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Poll 94/100 | Olympic Trivia Polls

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Poll 94/100  

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  1. 1. Which of the following statements are false?

    • The first Modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece in 1896.
      2
    • The official motto for the Olympics is Citius, Altrius, Fortius meaning Faster, Higher, Stronger.
      4
    • The five official Olympic values are Joy of effort, fair play, respect for others, pursuit of happiness ; and balance between body, will and mind.
      2
    • Tonga has never won a Olympic medal
      5
    • The music for The Olympic Hymn was written by Spyros Samaras
      0
    • Olive branch crownwas given to winners of the Olympics in ancient Greece
      2
    • 64 countries boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics?
      1
    • The Olympics were first held to honor Greek god Zeus
      1
    • The only event in the first-known ancient Greek Olympics was a footrace of length 190 meters
      2
    • The American Olympic athlete who was later a prisoner of war in World War II was Louis Zamperini
      1
    • The London Olympic Games in 1908 were 198 days long
      2
    • Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis both won gold in four events: 100-meter, 200-meter, 4×100-meter relay and triple jump
      4
    • The first athlete to win eight medals in a single Olympic Games was Aleksandr Dityatin
      2
    • In 1904, the athlete who was disqualified for doing a big portion of the 40-kilometer race via car was Fred Lorz
      1
    • The person credited with starting the modern Olympic games is Baron Pierre de Coubertin who died of a heart attack in an encounter with tiger in Geneva, Switzerland
      4

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Dunadan Community Regular

Dunadan   1,103

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1- true

2- Altius, not Altrius

3- not pursuit of happiness for sure

4- see post above

5- true?

6-true

7- true?

8 - true

9-true, the stadion

10-true, see the film Unbroken

11- I think 180 something days, just answered on the Olympic trivia a few days ago

12- long jump, not triple jump

13

14- marathon

15- never heard of the tiger

 

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Fly_like_a_don   1,142

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1- true

2- Altius, not Altrius

3- not pursuit of happiness ,it's pursuit of excellence 

4- Wolfgram the boxer won bronze 

5- true

6-true

7- 66

8 - true

9- 192m

10-true

11- 188 Days

12- long jump, not triple jump

13- True

14- True

15- No such encounter with tiger happened. I created the tiger for the poll

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