From the descriptions below, can you name the people associated with the Olympics?
1. During the 1936 Summer Olympics, held in Berlin, Germany, I won four gold medals. Two of them were in the 100 and 200 metre sprints. The other two were in the long jump and 4 x 100 metre relay race. On the track, I was the equal of any, and better than most, but as an African-American, I had discrimination problems in the USA.
a) Jesse Owens
b) Ralph Metcalfe
c) Frank Wykoff
2. In the 1920 Olympics, I won three gold medals in the 10,000 metre race, the individual cross country race and the cross country team event. Although I had never previously run in a marathon, I decided to enter on behalf of Finland, where I was born, and to many people’s surprise, I won.
a) James Wilson
b) Augusto Maccario
c) Paavo Nurmi
3. They say I was the oldest Olympian to have won a medal, as I was 72 years and 279 days old when I came second in the 1920 double shot running deer shooting contest. I was born in Sweden and participated in three of the Olympic Games.
a) Hans Nordvik
b)Oscar Swahn
c)Edward Benedicks
4. It was my dream to re-create the Olympics and also to host the competition in my home city of Paris, which I did in the year 1900. People have since said that I was the father of the modern Olympic movement.
a) Pierre de Coubertin
b) William Penny Brookes
c) Evangelos Zappas
5. As a mother of two, at the age of 30, many people said I could not win a gold medal. To prove the doubters wrong, I won four gold medals in the 1948 Olympics at London. The press called me ‘The Flying Housewife’, from Holland.
a) Dorothy Manley
b) Shirley Strickland
c) Fanny Blankers-Koen
6. Could I win a gold medal at three separate Olympics? That was the challenge I faced in 1928, 1932 and 1936. On each occasion, I succeeded, to the delight of my fellow Norwegians, and in addition, I was the World Figure Skating champion for ten years.
a) Fritzi Burger
b) Sonja Henie
c) Beatrix Loughran
7. I was born in England and won the Wimbledon Tennis final three times before becoming the first woman to win an Olympic event, at the 1900 Games held in Paris.
a) Charlotte Cooper
b) Marion Jones
c) Hélène Prévost
8. My training for the Olympics was in our local swimming baths and the lake, where I lived in the North of England. But, I succeeded in winning three medals at the 1908 Olympic Games, held in London.
a) Charles Daniels
b) Otto Scheff
c) Henry Taylor
9. When diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, my doctor suggested swimming, as a form of recovery. I went on to win three gold medals for swimming at the 1924 Paris Olympics. I also achieved fame and success in the film business.
a) Boy Charlton
b) Johnny Weissmuller
c) Bob Skelton
10. I was a teacher and lived in Athens. My views on philosophy were written down by others and that tradition is continued in this book.
a) Socrates
b) Plato
c) Aristotle
11. I was inspired to revive the ancient tradition of the Olympic Games and offered my full sponsorship. After approaching the King of Greece, my offer was accepted and the first Olympic Games were held in Athens, in 1859.
a) Konstantinos Zappas
b) Panagiotis Soutsos
c) Evangelos Zappas
12. As a surgeon, I was passionate about the necessity to keep fit and active in order to lead a long, healthy life. I set about campaigning for the introduction of Physical Education into schools. Following that, I founded the Wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games, in 1850. That inspired the establishment of the International Olympic Committee.
a) William Penny Brookes
b) Pierre de Coubertin
c) Evangelos Zappas
13. I went from being a water-carrier, to winning the first Olympic marathon event at the 1896 Summer Olympics, which was held in my hometown of Athens, Greece.
a) Albin Lermusiaux
b) Spyros Louis
c) Edwin Flack
14. At 34 years of age, I was the first disabled person to win an Olympic medal. With a wooden prosthesis in place of my leg, I won six medals in one day, in gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics.
a) George Eyser
b) Anton Heida
c) Edward Hennig
15. Which year were the first Olympic Games held?
a) 243 AD
b) 776 BC
c) 1475
16. When the Olympic Games were revived, which year were the modern Olympic Games held?
a) 1827
b) 1904
c) 1896