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With the XXX Summer Olympiad hosted by London on it's way, I thought give one of these Rare Entries quizzes a go. The closing date will be Wednesday 9th May 2012 at 7pm

Few clarifications on terms used:
Summer Olympics = Just the modern Summer Olympic Games that the IOC organised and recognise. I'm not inducing the Winter Olympics, Paralympic Games, Special Olympics, Youth Olympics, Deaflympics etc
Any Colour = Gold, Silver or Bronze
Olympic Medal = Just sporting medals, not artistic medals
Sport = One sport, by Olympic definition, not one of the divided disciplines.

1. Name one of the sports that occurred in the original 1896 Summer Olympics (Cancelled sports don't count)

2. Name an Olympian representing Great Britain who has won three or more Olympic gold medals in there lifetime.

3. Name a city in the USA, which has hosted the Summer Olympics

4. Name a country that made their first appearance in the Summer Olympics in 2000, 2004 or 2008

5. Name one of the official candidate cities that were biding to host the 2012 Summer Olympics

6. Name one of the sporting venues in the “Olympic Zone” (Stratford) being used for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

7. Name one of the Olympians representing Great Britain who won 2 or more Olympic medals (Any colour) at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

8. Name a country that has appeared in at least 12 Summer Olympic games but hasn’t won an Olympic Medal (Any colour)

9. Name a country that Great Britain football teams will face in the group stage of the 2012 Summer Olympic football event. (Men or Women)

10. Name an athlete in the men’s 100 meters final in the 2008 Summer Olympics

PM me your answers and good luck!

I assume that Q 4 should be Country

nozzacook wrote:I assume that Q 4 should be Country

It does indeed!

Oh good as already PM'd answers

How about question 9?

Thanks for all the enteries so far. Some very interesting answers.

Don't forget. Entries will close on Wednesday.

Less than 24 hours to go...

Remind me tomorrow, when I'll have one day left to pack this house up before we move ...

Any last minute entries?

Big thank you to everyone who entered! Once we have lit the touch lets begin!

The Answers
1. Name one of the sports that occurred in the original 1896 Summer Olympics (Cancelled sports don't count).
Athletics [Starkey7]
Cycling [Steeevooo,barrykas,scrxisi,Sam]
Fencing [Going Underground]
Shooting [Urzzz1871]
Swimming [tractakid]
Tennis [jbom]
Weightlifting [Nozzacook,greatkingrat]

(Wrestling and Gymnastics, no entries)

2. Name an Olympian representing Great Britain who has won three or more Olympic gold medals in there lifetime.
Jack Beresford [Urzzz1871]
Paulo Radmilovic [Sam]
Henry Taylor [jbom]
Ben Ainslie [Going Underground,Nozzacook,Steeevooo,barrykas]
Bradley Wiggins [scrxisi,greatkingrat]
George Wilkinson [tractakid]
Incorrect answers: Jonathan Edwards [Starkey7]

(Matthew Pinsent, Steve Redgrave, Chris Hoy, Reginald Doherty and Charles Sydney Smith no entries)

3. Name a city in the USA, which has hosted the Summer Olympics.
St. Louis [Nozzacook]
Los Angeles [Going Underground,Urzzz1871,tractakid,barrykas,greatkingrat,Sam]
Atlanta [Steeevooo,Starkey7,jbom,scrxisi]

4. Name a country that made their first appearance in the Summer Olympics in 2000, 2004 or 2008
Eritrea [Going Underground,Urzzz1871]
Micronesia [jbom]
Palau [Sam]
Kiribati [tractakid]
Timor-Leste [Nozzacook,greatkingrat]
Marshall Islands [Steeevooo,barrykas]
Montenegro [Starkey7]
Tuvalu [scrxisi]

5. Name one of the official candidate cities that were biding to host the 2012 Summer Olympics
London [Nozzacook,Starkey7,jbom]
Paris [Steeevooo]
Madrid [tractakid,barrykas,Sam]
New York City [Going Underground,Urzzz1871,scrxisi,greatkingrat]

(Moscow no entries)

6. Name one of the sporting venues in the “Olympic Zone” (Stratford) being used for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Aquatics Centre [scrxisi]
BMX Circuit [barrykas,Sam]
Copper Box [Nozzacook,jbom]
London Velodrome [Going Underground]
Riverbank Arena [Steeevooo,Urzzz1871,greatkingrat]
Olympic Stadium [tractakid,Starkey7]

(Basketball Arena and Water Polo Arena no entries)

7. Name one of the Olympians representing Great Britain who won 2 or more Olympic medals (Any colour) at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Bradley Wiggins [Going Underground,Sam]
Rebecca Adlington [scrxisi]
Jason Kenny [Steeevooo,Urzzz1871,greatkingrat]
Tim Brabants [barrykas]
Tina Cook [Nozzacook,jbom,tractakid]
Incorrect answers: Jessica Ennis [Starkey7]

(Chris Hoy no entries)

8. Name a country that has appeared in at least 12 Summer Olympic games but hasn’t won an Olympic Medal (Any colour)
Monaco [barrykas]
Myanmar [tractakid,greatkingrat]
Malta [Going Underground,Urzzz1871,scrxisi]
Fiji [Sam]
Guatemala [Steeevooo]
San Marino [Nozzacook]
Bolivia [jbom]
Incorrect answers: Luxembourg [Starkey7]

9. Name a country that Great Britain football teams will face in the group stage of the 2012 Summer Olympic football event. (Men or Women)
Senegal [Steeevooo,Urzzz1871]
United Arab Emirates [tractakid,greatkingrat]
Uruguay [Going Underground,scrxisi]
New Zealand [barrykas,jbom]
Cameroon [Nozzacook,Sam]
Incorrect answers: Germany [Starkey7]

(Brazil no entries)

10. Name an athlete in the men’s 100 meters final in the 2008 Summer Olympics
Usain Bolt [Starkey7]
Walter Dix [Urzzz1871,tractakid,scrxisi]
Churandy Martina [barrykas,jbom]
Asafa Powell [Going Underground,Steeevooo,greatkingrat]
Marc Burns [Nozzacook,Sam]

(Richard Thompson, Michael Frater and Darvis Patton no entries)

Now please rise for national anthem of...

Results
1st jbom 288
=2nd Nozzacook 1,152
=2nd Sam 1,152
4th tractakid 1,296
5th scrxisi 2,304
6th barrykas 4,608
=7th Going Underground 6,912
=7th Steeevooo 6,912
9th Urzzz1871 7,776
10th greatkingrat 20,736
11th Starkey7 27,648

Err, you've missed scrxisi out of question eight....

Sam wrote:Err, you've missed scrxisi out of question eight....

Whoops! Sorry about that! Edited!

Boy I am rubbish at these

Though I seem to appear twice in the answers to q8, I did only say Bolivia, not Malta

Not bad, not bad, enjoyed it, thank you Raven.