QUIZ
If, like me, you won’t be
able to get anywhere near any Pride House Olympic party you can host your own.
Get a few friends around, grab a few drinks and nibbles, and turn the opening ceremony
of the Rio Olympics and Paralympics into the biggest house party you’ve had since
the Eurovision Song Contest.
Here’s a quiz for you and
your guests. It might be an idea to get some appropriate images off the
internet and make up some questions of your own. You can decide if some answers
deserve more than one point.
Q1) Without
sneaking a peek, what is the colour of the middle ring on the top row on the
Olympic flag?
A) Black.
Q2) In
which year was the Olympic torch relay first fun?
a) Amsterdam 1926
b) Berlin 1936
c) London 1948
A) b)
Berlin 1936
Q3) The
Paralympic Games originate in games held for injured armed forces personnel at
Stoke Mandeville hospital shortly after World War II. In which year?
A) 1948.
Q4) Which
Olympic games, so far, has had the most identified lgbt athletes?
a)
Sydney 2000.
b)
Athens 2004.
c)
London 2012.
A) a)
Sydney 2000.
Q5) To
within 5 either way, how many lgbt athletes have been identified at the Sydney
2000 Olympics?
A) 54.
Q6) After
the Olympic flame is lit at Olympia it goes on a relay around Greece before the
ceremonial handover to the host nation at the Panathenaiko stadium. In which
city is the Panathenaiko stadium?
A) Athens.
Q7) Which
international sporting event, held every 4 years since 1982, was created
specifically for lgbt athletes and their allies by Tom Waddell, an athlete at
the 1968 Mexico Olympics?
a)
The Gay Games.
b)
The Out Games.
c)
The Pride Games.
A) a)
The Gay Games.
Q8) Which
Olympic sport has had the most known lgbt athletes?
a)
figure skating.
b)
football.
c)
swimming.
A) b)
football (28, only 2 of them are men).
Q9) In
1960 the Paralympic Games were held in the same host city as the Olympics for
the first time? Which city?
A) Rome.
Q10) Renée
Sintenis is the first identified lgbt Olympic medallist, but it wasn’t in
sport, it was in the art competition. In which art form did she win her medal?
a)
music.
b)
painting.
c)
sculpture.
A) c)
sculpture.
Q11) Martina
Navratilova is the oldest female lgbt Olympian. How old was she when she
competed in tennis at the Athens 2004 Olympics?
A) 47.
Q12) Ian
Thorpe, the lgbt Olympian to win more medals than any other (5 gold, 3 silver, 1
bronze), carried his national flag at the closing ceremony of the games held in
his home nation. Which city and nation?
A) Sydney,
Australia.
Q13) In
2012 London became the first city to host 3 summer Olympic Games. Earlier in
2012 which Austrian city became the first to host 3 winter Olympic Games?
A) Innsbruck
- 1964, 1972, 2012 (Youth Winter Olympics).
Q14) Six
Olympians have died of AIDS. All except one competed in the same sport of which
John Curry is the most famous victim. Which sport?
A) Figure
skating.
Q15) Who
is the odd one out in this list of lgbt Olympians, and why?
Tom
Daley
Greg
Louganis
Ian
Thorpe
A) Ian
Thorpe, he’s a swimmer, the other two are divers.
Q16) And
which is the odd one out in this list of lgbt Olympic tennis players, and why?
Gigi
Fernandez
Martina
Navratilova
Amélie
Mauresmo
A) Martina
Navratilova – she never won an Olympic medal, the other two did.
Q17) Singer
k d lang has performed in two Olympic Winter games ceremonies, both of them in
her home nation. Which nation?
A) Canada
– Calgary 1988 closing ceremony, Vancouver 2010 opening ceremony.
Q18) The
American diver Greg Louganis made history at the 1988 Seoul Olympics by
defending both gold medals he won in 1984. But what other incident is Greg most
remembered for at the Seoul Olympics?
A) Hitting
his head on the diving board.
Q19) Of
the 230 known lgbt Olympians, how many (within 5 either way) have won gold
medals?
A) 54.
Q20) The
London Gay Men’s Chorus sang at the opening ceremony of which Paralympic Games?
A) London
2012.
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