SPORTS Quiz.

RedVHeartbeat

RedVHeartbeat

SGI NSW Cup
I admit being sports mad. How about the rest of you.
Here is a thread to test your sporting knowledge.

I will start the ball rolling:

Where was the first modern Olympic Games held.

Which five nations have attended every Olympics.
 
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Chris M

Chris M

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RedVHeartbeat said:
I admit being sports mad. How about the rest of you.
Here is a thread to test your sporting knowledge.

I will start the ball rolling:

Where was the first modern Olympic Games held.

Which five nations have attended every Olympics.
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Athens
Sweden, Australia?, Finland, Austria, India?
 
GCRV

GCRV

SGI NSW Cup
Chris M said:
Athens
Sweden, Australia?, Finland, Austria, India?
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Scratch Finland. It hasn't been a country for the entire period of the modern Olympics. I presume the same is true of Austria. I'm not sure about India. I think it didn't become an independent country until after WW2.

Sweden and Australia are solid guesses.
 
Chris M

Chris M

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GCRV said:
Scratch Finland. It hasn't been a country for the entire period of the modern Olympics. I presume the same is true of Austria. I'm not sure about India. I think it didn't become an independent country until after WW2.

Sweden and Australia are solid guesses.
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So apart from Sweden and Australia, who are your other 2 picks?
 
Morgan

Morgan

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RedVHeartbeat said:
Yes France, Australia, Switzerland, Britain. The obvious one was Greece.

Someone else.
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Switzerland! Of course. Should have guessed that. To be honest, I'm surprised about Greece. Between being completely annexed, then independence, wars, military coups, mass riots and etc. I thought it would have missed one or two.

Surprised about Britain as well. Thought USA would have forbade them to go to the Moscow Olympics.
 
RedVHeartbeat

RedVHeartbeat

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Morgan said:
Switzerland! Of course. Should have guessed that. To be honest, I'm surprised about Greece. Between being completely annexed, then independence, wars, military coups, mass riots and etc. I thought it would have missed one or two.

Surprised about Britain as well. Thought USA would have forbade them to go to the Moscow Olympics.
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Australia too. Tho some of our individual athletes pulled out from memory.


Morgan said:


surprised about Greece.
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I guess as the nation that nurtured both the ancient and modern Olympics, they felt a deep responsibility to attend all games despite what turmoil they were having.
 
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Morgan

Morgan

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RedVHeartbeat said:
Australia too. Tho some of our individual athletes pulled out from memory.
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At the time, I think Australia would have been too small and too far away to get much attention. Specially given Britain refused to pull out.
 
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Eric

Eric

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Can I try this?
  • True or False: In the Finnish Wife Carrying Competition men’s race, where the husband has to carry his wife the length of the course, the winner gets the lady’s weight in reindeer meat.
  • Which US sportsstar said ‘I’ve never lost a game I just ran out of time’?
  • Mark Twain is commonly said to have described what sport as “A good walk, spoiled”?
  • What nickname is given to the New Zealand men’s basketball team?
  • Which sport has a finishing line that isn’t crossed?
 
RedV01

RedV01

SGI NSW Cup
Eric said:
Can I try this?
  • True or False: In the Finnish Wife Carrying Competition men’s race, where the husband has to carry his wife the length of the course, the winner gets the lady’s weight in reindeer meat.
  • Which US sportsstar said ‘I’ve never lost a game I just ran out of time’?
  • Mark Twain is commonly said to have described what sport as “A good walk, spoiled”?
  • What nickname is given to the New Zealand men’s basketball team?
  • Which sport has a finishing line that isn’t crossed?
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Could you make it any easier?
  • True
  • Don't know
  • Golf or cricket
  • Tall Blacks
  • Don't know
 
RedVHeartbeat

RedVHeartbeat

SGI NSW Cup
Eric said:
Can I try this?
  • True or False: In the Finnish Wife Carrying Competition men’s race, where the husband has to carry his wife the length of the course, the winner gets the lady’s weight in reindeer meat.
  • Which US sportsstar said ‘I’ve never lost a game I just ran out of time’?
  • Mark Twain is commonly said to have described what sport as “A good walk, spoiled”?
  • What nickname is given to the New Zealand men’s basketball team?
  • Which sport has a finishing line that isn’t crossed?
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*Something so bizarre has to be true.
* Michael Jordan?
* Golf?
*The Tall Blacks
* swimming
 
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RedVHeartbeat

RedVHeartbeat

SGI NSW Cup
1. Frankie Fredericks represented which African country in athletics.
2. Who beat Ivan Lendl in a French Open final using underhand serves?
3. What sport used the term ‘home run’ long before baseball?
4. What was the first sport that allowed women to compete at the Olympics?
5. Which team is as well-known for their comic antics as for their on-court skills?
 
Morgan

Morgan

SGI NSW Cup
RedVHeartbeat said:
1. Frankie Fredericks represented which African country in athletics.
2. Who beat Ivan Lendl in a French Open final using underhand serves?
3. What sport used the term ‘home run’ long before baseball?
4. What was the first sport that allowed women to compete at the Olympics?
5. Which team is as well-known for their comic antics as for their on-court skills?
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  1. Nigeria?
  2. Michael Chang?
  3. Softball?
  4. Gymnastics?
  5. Harlem Globetrotters?
In all seriousness, I don't know any of these. Just guessing.
 
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