Olympics History
This is where the first modern Olympics summer games were held.
Athens, Greece
This is the sport which has yielded India the most number of medals
Field Hockey
What date did the Tokyo Olympics kick off?
July 23, 2021
This athlete has won the most number of medals ever
Michael Phelps - 28
This City hosted the first Olympics games in the United States
St. Louis 1904
Savage Olympics -- Olympics were held as an extension of the world fair and they had human zoos and pitted trained white athletes against the American Indians, Africans, South Ameican natives, Philippinos and Japanese common people to prove white superiority!
This is the year when the first modern Olympics was held?
1896
Who is the first Indian to win a gold in an individual event
Abhinav Bindra
When were the first time ever Tokyo Olympics were scheduled
1940
This Athlete disqualified because of cannabis
Sha’Carri Richardson
Which is the most populous country to have not won an Olympic medal
Bangladesh
This team has won the maximum total number of medals in the Olympics?
USA
When was the last time India won a gold in Hockey
Moscow 1980
Can you name two new sports introduced in these Olympics
Skateboarding, Surfing, Sport Climbing, Karate
This is the reason the US boycotted and 65 other countries boycotted the 1980 Olympics in USSR
Because of the Invasion of Afghanistan by USSR
London - 1908, 1948, 2012. US is the only country to host it 4 times. 1904, 1932, 1984, 1996 (and again LA in 2028)
In these years the Olympic games were canceled due to disruptions?
1916, 1940, 1944
In which Olympics did India win the most number of medals. Was it Atlanta, London or Rio?
London 2012
Which sport has been reintroduced in these Olympics on insistence of Japan
Baseball
What is the total number of medals won by the US so far? Is it 1920, 2523, 4241, 6439?
2523
What was supposed to be the first team sport in Olympics in 1896?
Cricket! But it was canceled due to insufficient entries. It was played in 900 Paris. Only 2 teams played - Britain and France. Football was also proposed but not there.
This is how the length of the marathon was decided and standardized in the London Olympics in 1908?
In 1908 London games, Queen Alexendra wanted race to start from the Windsor Castle so the young members of the royal family could watch from their nursery. Race ended up in the Stadium 26.2 miles away.
Who was the first person born in India to win an Olympic medal
Norman Pitchard
Can you tell what is special about the manufacturing of the medals this time
They are all recycled from used electronics
This black Olympian has been credited with "single-handedly crushing Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy"?
Jesse Owens.
Owens was the most successful athlete, winning international fame with four gold medals: 100 meters, 200 meters, long jump, and 4x100 meter relay.
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