Our quizmaster Gavin Fuller has compiled all the tools you need for a huge Olympics quiz to test the knowledge of family and friends. So gather everyone around — at home, at your workplace or in the pub. In this pack you will find complete question lists spread out over 20 categories, team answer sheets and solutions. It’s the perfect way to whet everyone’s appetite for the Games.

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OLYMPIC QUIZ Are you a Games expert? Test your friends with this bumper set of questions from Gavin Fuller

Eurosport. All sports. All emotions.

Olympic history (1)1 Who was president of the IOC from 1896 to 1925, and honorary president until his death in 1937?

2 What natural event led to Rome being unable to host the 1908 Games, London stepping in at short notice to do so?

3 Where did the rowing events take place when London staged the 1948 Olympics?

4 Josef Barthel was which European country’s only gold medal winner when he won the 1,500m at Helsinki in 1952?

5 Which games were the first to receive a fee from broadcasters to show the Olympics, the IOC collecting $1.2 million with the games being broadcast in 21 countries?

6 What was the name of the Palestinian terrorist group who blighted the Munich games with their kidnap and murder of 11 Israelis?

7 Who is the only person to light the Olympic torch and win a gold medal at the same games, winning her country’s 100th gold in the process in front of the largest-ever crowd at an Olympic session?

8 Which is the only country credited with having won a gold medal at every modern Olympic Games?

9 What are the only five sports to have been played at all the modern Olympic Games?

10 With 207 golds, Great Britain takes fourth place in the all-time medal table for the Summer Olympics. What are the three countries ahead of us?

British gold (1)1 Which bald British swimmer won gold at the 1980 Olympics in the 100m breaststroke?

2 Who was the first British woman to win two gold medals at the same Olympic Games?

3 Which three rowers helped Steve Redgrave to his fifth gold medal at Sydney?

4 Who ran the anchor leg when Britain shocked the Americans to win the men’s 4x100m at Athens in 2004?

5 In which sport did Malcolm Cooper win gold at Los Angeles in 1984 and Seoul in 1988?

6 Chris Hoy won gold medals in Beijing in the sprint, team sprint and which other cycling event?

7 Britain won the first four gold medals, between 1900 and 1920, in which seven-man team sport, but has never won a medal in it since?

8 In which event have Laurieston (in 1972) and Shear l’Eau (in 2004) helped the UK to Olympic gold?

9 In which sport did brothers Laurie and Reggie Doherty both win two gold medals at Paris in 1900?

10 At which two Olympic Games did Daley Thompson win gold medals in the decathlon?

Famous Olympians1 Which current Premier League footballer was top scorer in the football tournament in Athens, scoring eight goals to help Argentina to gold?

2 Which grill entrepreneur won an Olympic gold at Mexico in 1968?

3 How did Gertrude Ederle, who won bronze medals in the 100m and 400m freestyle and a gold in the 4x100m freestyle in Paris in 1924, make swimming history two years later?

4 Who won the 400m freestyle swimming at the 1932 Los Angeles Games before embarking on an acting career, becoming the only actor to play Tarzan, Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers?

5 Which Second World War American General competed in the modern pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, coming fifth, the highest place for a non-Swede?

6 Childcare expert Dr Benjamin Spock was an Olympic gold medallist in which sport?

7 Weightlifter Harold Sakata, who won the light heavyweight silver at London in 1948, later became famous for his role in which part in a James Bond film?

8 What nationality was Juan Antonio Samaranch, president of the IOC from 1980 to 2001?

9 Which fencing competitor at Melbourne in 1956 was president of the World Bank from 1995 to 2005?

10 Which country did Lennox Lewis represent when he won the Olympic super heavyweight boxing title at Seoul in 1988?

London 2012 (1)1 In which city was it announced on July 6, 2005, that London was successful in its bid to host the 2012 Olympics?

