

4.

Which new game was introduced at the 2000 Sydney Olympics?

  Pentathlon

  Decathlon

  Hockey

  Triathlon

  Half-n-half Clue
 

5.

In which city were the Olympics in 2004 held?

  Athens

  Mexico City

  Los Angeles

  Tokyo

  Half-n-half Clue
 

6.

The 2008 Olympic Mascots Which character designs are incorporated in the five 'good luck dolls' that are the mascots of the 2008 Beijing Olympics?

  Fish, Giant Panda, Fire, Tibetan Antelope and Swallow

  Porcupine, Crocodile, Wind, Chinese Dragon and a Hawk

  Beaver, Koala, Water, American Eagle and a Duck

  Hedgehog, Kangaroo, Earth, Indian Elephant and Eagle

  Half-n-half Clue
 

7.

Who set a record for the most gold medals in a single Olympic Games at the 1972 Munich Olympics?

  Nadia Comaneci

  Mark Spitz

  James Connelly

  Abebe Bikila

  Half-n-half Clue
 


 
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