{"id":5387,"date":"2016-09-19T12:46:58","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T07:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/?p=5387"},"modified":"2019-11-16T16:02:22","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T11:02:22","slug":"test-your-olympic-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/studykit\/mcqs\/test-your-olympic-knowledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Test Your Olympic Knowledge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"rio-olympics\"<\/a><\/p>\n

1. The first Modern Olympics were held in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Munich \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Barcelona
\n(c) Athens\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>(d) Olympia<\/p>\n

2. The first Modern Olympics were held in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) 1698 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 1798
\n(c) 1896\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>(d) 1968<\/p>\n

3. The original Olympiad was first held in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) 1776 BC \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 776 BC<\/span>
\n(c) 1698 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 1896<\/p>\n

4. ______ has won the maximum number of gold medals at a single Olympic Games.<\/strong>
\n(a) James Conel \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Mark Spitz
\n(c) Abebe Bikila \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Michael Phelps<\/span><\/p>\n

5. The first winner in modern Olympics was ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Mark Spitz\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) James Connelly<\/span>
\n(c) Nadia Coman\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Abebe Bikila <\/p>\n

6. ______ was the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 seven times at the Olympics.<\/strong>
\n(a) James Cauld \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Mark Spitz
\n(c) Abebe Bikila \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Nadia Comaneci<\/span><\/p>\n

7. The motto \u2018Citius, Altius, Fortius\u2019 of the Olympic Games means______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Citadel, Attitude, Fortitude
\n(b) Faster, Higher, Stronger<\/span>
\n(c) Civility, Attainment, Fortune
\n(d) Quicker, Heavier, Taller<\/p>\n

8. The athlete who won the Olympic marathon barefoot was ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Mark Spitz \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Nadia Comaneci
\n(c) Kipch Keino \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Abebe Bikila<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Olympic Games are held every ______ years.<\/strong>
\n(a) Three \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Four<\/span>
\n(c) Five\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Six<\/p>\n

10. ______ is always first and the hosting nation is always last in the Parade of Nations.<\/strong>
\n(a) Greece \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>(b) USA
\n(c) Great Britain\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) France<\/p>\n

11. The world-famous American boxer Muhammad Ali won the light heavyweight boxing title in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) 1960 Rome Olympics<\/span>
\n(b) 1972 Munich Olympics
\n(c) 1976 Montreal Olympics
\n(d) 1984 Los Angeles Olympics<\/p>\n

12. The Olympic Games moved to Asia for the first time in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) 1964\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>(b) 1976
\n(c) 1988 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 1992<\/p>\n

13. ______ are called the \u2018high level upsets\u2019 Olympics.<\/strong>
\n(a) 1968 Mexico Olympics<\/span>
\n(b) 1972 Munich Olympics
\n(c) 1976 Montreal Olympics
\n(d) 1984 Los Angeles Olympics<\/p>\n

14. The country that has won the maximum number of gold medals since the inception of the Olympic Games is ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Australia \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) USA<\/span>
\n(c) Japan \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) France<\/p>\n

15. ______ was introduced at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.<\/strong>
\n(a) Decathlon \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Triathlon<\/span>
\n(c) Pentathlon \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Hockey<\/p>\n

16. In Olympic history, ______ is remembered as the ‘Black September Day’.<\/strong>
\n(a) Sep 1, 1972 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Sep 5, 1972<\/span>
\n(c) Sep 1, 1984 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Sep 5, 1984<\/p>\n

17. 2012 Olympics were held in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Athens \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) London<\/span>
\n(c) Paris \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Tokyo<\/p>\n

18. Olympics 2020 will be held in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Shanghai, China
\n(b) Tokyo, Japan<\/span>
\n(c) Athens, Greece
\n(d) Munich, Germany<\/p>\n

19. The Greek goddess of victory that is featured on the Olympic bronze, silver, and gold medals is ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Persephone\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Lyssa
\n(c) Dione\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Nike<\/span><\/p>\n

20. The two sports which returned to the Olympics this year after nearly a century were ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Golf and rugby<\/span>
\n(b) Gymnastics and arena football
\n(c) Lacrosse and boxing
\n(d) Long jump and equestrian<\/p>\n

21. The Olympic symbol which represents peace, unity and friendship is ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Rings\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Medal
\n(c) Torch\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Flame<\/span><\/p>\n

22. Usain Bolt, the fastest sprinter in the world, belongs to ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Australia\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Jamaica<\/span>
\n(c) United States\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Switzerland<\/p>\n

23. The host nation last topped the medal table in ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) 1984\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 2008<\/span>
\n(c) 2000\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 1996<\/p>\n

24. The gold medals in Rio Olympics weighed ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) 125g\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 280g
\n(c) 500g\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 600g<\/p>\n

25. The country that has competed in the most Olympics without winning a medal is ______.<\/strong>
\n(a) Bangladesh\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Malta
\n(c) Monaco<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) San Marino<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. The first Modern Olympics were held in ______. (a) Munich \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) Barcelona (c) Athens\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) Olympia 2. The first Modern Olympics were held in ______. (a) 1698 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 1798 (c) 1896\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(d) 1968 3. The original Olympiad was first held in ______. (a) 1776 BC \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(b) 776 BC (c) 1698 …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":5389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[131,38,4951],"tags":[5251,5254,5250,5249,5252,5253],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5387"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/149"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5387"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25758,"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5387\/revisions\/25758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}