2 From where did the Olympic torch embark at 7am on Saturday, May 19, on its tour around the country?

3 Who is artistic director of the opening ceremony?

4 What is the price of the costliest ticket to the opening ceremony?

5 Who is the architect of the Aquatic Centre for the Olympics?

6 Who is the chairman of the London 2012 Organising Committee?

7 Which artist designed the ArcelorMittal Orbit tower at the Olympic Park?

8 What was Wolff Ollins’ key contribution to the 2012 Olympics?

9 Which watch company is official timekeeper to the 2012 Olympics?

10 Which river runs through the Olympic Park?

Quiz sheet 1 Eurosport. All sports. All emotions.

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British medallists1 Walter Tysal in 1908 and Louis Smith in 2008 are the only British men to have received an Olympic medal in which sport?

2 In which sport did Sarah Stevenson come fourth in the welterweight category in 2000 and won a bronze medal in the heavyweight category in 2008?

3 Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms are Britain’s only medallists in which sport since its admission to the Games in 1992?

4 Which tennis player partnered Neil Broad to a silver medal in the men’s doubles at Atlanta in 1996?

5 In which different sports did Rebecca Romero win a silver medal in Athens and a gold medal in Beijing?

6 How many Olympic medals did Sebastian Coe win in total?

7 Which British athlete became the first woman to win a gold, silver and bronze at the same Olympic Games, at Tokyo 1964?

8 What occupation was shared by the members of the British teams who won all three medals at the 1908 Games and the gold medal at the 1920 Games in the tug-of-war?

9 Who won judo silver in the lightweight category at the 1980 Olympics, and in the half-middleweight in 1984?

10 In which sport did British women win five gold, five silver and five bronze medals up to 1924, but none since its reintroduction in 1988?

Athletics at the Olympics1 Nicknamed “The Vaulting Vicar”, theology professor Reverend Bob Richards is the only man to have won two golds in which event, in 1952 and 1956?

2 Who ran in gold shoes to win two golds at Atlanta in 1996?

3 In which event did Dorando Pietri of Italy capture hearts at London in 1908, receiving a medal from Queen Alexandra to compensate for his disqualification for receiving assistance?

4 Vladimir Kuts in 1956, Lasse Viren in 1972 and 1976 and Miruts Yifter in 1980 all achieved gold medals in which two athletics events?

5 At 32 years of age, which athlete is the oldest man to win the men’s 100m?

6 Which country’s first track gold medal was achieved in the 110m hurdles at the 2004 Athens Games?

7 Who still holds the heptathlon word record of 7,291 points, set when she won the gold medal in Seoul?

8 Which athlete is the only man to win both the 400m and 800m at the same Olympic games?

9 What was the surname of the Soviet athlete sisters Tamara and Iryna, who won five golds between them before disappearing when sex testing was introduced?

10 Pole Robert Korzeniowski made history at Sydney by becoming the only man to take both men’s walking titles. What was the distance in kilometres he had to walk to do this?

Olympic incidents1 Which athlete was stripped of his gold medal in the men’s 100m at Seoul after failing a drugs test?

2 The opening ceremony to which Olympic Games featured a spaceman flying with a jetpack?

3 Who crashed out in tears of the women’s 3,000m at Los Angeles in 1984 after tripping over Zola Budd?

4 South Korean Park Si-hun benefited from at least four highly contentious judging decisions in five matches to win an Olympic Gold in which sport at Seoul in 1988?

5 At the ceremony for the men’s 200m in athletics at Mexico in 1968, two American athletes caused controversy by giving the black power salute. Bronze medallist John Carlos was one, which gold medallist was the other?

6 Which event was disrupted by defrocked Irish priest Cornelius Horan at Athens in 2004, who grabbed the leader, Brazilian Vanderlei de Lima, and pushed him into the crowd?

7 Which two countries contested a violent water polo match at Melbourne, tensions having been inflamed by political events a month earlier?

