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This team has won more medals than any other country.
What is THE UNITED STATES. The U.S. has won 2,189 medals, cumulative.
100
This is the exact length of a Marathon.
What is 26 MILES (or 385 yards, or 42,195 meters). This is the distance from the Windsor Castle to the Olympic Stadium, where the British royal family requested that they could witness its start.
100
This sport made its last appearance in the 2012 London Olympics.
What is WRESTLING. Wrestling will be dropped from the 2020 Olympics.
100
These represent the five major regions in the world - Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceana that participate in the Olympic games.
What is the FIVE OLYMPIC RINGS. In fact, every national flag in the world includes the color of the ring it is associated with - blue, yellow, black, green, or red. They mean "linked together in friendship".
100
Name the sport that uses what is a called "a birdie".
What is BADMINTON.
200
This is the name of the center that accommodates Olympics teams during the games.
What is the OLYMPIC VILLAGE.
200
This was the year in which the very first Olympic Summer Games occurred. (within +/- 20 years)
What is 1896. Host Greece won the most medals (47) in this game. The first official "modern" Olympics games was held in 1908.
200
London had to invest roughly this amount of money into the 2012 Olympics. (within +/- 3 billion)
What is roughly $15 BILLION in costs.
200
This is the number of people worldwide expected to watch the Olympics on Television. (within +/- .5 billion)
What is 4 BILLION.
200
This sport in the Olympics is known as an art of horse riding.
What is EQUESTRIAN. Equestrian is the only Olympic sport in which men and women compete against each other on equal terms.
300
During the Closing ceremony, this number of flags are raised.
What is THREE: the Greek flag to honor the Games’ birthplace, that of the current host country, and that of the country hosting the next Games.
300
The Olympics Games have been cancelled this many times.
What is THREE, because of WW1&2, there were no games in 1916, 1940, and 1944.
300
The 2012 London Summer Olympics were held for this many days. (within +/- 3 days)
What is 19 DAYS! The Olympics once lasted 187 days, in 1908, London's first time hosting.
300
These three continents have never hosted an Olympics.
What is Africa, South America, and Antarctica.
300
These sports are included in a Triathalon race.
What is a SWIMMING, BIKING, and RUNNING. Lucky you weren't asked about the modern PENTATHLON, which includes shooting, fencing, swimming, show jumping, and running.
400
This many countries have been represented at every single modern-era Summer Olympic Games. (within +/- 3)
What is FIVE: Greece, Great Britain, France, Switzerland and Australia.
400
This year marks the first time female athletes are competing in all 26 Olympic sports. (within +/- 10 years)
What is 2012! In fact, 2012 is also a milestone for women because it was the first time in which there was at least one female representative for each participating country.
400
London is the only city to have hosted the official modern Games the most, which is this number of times.
What is THREE: the city is named the "Triple Crown".
400
Winners of the 1900 Olympics, held in Paris, were given these instead of medals.
What is PAINTINGS! This was because the French considered paintings more valuable than medals.
400
This sport is a modern martial art, combat and Olympic sport that originated in Japan
What is JUDO.
500
This record number of participating teams was set in the 2004 Olympic Summer Games in Athens. (within +/- 5 countries)
What is 202 COUNTRIES.
500
CBS first televised the Summer Games in America this year. (within +/- 10 years)
What is 1960. The first televised Games ever was in Berlin in 1938.
500
The 2012 Olympic gold medal is actually this percentage of real gold. (within +/- 3%)
What is 1.34% GOLD. It is made of 92.5% Silver and the remaining Copper.
500
This Latin phrase is the Olympic Motto: "Citius, Altius, Fortius" from Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games.
What is "Swifter, Higher, Stronger".
500
In the Diving event, an illegal movement, such as a false start from the diver, is called this term.
What is BALK.
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