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Sports Quiz: The Olympic Games

By Rondilo

Forgotten sports, odd medals and the luckiest gold ever won: find out how well your group knows the Olympics.

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What is an Olympic gold medal mostly made of?
Strict quarantine kept foreign horses out of the 1956 host country, so the riding moved to Stockholm. Pin that year's h…
In 1912 one Olympic wrestling match just would not end. About how many hours did it last?
Which Olympic sport would you secretly be brilliant at?
Which of these were once Olympic medal events?
When Pierre de Coubertin drew the Olympic rings in 1913, why did he pick those colours?
Which sport should join the Olympics next?
How is the Olympic flame meant to be lit in Olympia before each Games?
Put these Olympic firsts in order, oldest first.
At the 2002 Winter Games, Australia's Steven Bradbury was last going into the final corner of a speed skating final. Ho…

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