8 At Munich in 1972, in which sport were the Pakistan team so riled by what they saw as biased officiating in the final against Germany that they poured water over the president of the sport’s international federation?

9 The women’s gymnastics event at Sydney was affected by the height of which piece of equipment being set 5cm too low?

10 Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Ekaterini Thanou missed a drugs test prior to Athens 2004. What there they accused of faking to explain the missed test?

London 2012: the sports1 In which Olympic sport is Greco-Roman one of the versions competed?

2 Which Summer Olympic sport takes place on a piste?

3 Which sport at London 2012 involves two apparatus sets, one consisting of five balls, the other three ribbons and two hoops?

4 How long is an Olympic rowing course?

5 In which sport is the top of the net 2.43m above the ground for men and 2.24m above the ground for women?

6 What is the name of the two-day, six-discipline cycling event that is making its debut at London 2012?

7 Which sport is played in four quarters of eight minutes with a team of seven?

8 Which swimming strokes only have race distances of 100m and 200m?

9 Which event, being staged at this year’s Olympics for the last time after 28 years, uses the RS:X as its equipment?

10 There are two types of lift performed in Olympic weightlifting competitions. One is the snatch. What is the other?

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Olympic medallists1 Which British athlete was fourth in the pentathlon in 1964, ninth in 1968 but won gold with a world record in 1972?

2 Which Australian swimmer, notable for his size 17 feet and 75in arm span, won three gold medals in 2000 and another two in 2004?

3 At which Olympic Games did Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) win the light-heavyweight boxing gold medal?

4 In which event have the fathers of both Grace Kelly and Hugh Laurie won gold medals at the Olympic Games?

5 Which Ethiopian athlete became the first gold medallist from his country when he won the marathon, running barefoot, at Rome in 1960?

6 Which country won the men’s hockey gold medal on six consecutive occasions, from 1928 to 1960?

7 Eugene Lunde of Norway in 1924, son Peter in 1952 and grandson Peter in 1960 were all Olympic medallists in which sport?

8 Oscar Swahn of Sweden is the oldest man to receive a medal, at the running-deer shooting event at Antwerp in 1920. How old was he?

9 Which sprinter has won more bronze medals than any other woman at the Olympics — six between 1980 and 2000 — as well as three silver medals but never a gold?

10 Dick Williams, who won gold in the tennis mixed doubles at Paris in 1924, was a survivor of which famous disaster?

Olympic sports (1)1 In Olympic gymnastics, do the men compete on the asymmetric or the parallel bars?

2 How many players are there in a beach volleyball team?

3 What are the three types of fencing sword used at the Olympics?

4 In a swimming individual medley race, which of the four strokes is done first?

5 Which sport, undertaken by women only, originally had solo and duet competitions when introduced at Los Angeles in 1984, but since 2000 has duet and team events?

6 In diving, how high above the water is the springboard?

7 What is the lightest weight category of the 10 currently fought in men’s boxing at the Olympic Games?

8 How many people take part in the final of an Olympic rowing eights competition?

9 Which Olympic discipline is competed on something 5.05 metres wide and 1.155 metres high?

10 Which event was an exhibition sport on seven occasions, more often than any other, finally gained admittance in 1992, but was dropped after 2008?

Olympic history (2)1 Which then-revolutionary jumping technique made its debut at Mexico in 1968?

2 Swedish modern pentathlete Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall has the dubious distinction of being the first man to do what at an Olympic Games, also in Mexico in 1968?

3 What type of creature was Misha, mascot of the 1980 Olympics?

4 What connects Berlin in 1916, Toyko and then Helsinki in 1940 and London in 1944? 5 Ian Taylor, Steve Redgrave twice, Matthew Pinsent, Kate Howey and Mark Foster are the last five British competitors to do what at the summer Olympic Games?

6 The torch relay was first staged at which Olympic Games?

7 Which country was banned from the Olympic Games from 1962 to 1991?

8 At Athens in 2004, women competed for the first time in which event, in four weight classes?

9 Which sport will be making its return at Rio in 2016 after 112 years, having been competed in 1900 and 1904 when all the gold medals were won by people from North America?

