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Olympics 121 questions.
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Pub quiz question 4097 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What gruelling event in Barcelona saw Derartu Tulu of Ethopia become the first black African Olympic champion?
  2. Answer: A: 10,000 meters
  3. Categories: Olympics (7) Sports (7) Athletics (7)
Pub quiz question 126 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the lightest weight category in Olympic Boxing
  2. Answer: A: Light Flyweight
  3. Notes: *: Other associations have even lighter weights which include paperweight, mini-paperweight, minimumweight and strawweight.
  4. Categories: Olympics (3) Boxing (3) Sports (3)
Pub quiz question 6325 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: How many gold medals did Jesse Owens win at the Berlin Olympics in 1936?
  2. Answer: A: Four
  3. Categories: Sports (8) Olympics (8) Athletics (7) 1930s (7)
Pub quiz question 4101 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What regular venue for the Changing of the Guard is set to set to stage beach volleyball at the 2012 Olympics?
  2. Answer: A: Horse Guard Parade
  3. Categories: London, UK (7) 2010s (7) Olympics (7) Sports (7)
Pub quiz question 614 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Where were the 1972 summer Olympic games held?
  2. Answer: A: Munich, West Germany
  3. Categories: Sports (7) Olympics (7) 1970s (7)
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Pub quiz question 4727 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What distance brought Kelly Holmes her second gold medal at the 2004 Olympics?
  2. Answer: A: 1500m
  3. Categories: Sports (7) Olympics (7) Athletics (7)
Pub quiz question 639 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Where were the 1968 winter Olympic games held?
  2. Answer: A: Grenoble, France
  3. Categories: Olympics (7) Sports (7) 1960s (7)
Pub quiz question 169 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In the 1996 olympics, who was disqualified from the men's 100m final after 2 false starts?
  2. Answer: A: Linford Christie
  3. Categories: Sports (4) Olympics (4)
Pub quiz question 4105 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What Olympic event is based on what was once used as a practical means to travel round the fens of England's eastern counties?
  2. Answer: A: Pole vault
  3. Categories: Sports (7) Athletics (7) Olympics (7)
Pub quiz question 626 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In which year did the first winter Olympics not happen in the same year as the summer Olympics?
  2. Answer: A: 1994 (Norway)
  3. Categories: Olympics (7) Sports (7) 1940s (4)
  4. Times used:
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