The Olympic Games Quiz 5
Choose the correct answer for each question.
 
1Fanny Blankers-Koen won four gold medals at the 1948 London Olympics. Which country did she represent?
Germany
Holland
USA
Italy
Australia
2Peter Snell won 2 gold medals at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics in running events. Which country did he represent?
Australia
USA
New Zealand
England
Scotland
3Emil Zatopek won the 10,000m, 5,000m and marathon at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics within a week - and all in record times. Which country did he represent?
Finland
Hungary
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
4Who was the first gymnast to receive perfect scores at an Olympic Games?
Nadia Comaneci
Larissa Latynina
Vera Caslavska
Olga Korbut
Ludmilla Tourischeva
5How many Olympic Games did American Carl Lewis, who won a total of 9 golds and 1 silver, attend?
5
4
3
2
1
6How many gold medals did New Zealand swimmer Danyon Loader win at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics?
5
4
3
2
1
7Who was the first New Zealand woman to win an Olympic gold medal?
Yvette Williams (long jump)
Barbara Kendall (boardsailing)
Beatrice Faumuina (discus)
Sally Clark (equestrian)
Lorraine Moller (athletics - running)
8This New Zealander won New Zealand's first gold medal at an Olympic Games. He was part of the Australasian combined team (Australia-NZ). The medal came in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay. What was his name?
Anthony Wilding
Harold Kerr
H. Darcy Hadfield
Malcolm Champion
Arthur Porritt