10 Who received the Olympic Flag from the IOC president at the 2008 Closing Ceremony?

Olympic royalty1 How many times has Queen Elizabeth II opened the Olympic Games?

2 Crown Prince Constantine won a gold medal in the Dragon-class sailing at the 1960 Games for which country, whose throne he would accede to four years later?

3 Princess Haya of which country in the Middle East carried its flag at the 2000 Olympics, where she competed in the show jumping? 4 Ahmed al-Maktoum is a member of the royal family of which of the United Arab Emirates, for which he won its only Olympic medal, a gold in the double trap shooting at Athens in 2004?

5 What is the name of the horse on which Zara Philips will be competing at London 2012?

6 Which current European monarch, plus his son and daughter, have all competed in the Olympic Games at sailing, between 1972 and 1992?

7 Which competitor at the 2000 Olympics went on to marry Prince Albert II of Monaco?

8 In which city did Prince Hendrik of the Netherlands open the 1928 Games?

9 Which future monarch won a yachting gold medal at these Games?

10 Who opened the Olympic games the first time they were staged in London, in 1908?

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Eurosport. All sports. All emotions.Quiz sheet 4

Beijing 20081 In which sport did Australian Matt Mitcham stop China winning all eight golds at the 2008 Games?

2 What nickname was given to the Olympic stadium in Beijing due to its striking appearance?

3 In which sport did Elena Dementieva, Dinara Safina and Vera Zvonareva give Russia a clean sweep of the individual medals at Beijing?

4 Which sport at the 2008 games was staged at Qingdao?

5 Weightlifter Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatatakoon has the longest name of any Olympic champion. For which country did she win gold at Beijing?

6 Emma Hindle, Laura Bechtolsheimer and Jane Gregory were Britain’s competitors in which event at the 2008 Games?

7 Nathalie du Toit became the first amputee to take part in the Olympics for 104 years when she competed in Beijing. What country did she represent?

8 Which Cuban athlete won the 110m hurdles at the Beijing Olympics?

9 In which sport was the men’s final between France and Iceland and the women’s between Norway and Russia?

10 Which song did Jimmy Page and Leona Lewis perform outside a London bus at the 2008 closing ceremony?

Olympic greats1 Which mother of two won four sprint gold medals at London in 1948?

2 Which great Finnish runner won both the 1,500m and 5,000m at Paris in 1924 even though the finals were only two hours apart?

3 Who is the only woman to win six gold medals at the same Olympics, in the pool at Seoul in 1988?

4 Which American athlete won four golds at Berlin in 1936, much to the displeasure of Adolf Hitler?

5 In which sport did Larissa Latynina of the Soviet Union win nine gold medals, more than any other female in the history of the Games?

6 How many world records was Usain Bolt involved in setting in Beijing ?

7 Which swimmer’s seven golds at Munich in 1972 were all in world record times?

8 In which sport did German Birgit Fischer win eight gold medals across six Olympic Games, the last in Athens 2004 at the age of 46?

9 Which nine-time gold medallist in athletics was named “Sportsman of the Century” by the IOC in 1999?

10 Who, at Montreal in 1976, became the first gymnast to receive a perfect mark of 10.0, on the asymmetric bars?

Olympic oddities1 Cyclist Erika Salumäe won Estonia’s first gold medal since it regained independence at Barcelona in 1992, but what error did officials make with the Estonian flag at the medal ceremony?

2 In 1956, although the Games were in Melbourne, which sport was forced to stage its events five months earlier in Stockholm?

3 In which sport were the three leading women successively disqualified for lifting in the closing stages of the race at the 2000 Sydney Olympics? 4 In which sport at the first Olympic Games in Athens was one of the events limited to members of the Greek navy only?

