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Answer the following questions related to the Modern Summer Olympic Games.

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1.

What are the serial numbers of the two Summer Olympic Games that were cancelled due to World War II?

  VIII and IX

  X and XI

  XII and XIII

  XIV and XV

  Half-n-half Clue
 

2.

Who was the first ever women's marathon champion at the Olympic Games?

  Ingrid Kristiansen

  Rosa Mota

  Valentina Yegorova

  Joan Benoit

  Half-n-half Clue
 

3.

What is typically handed over by the host city to the next organizing city at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games?

  Olympic flame

  Olympic medals

  Olympic flag

  Olympic mascots

  Half-n-half Clue
 

4.

Who holds the record for the most medals (of any type) at a single celebration of the Olympic Games?

  Larissa Latynina

  Mark Spitz

  Michael Phelps (twice) & Alexander Dityatin (once)

  Paavo Nurmi

  Half-n-half Clue
 

5.

At the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, which famous American track and field athlete won four gold medals?

  Michael Johnson

  Jesse Owens

  Carl Lewis

  Ralph Metcalfe

  Half-n-half Clue
 

6.

Name the great athlete who starred in 'Endurance,' a movie that chronicles his life and his quest for the gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

  Paul Tergat

  Emil Zatopek

  Kenenisa Bekele

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Half-n-half Clue
 

7.

At the 1956 Olympic Games, only the equestrian events were not held in Melbourne.  Where were they held?

  Christchurch, New Zealand

  Stockholm, Sweden

  Helsinki, Finland

  Sydney, Australia

  Half-n-half Clue
 


 
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