Solved Olympic quizzes . . . . . .
Quiz number 1, Adina Timar:
"Nenikikamen" means we have won, am i right?
In the year 490 BC when the Athenians defeated a huge army of invading Persians, Greek messenger Phidippidesa was sent to deliver news of the victory when the battle ended. Upon his arrival, after running the whole distance from Marathon to Athens, he was only able to pronounce the word nenikikamen before dying of exhaustion. This event is commemorated on the first Sunday of November each year with the Athens-Marathon run, open to all. It starts at the historic battlefield and ends 42 kilometres away at the majestic Panathenaic Stadium. So Phidippidesa was the first who yelled ninikikamen!
Iit was very easy to find the answer :) I just had to search the internet, in this days you can find everything on the internet!
Quiz nr 2, Smara Onuto:
Alfred Hajos was the first-ever Olympic swimming champion, and the first Hungarian Olympic gold medalist when he won two gold medals at the 1896 Athens Olympics. He won his medals in the 100-meter freestyle (1:22.2), and the 1200-meter freestyle (18:22.2).
At the 1896 Games, the swimming events were held in the MEDITERRANEAN SEA and the swimmers had to
battle the elements as much as each other.
I found the answer on the internet and it wasn't so easy.
Quiz nr 3, Nerea Leiza Apeztegia:
2 medals.
In 1932, Nikolaus Hirschl won Olympic bronze medals in Los Angeles in both the Heavyweight Freestyle and Greco-Roman events.
Quiz nr 4, Cecilia Olsson:
I found the answer to the Olympic Quiz.
It is a horse, who won the 1999 World cup in Gothenburg and a silver medal in Athens 2004.
He is named Baloubet du Rouet.
Quiz nr 5, Albin Askman Junhede and Mikael Nordlander, Sweden.
The next Olympic games will be in Turin 2005.
Equipment for skeleton: is the sledge, helmet and a tight low-friction suite.
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