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Tremendous Themed Trivia

With the Tokyo Olympics looming, When the ancient Greeks were at war
here is some fantastic with each other, they called a truce to
hold the games.
Olympic Facts! The Olympics began as a way to honour
Zeus, the King of the Greek Gods.
Colin Bullock
The first competition for wheelchair athletes
was held in the opening ceremony of the
Olympic gold medals are actually over 1948 games in London.
90% silver.
The Olympics were first written about The youngest ever gold medal winner is
in 776B.C., from the sacred site in Marjorie Gestring for diving in 1936. She
Olympia, Greece. was 13 years old.
Competitors in the Olympic walking races
In ancient Greece, athletes covered their must have one foot touching the ground at Guaranteed Results
bodies in olive oil and sand, mostly to all times.
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Women, slaves and foreigners couldn’t At the 2016 Summer Olympics, athletes All Pest Control Undertaken
take part in the ancient Olympics, only competed in golf for the first time since the
free Greek men. 1904 games.
Weightlifting has been part of the games
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The five interlocking rings, symbol of the Lance Leadbeter Ministry Trained
Olympics, represent the five continents There are no motorised sports allowed in
competing. North and South America are the Olympics.
considered one continent.
In AD 393, emperor Theodosius I, banned Brain teasers
the Olympics. Farms grew over the ruins
of Olympia which were not discovered 1. A polar bear walks in a straight line north
until 1776. for 4 miles and then 3 miles south. He is
now 7 miles from his starting point. How is
The first modern-day Olympics were held this possible?
in 1869, in Athens, Greece. 245 athletes 2. A scarf, a carrot and 5 buttons are found
from14 countries competed. lying on a hill near a farmhouse. It makes
total sense that they are there on this spring
The first Olympic Winter games were not morning. What is the reason?
held until 1924.
3. Correct forms of the verb “to be” are: “I
Women first took part in the Olympics in am,” “He is,” “You are,” “She is,” and “It is.”
1900 in Paris. But there are times you can correctly use “I
is.” What are they?
The first eight finishers in any event have (Answers on the back page)
their names read out and receive a diploma.

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