5 In which equestrian event was Sweden disqualified after London 1948 because one of its competitors was a sergeant, not a commissioned officer?

6 In 1904, George Eyser picked up three medals in which sport despite competing with a wooden leg?

7 In Toyko in 1964, Bulgarian long-jumper Diana Yorgova and gymnast Nikolai Prodonov were the first, and to date the only, people to do what in the Olympic Village?

8 Man Afraid Soap, Almighty Voice and Rain in Face were among the competitors in which sport at the 1904 Olympics, won by Canada the only two times it was staged?

9 How many paying spectators attended the croquet tournament at the Paris Olympics of 1900?

10 Which Swedish future world heavyweight boxing champion was disqualified from the 1952 final for not “giving of his best”?

British gold (2)1 Who won the first British gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games, in the women’s cycling road race?

2 Two British gold medal-winning athletes were the subject of the film Chariots of Fire. Name one of them

3 Which co-founder of the London Marathon won the 3,000m steeplechase gold medal at Melbourne in 1956?

4 Stephanie Cook was a British gold medallist at Sydney in which event, the first time a woman’s competition was staged?

5 Ben Ainslie won his first Olympic gold in 2000 in a Laser boat, but in which type of boat did he win gold in 2004 and 2008?

6 Sarah Webb and Sarah Ayton were two of the three winning members of the crew in which sailing class, the only two times it was staged at the Olympics, in 2004 and 2008?

7 Rebecca Adlington’s gold was the first in the swimming pool at an Olympic Games by a British woman for 48 years. Who won that previous gold medal, in Rome?

8 Who scored eight goals in seven games to help Britain’s men’s hockey team to Olympic gold at Seoul in 1998?

9 Heir to the Marquess of Exeter, which Lord won the 400m hurdles at the 1928 Olympics?

10 What was the surname of the brothers whose late surge in the coxed pairs in 1992 brought a surprise gold medal?

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Olympic sports (2)1 In which Olympic Games did judo make its debut as an Olympic sport?

2 The standard distance for which event was set at the London Olympics of 1908, although it wasn’t until 1924 that it was set at that length?

3 In which sport has China won 20 out of the 24 gold medals competed for since it was introduced at Seoul in 1988?

4 Archery was dropped from the Olympic programme after the 1920 games. In which year did it return — 1964, 1972 or 1980?

5 The 14 tallest male competitors and the four tallest female competitors in the history of the Olympic Games all competed in which sport?

6 In which six-person team sport are the USA and Brazil defending men’s and women’s champions respectively in London?

7 At which Olympics did BMX racing make its debut?

8 Which of these sports has never been played at the Olympics? Croquet, jeu de paume, kabaddi or pelota?

9 First held in Beijing, what is the longest distance in a swimming event at the Olympics?

10 What is the maximum score an execution judge can award in an Olympic trampoline competition?

London 2012 (2)1 Which sport will be taking place at Eton Dorney in 2012?

2 Where in London was the Countdown Clock unveiled on March 14, 2011?

3 Savannah Marshall, Nicola Adams and Natasha Jonas will be the first women to represent the UK in which sport at London 2012?

4 Which city did London defeat in the final round of voting to host the 2012 Games?

5 Drew Sullivan and Julie Page are the men’s and women’s team captains for Great Britain at which sport at London 2012?

6 The 2012 medals will be the biggest and heaviest to date. How much will they weigh — 400g, 550g or 700g?

7 Despite having been played at the Olympics since 1936, 2012 will see British teams competing in which sport for the first time?

8 Which sport will be taking place over seven days at the ExCeL centre, starting with the lowest weight level and progressing each day through the next to the highest level on the final day?

9 The men’s cycling road race includes nine circuits of which hill?

10 On what date is the closing ceremony of the 2012 Olympics?

Olympic history (3)1 In which sport was Romanian gold medallist Andreea Raducan stripped of her title at Sydney after testing positive in a drugs test due to her team doctor having given her an Nurofen tablet to counteract breathing difficulties?

