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Olympics 121 questions.
Expensive junket held most leap years. Unless it's the winter one.
Pub quiz question 596 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Where were the 1904 summer Olympic games held?
  2. Answer: A: St. Louis, United States
  3. Categories: Olympics (8) Sports (8)
Pub quiz question 5837 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which sport was contested at the 1988 Olympics for the first time in 64 years?
  2. Answer: A: Tennis
  3. Notes: *: Previously played at the 1924 Olympics. Was a demonstration sport in 1968 and 1984.
  4. Categories: 1920s (6) 1980s (6) Sports (6) Olympics (6)
Pub quiz question 4098 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which city's 1972 Olympics were staged to celebrate peace but were marred by a terrorist attack?
  2. Answer: A: Munich's
  3. Categories: 1970s (5) Olympics (5) Geography (5) Sports (5)
Pub quiz question 4102 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: How many upright supports are permitted for an Olympic high jump crossbar?
  2. Answer: A: Two
  3. Categories: Sports (3) Olympics (3) Athletics (3)
Pub quiz question 235 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In the 1968 the Swedish pentathlete Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall was the first Olympic athlete to do what?
  2. Answer: A: Get disqualified for drug use (it was alcohol; he had some beers before starting)
  3. Categories: Sports (7) Olympics (6)
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Pub quiz question 4728 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which month did the 2004 Olympics take place in?
  2. Answer: A: August
  3. Categories: Olympics (4) Sports (4)
Pub quiz question 4725 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who collected Britain's first athletics gold of the 2004 Olympics?
  2. Answer: A: Kelly Holmes
  3. Categories: Sports (7) Olympics (7) Athletics (6)
Pub quiz question 4753 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which surgically enhanced Olympic gold medal swimmer appeared on Gladiators as Amazon?
  2. Answer: A: Sharon Davies
  3. Categories: Swimming (5) Sports (5) Television (5) Names (5) Olympics (5)
Pub quiz question 3174 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was the only British athlete to have achieved one of the top ten longest javelin throws of all time at the start of 2006?
  2. Answer: A: Steve Backley
  3. Categories: Sports (8) Olympics (8) 2000s (8)
Pub quiz question 1124 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In which year was the Olympic Torch first introduced into the modern Olympic Games?
  2. Answer: A: 1928
  3. Notes: *: The IX summer games. The relay from Greece to the venue didn't start until 1936 however.
  4. Categories: Sports (6) Olympics (5)
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