General Olympics Knowledge
Olympic History
US Olympic History
2012 Summer Olympics
Phi Theta Kappa International
100
This running event is 26 miles long and is considered the greatest Olympic sporting event.
What is the marathon?
100
This ancient country invented the Olympic Games back in 776 BCE.
What is Greece?
100
In 2008, this swimmer won all eight of the events he competed in.
Who is Michael Phelps?
100
The 2012 Olympics will be held in this city.
What is London?
100
He is the executive director of Phi Theta Kappa.
Who is Rod Risley?
200
This Olympic sport uses swords called foils for sword fighting.
What is fencing?
200
During the 1972 Munich Olympics, 11 athletes and coaches from this country were killed as a result of a terrorist attack.
What is Israel?
200
The last time the US hosted the summer Olympics.
When is 1996?
200
This musician from the Black Eyed Peas was "runnin' runnin'" with the Olympic torch.
Who is Will.i.am?
200
This city is the headquarters of Phi Theta Kappa International.
What is Jackson?
300
This country is first in line during the Opening Ceremony's Parade of Nations.
What is Greece?
300
During this year's Olympic Games, a bomb exploded at the Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia, killing one and wounding another 111 people.
When is 1996?
300
In 1976, this US swimmer won the most Olympic medals in a single sport.
Who is Mark Spitz?
300
This women's sport makes its debut at the 2012 London games.
What is boxing?
300
Phi Theta Kappa was founded in this year.
When is 1918?
400
Each of the five Olympic rings represents one of these.
What is a continent?
400
In 1976 she became the first female gymnast ever to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event.
Who is Nadia Comaneci?
400
The first time the summer Olympics were televised in the US.
When is 1960?
400
The number of sports that will be played during the 2012 games (within 2)
What is 26?
400
Phi Theta Kappa has this number of chapters worldwide. (within 100)
What is 1,250?
500
The Olympic torch is first lit here.
Where is The ancient Temple of Hera in Olympia?
500
This canadian sprinter was stripped of a gold medal at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, after testing positive for anabolic steroids.
Who is Ben Johnson?
500
This Native American won two gold medals for the United States in the 1912 Olympics before going on to become a football star.
Who is Jim Thorpe?
500
The number of gold medals to be awarded in the 2012 games (within 10)
What is 302?
500
Well known for her hit "She's in Love with the Boy" this country musician became a Phi Theta Kappa member during the 1980s while attending Young Harris college in Georgia.
Who is Trisha Yearwood?