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Olympiad (Class 6) Sports — practice questions

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The ancient Games began in 776 BC and came every four years. In which year was the third Games held?Read the answer and worked solution →For how many early Olympics was the stadion footrace the only event?Read the answer and worked solution →What was the only official prize at the ancient Olympic Games?Read the answer and worked solution →In honour of which god were the ancient Olympic Games held?Read the answer and worked solution →Why is 393 AD often given as the end of the ancient Olympics?Read the answer and worked solution →Which aim inspired Pierre de Coubertin to found the IOC?Read the answer and worked solution →How many events were contested at the 1896 Athens Games?Read the answer and worked solution →Which city hosted the second modern Olympics, after Athens in 1896?Read the answer and worked solution →Where was the first Winter Olympic Games held in 1924?Read the answer and worked solution →Why was a separate Winter Olympics created?Read the answer and worked solution →Guttmann's 1948 event helped rehabilitate which group?Read the answer and worked solution →In which city were the first Paralympics held in 1960?Read the answer and worked solution →What do the five interlinked Olympic rings symbolise?Read the answer and worked solution →Why were these five ring colours chosen?Read the answer and worked solution →In the Latin Olympic motto, what does Altius mean?Read the answer and worked solution →How is the Olympic flame lit at Olympia?Read the answer and worked solution →The flame became an Olympic symbol in 1928; the torch relay began in 1936. How many years apart?Read the answer and worked solution →The Summer programme has 26 sports and the Winter programme 15. How many more does Summer have?Read the answer and worked solution →Which sport has never been absent from the Summer Olympic programme?Read the answer and worked solution →Wrestling at the Olympics has which two disciplines?Read the answer and worked solution →Which sports were dropped from the London 2012 programme?Read the answer and worked solution →Changing the programme needs two-thirds of 99 IOC votes. How many votes?Read the answer and worked solution →What did the Greeks call the four-year span they used as a unit of time?Read the answer and worked solution →Which feature disqualifies a game from being a sport under GAISF criteria?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is mainly a mind sport?Read the answer and worked solution →Powerboating and Formula 1 belong to which type of sport?Read the answer and worked solution →Snooker is classed as mainly which kind of sport?Read the answer and worked solution →Which result is an objective measurement?Read the answer and worked solution →The word sport comes from the Old French desport, which meant what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which sport is listed as having originated in ancient Persia?Read the answer and worked solution →

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The ancient Games began in 776 BC and came every four years. In which year was the third Games held?

  1. 768 BC
  2. 760 BC
  3. 772 BC
  4. 764 BC
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Correct answer: A. 768 BC

Counting 776 BC, then 772 BC, the third Games fell four years later, in 768 BC.

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For how many early Olympics was the stadion footrace the only event?

  1. 13
  2. 20
  3. 10
  4. 7
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Correct answer: A. 13

The footrace stood alone on the programme for the first thirteen Games before other events were added.

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What was the only official prize at the ancient Olympic Games?

  1. A sacred olive wreath
  2. A golden laurel cup
  3. A bronze victory shield
  4. A purse of silver coins
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Correct answer: A. A sacred olive wreath

Winners received a wreath cut from the sacred olive tree at the precinct of Zeus; wealth came later from sponsors.

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