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Olympics 121 questions.
Expensive junket held most leap years. Unless it's the winter one.
Pub quiz question 629 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Where were the 1924 winter Olympic games held?
  2. Answer: A: Chamonix, France
  3. Categories: Olympics (8) Sports (8) 1920s (8)
Pub quiz question 4723 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which city stages the 2004 Olympics?
  2. Answer: A: Athens
  3. Categories: Geography (3) Sports (3) Olympics (3)
Pub quiz question 3444 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What first made Olympic history in the 1968 Mexico City 100m final, in addition to Jim Hine's sub-ten-second record?
  2. Answer: A: First all-black final
  3. Categories: Sports (7) Athletics (7) Olympics (7) 1960s (7)
Pub quiz question 628 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In which year did the winter Olympics start?
  2. Answer: A: 1924
  3. Categories: Olympics (7) Sports (8) 1920s (5)
Pub quiz question 610 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Where were the 1956 summer Olympic games held?
  2. Answer: A: Melbourne, Australia, and Stockholm, Sweden
  3. Notes: *: Sweden hosted only the equestrian events due to quarantine regulations.
  4. Categories: Sports (9) Olympics (9) 1950s (9)
Pub quiz question 596 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Where were the 1904 summer Olympic games held?
  2. Answer: A: St. Louis, United States
  3. Categories: Olympics (8) Sports (8)
Pub quiz question 5837 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which sport was contested at the 1988 Olympics for the first time in 64 years?
  2. Answer: A: Tennis
  3. Notes: *: Previously played at the 1924 Olympics. Was a demonstration sport in 1968 and 1984.
  4. Categories: 1920s (6) 1980s (6) Sports (6) Olympics (6)
Pub quiz question 4098 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which city's 1972 Olympics were staged to celebrate peace but were marred by a terrorist attack?
  2. Answer: A: Munich's
  3. Categories: 1970s (5) Olympics (5) Geography (5) Sports (5)
Pub quiz question 4102 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: How many upright supports are permitted for an Olympic high jump crossbar?
  2. Answer: A: Two
  3. Categories: Sports (3) Olympics (3) Athletics (3)
Pub quiz question 235 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In the 1968 the Swedish pentathlete Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall was the first Olympic athlete to do what?
  2. Answer: A: Get disqualified for drug use (it was alcohol; he had some beers before starting)
  3. Categories: Sports (7) Olympics (6)
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