2 London is in 2012 the first city to host three modern Olympics, going ahead of which three cities that have staged the Games twice?

3 At 7,400 feet above sea level, what has been the highest location so far for a Summer Olympic Games?

4 Which men’s track event had a British gold medallist in 1920, 1924, 1928 and 1932?

5 At the Montreal Olympics of 1976, the sailing took place out of the Portsmouth Olympic Harbour at Kingston, on which of the North American Great Lakes?

6 What were Superdocious and Superdoso, which contributed to British gold in 1968 and 1972?

7 Who is the only tennis player to win an Olympic singles tennis title and achieve the Grand Slam in the same year?

8 Who lit the Olympic Flame at the opening ceremony for the 1948 London Olympics?

9 Winners at the ancient Olympic Games at Olympia were crowned by a wreath made from branches of which tree?

10 Which rather unlikely country was the last to win a rugby gold medal, at Paris in 1924?

Olympic miscellany1 In which stadium did the opening ceremony for the 1948 London Olympics take place?

2 What does the Olympic motto of “Citius, Altius, Fortius” mean when translated into English?

3 Which athlete’s world record times when winning gold in the women’s 100m and 200m at Seoul in 1988 have stood undefeated ever since?

4 Which sports car manufacturer made the bicycle on which Chris Boardman won the 4,000m pursuit in 1992?

5 What do the five Olympic rings represent?

6 And what are the five colours of the rings on the Olympic Flag?

7 Which countries as a rule are the first and last to enter the stadium at an Olympic Games opening ceremony?

8 Teams from Britain or Argentina have won the gold medal in which sport the only five times it was staged at the Olympics?

9 For which country did Eric “The Eel” Moussambani race in the men’s 100m freestyle at the Sydney Olympics, despite him never having attempted that distance before?

10 What caused Lynn Davies to say to Ralph Boston, “What’s the point in going on? We’ll all look silly,” at Mexico in 1968?

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Olympic history (1)1 Baron Pierre de Coubertin2 it could not afford the cost after having to pay for disaster relief when Mount Vesuvius erupted3 Henley4 Luxembourg5 Rome 19606 Black September7 Cathy Freeman8 Great Britain9 Athletics, cycling, fencing, gymnastics and swimming10 USA (929), Soviet Union (395) and Germany (247)

British gold (1)1 Duncan Goodhew2 Kelly Holmes (800m and 1500m at Athens in 2004)3 Matthew Pinsent, Tim Foster and James Cracknell4 Mark Lewis-Francis5 Shooting6 Keirin7 Water polo8 Individual three-day event (they’re the horses Richard Meade and Leslie Law respectively rode)9 Tennis (Laurie won the men’s singles, the brothers teamed up to win the men’s doubles and Reggie won the mixed doubles with Charlotte Cooper)10 Moscow in 1980 and Los Angeles in 1984

Famous Olympians1 Carlos Tevez2 George Foreman3 She was the first woman to swim the English Channel4 Buster Crabbe5 George S Patton6 Rowing (men’s eight)7 Oddjob (in Goldfinger)8 Spanish9 James Wolfensohn10 Canada

London 2012 (1)1 Singapore2 Land’s End

3 Danny Boyle4 £2,0125 Zaha Hadid6 Lord Coe7 Anish Kapoor8 They designed the logo9 Omega10 The River Lea (or Lee)

British medallists1 Gymnastics2 Taekwondo3 Badminton4 Tim Henman5 Rowing (silver) and cycling (gold)6 Four (two 1500m gold and two 800m silver)7 Mary Rand8 Policemen9 Neil Adams10 Tennis

Athletics at the Olympics1 Pole vault2 Michael Johnson3 Marathon4 5,000m and 10,000m5 Linford Christie6 China (Liu Xiang being the winner)7 Jackie Joyner-Kersee8 Alberto Juantorena of Cuba (at Montreal in 1976)9 Press10 70km

