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Olympics 121 questions.
Expensive junket held most leap years. Unless it's the winter one.
Pub quiz question 169 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In the 1996 olympics, who was disqualified from the men's 100m final after 2 false starts?
  2. Answer: A: Linford Christie
  3. Categories: Sports (4) Olympics (4)
Pub quiz question 4105 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What Olympic event is based on what was once used as a practical means to travel round the fens of England's eastern counties?
  2. Answer: A: Pole vault
  3. Categories: Sports (7) Athletics (7) Olympics (7)
Pub quiz question 626 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In which year did the first winter Olympics not happen in the same year as the summer Olympics?
  2. Answer: A: 1994 (Norway)
  3. Categories: Olympics (7) Sports (7) 1940s (4)
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Pub quiz question 615 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Where were the 1976 summer Olympic games held?
  2. Answer: A: Montreal, Canada
  3. Categories: Olympics (7) Sports (7) 1970s (7)
Pub quiz question 623 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Where were the 2008 summer Olympic games held?
  2. Answer: A: Beijing, China
  3. Categories: Sports (4) Olympics (4) 2000s (4)
  4. Times used:
Pub quiz question 6100 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who lit the flame at the 2000 Sydney Olympics?
  2. Answer: A: Cathy Freeman
  3. Categories: Athletics (7) Olympics (7) 2000s (7) Sports (7)
Pub quiz question 617 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Where were the 1984 summer Olympic games held?
  2. Answer: A: Los Angeles, US
  3. Categories: Olympics (7) Sports (7) 1980s (7)
Pub quiz question 3195 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What form of hockey was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics
  2. Answer: A: Roller hockey
  3. Categories: Olympics (7) Sports (7) 1990s (7)
Pub quiz question 632 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Where would the 1940 winter Olympic games have been held?
  2. Answer: A: Initially in Sapporo, Japan, but they gave it back to the IOC. IOC gave it to St Moritz, Switzerland, but after falling out, the IOC confiscated it. IOC then gave it to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, but it was eventually cancelled because of the warn
  3. Categories: Olympics (10) Sports (10) 1940s (10)
Pub quiz question 3191 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which four-letter-named combat activity for women awarded Olympic Medals in 1992 after being a demonstration sport in 1988?
  2. Answer: A: Judo
  3. Categories: 1980s (3) Sports (3) Olympics (3)
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