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1.What is the meaning of the Olympic motto: Citius, Altius, Fortius?
Higher, Stronger, Faster
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Stronger, Higher, Faster
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Faster, Stronger, Higher
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Faster, Higher, Stronger
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2.What is the most populous country to have never won an Olympic gold medal?
India
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Bangladesh
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DR Congo
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Pakistan
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Not only have Bangladesh never won gold, they have never even made it to the finals of any Olympic event in their history. This is despite having a population of over 165 million.
3.What is the least populous country to have won an Olympic gold medal?
Bahamas
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Liechtenstein
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Antigua and Barbuda
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San Marino
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Liechtenstein has won 10 Olympic golds with a population of just 37,000. All of them have come at the Winter Olympics.
4.How many silver medals did Michael Phelps win in his Olympic career?
1
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3
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4
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2
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He won 23 golds, 3 silvers and 2 bronzes in his illustrious career. This is more gold medals than 108 countries.
5.In which year did an Asian country participate as an independent nation for the first time?
1912
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1932
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1920
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1904
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Japan was the first Asian country to compete as an independent country, at the 1912 Games.
6.Which country won the only silver medal ever awarded for cricket at the Olympics?
United States of America
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Great Britain
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Netherlands
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France
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Only 2 teams competed, and a second-string Great Britain team beat France.
7.Who is the first gymnast to score a 'Perfect 10' for a single routine at the Olympics?
Alexander Dityatin
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Nellie Kim
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Nadia Comăneci
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Daniela Silivas
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Comăneci's feat was repeated just days later by the Soviet teenager, Nellie Kim.
8.Which of these sports has never featured at the Olympics with a medal-round?
Croquet
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Kabaddi
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Pelota
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Tug of War
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Kabaddi was however shown in the 1938 Games as a demonstration sport.
9.Which athlete famously won a gold medal at the Marathon by running barefoot?
Moussa Said
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Abebe Bikila
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Abebe Wakgira
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Mohammed Said
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Bikila won a gold for Ethiopia in the next Olympics too, but with shoes.
10.Which swimmer was controversially given a silver medal despite getting a faster time than the gold-medallist?
John Devitt
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Lance Larson
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John Conrads
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Murray Rose
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The 3 judges ruled that Devitt had finished first, whilst the audience almost unanimously agreed that Larson came first. The judges' ruling stood.
11.In which city were the Winter Olympics held outside Europe and North America for the first time?
Tokyo
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Nagano
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Sapporo
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Seoul
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12.In which town were the inaugural Winter Olympics held?
Lake Placid
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Lillehammer
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Chamonix
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St. Moritz
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13.How many Olympic medals has the Russian Federation been stripped off as a result of doping violations?
66
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36
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51
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This is more than 4 times the number of the next NOC with most medals stripped as a result of doping violations.
14.What is the total number of medals the USA Olympic Team has won in the Summer & Winter Olympic combined?
2519
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1862
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1963
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2827
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In addition, the USA Olympics team are the only team in the world to receive no government funding.
15.Which team once won over 85% of all the medals awarded during a single Olympics?
Soviet Union
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Sweden
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United States of America
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Great Britain
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During the 1904 Olympics, USA won 239 medals, and all other countries won just 41.
16.Only 2 countries boycotted both the 1980 Moscow and 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. One is Iran. Which is the other?
Libya
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Albania
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Afghanistan
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Turkey
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Albania boycotted in 1976 and 1988 in addition to the 1980 and 1984 Games.