Olympic incidents1 Ben Johnson2 Los Angeles 19843 Mary Decker4 Boxing5 Tommy Smith6 (Men’s) marathon7 Hungary and the Soviet Union (which had invaded Hungary to quell an anti-communist revolt a month earlier)8 Hockey9 The vaulting horse10 A motorcycle accident

London 2012: the sports1 Wrestling2 Fencing3 Rhythmic gymnastics

4 2,000m5 Volleyball6 Omnium7 Water polo8 Backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly (only freestyle has shorter and longer distances)9 Windsurfing10 Clean and jerk

Olympic medallists1 Mary Peters2 Ian Thorpe3 1960 in Rome4 Rowing5 Abebe Bikila6 India7 Sailing8 729 Merlene Ottey10 The sinking of RMS Titanic

Olympic sports (1)1 Parallel (and women on the asymmetric)2 Two3 Épée, foil and sabre4 Butterfly5 Synchronised swimming6 Three metres7 Light flyweight8 54 (six teams of eight rowers and one cox)9 Trampoline10 Baseball

Olympic history (2)1 The Fosbury Flop (in the high jump)2 Fail a drug test3 A bear4 They were intended locations of games cancelled due to the First and Second World Wars5 Carry the flag in the opening ceremony6 Berlin in 19367 South Africa8 (Freestyle) wrestling9 Golf10 Boris Johnson

Olympic royalty1 Once (Montreal in 1976)2 Greece3 Jordan4 Dubai5 High Kingdom

6 King Juan Carlos I of Spain7 Charlene Wittstock of South Africa8 Amsterdam9 Olav V of Norway10 Edward VII

Beijing 20081 Diving2 The Bird’s Nest3 Tennis4 Sailing5 Thailand6 Dressage7 South Africa8 Dayton Robles9 Handball10 Whole Lotta Love

Olympic greats1 Fanny Blankers-Koen2 Paavo Nurmi3 Kristin Otto4 Jesse Owens5 Gymnastics6 Three (100m, 200m, and 4x100m)7 Mark Spitz8 Kayaking9 Carl Lewis10 Nadia Comaneci

Olympic oddities1 They flew it upside down2 Equestrianism (due to Australian quarantine regulations)3 Walking (20km walk)4 Swimming5 Dressage6 Gymnastics7 Get married8 Lacrosse9 One10 Ingemar Johansson

British gold (2)1 Nicole Cooke2 Harold Abrahams or Eric Liddell3 Chris Brasher4 Modern pentathlon5 Finn6 Yngling7 Anita Lonsbrough8 Sean Kerly9 Lord Burghley10 Searle (Jonathan and Greg)

Olympic sports (2)1 Tokyo in 19642 Marathon3 Table Tennis

4 19725 Basketball6 Volleyball7 Beijing 20088 Kabaddi9 10,000m (open water)10 10

London 2012 (2)1 Rowing2 Trafalgar Square3 Boxing4 Paris5 Basketball6 400g7 Handball8 Judo9 Box Hill10 August 12

Olympic history (3)1 Gymnastics2 Athens (1896 and 2004), Paris (1900 and 1924) and Los Angeles (1932 and 1984)3 Mexico City4 800m5 Lake Ontario6 Boats (of the Flying Dutchman class helmed by Rodney Pattison with Iain MacDonald-Smith and Chris Davies respectively)7 Steffi Graf (in1988)8 John Mark9 Olive10 USA

Olympic miscellany1 Wembley Stadium2 Faster, Higher, Stronger3 Florence Griffith-Joyner4 Lotus5 The five continents that take part in the Olympics (Europe, Asia, Africas, Oceania and the Americas)6 Blue, Black, Red, Yellow and Green7 Greece and the host nation.8 Polo9 Equatorial Guinea10 Bob Beamon’s long jump of 8.90 metres, which broke the world record by 55 centimetres