The quiz for the 8th form:

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The quiz for the 8th form
What do you know aboutthe Olympic Games?
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1-st round The History of the
Olympic Games
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1.When and where did the Olympic Games begin?
(name the date and the country)

• 776 BC, Ancient Greece

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2. When and where did the first Olympic Games
take place? (name the town)

• In Athens

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3. How did they take place?
For example winter Olympic games took place
in 1912-1916-1920-1924-1928-1932-1936-
1948-1952-1956-1960-1964-1968-1972-1926-1980-1984-
1988-1992-1996-2000-2004-2008-2012.....

• every 4 years

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4. Why did the Olympic Games become the symbol of
peace and friendship?

• For the period of games all the wars stopped

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• 2-nd round
• The Olympic movement

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1. What is the central policy-making body of the
Olympic movement?

• The International Olympic Comitee

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2. What is necessary besides sports competitions
for the Olympic Games?

• a cultural programme of concerts, exhibitions,
  festivals

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3. When did Russia join the Olympic movement?

• In 1952

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4. Where and when did Olympic Games take place in
our country ?

• the 22-nd Olympic Games, Moscow, 1980

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5. What does the Olympic motto mean?

• Citius Altius Fortius
• FASTER Higher Stronger

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3-rd round National sports of Great Britain
and the USA
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1. Which game is the most popular game in GB and
in the world?

• Soccer-football

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2. What club is the biggest football club in the
world?

• England

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3. What kind of sport is Derby connected with?

• Horse racing

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4. What kind of sport is Wimbledon connected
with?

• All-England and International Tennis Championships

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5. What is a walking game in Britain?

• golf

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6. When and where was basketball invented?

• by a teacher at a sports school in Springfield,
  USA, 1891

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7. What kinds of sports were originated in the
USA also?

• volleyball, wind-surfing, skate-boarding,
  triathlon

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• The game is over.
• Good luck!

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