Trivia: Test Your Olympic Knowledge
The Summer Olympics begin on July 27, but how well do you know the Games? All this week, Patch will post trivia questions to test your knowledge.
From Michael Phelps winning eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics to Nadia Comăneci receiving the first perfect 10 in 1976, there have been several unforgettable moments in Olympic history.
As hundreds of world-class athletes prepare to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games beginning July 27, Patch is celebrating the start of the games by posting Olympic trivia questions all this week.
Select your answers in the polls below (or post them in the comments below) We'll post the correct answers in the comments by 3 p.m. today.
Brad Koehn
6:15 am on Thursday, July 26, 2012
Curious. I "voted" (do you really vote in a trivia challenge, or answer?) each question but only my response to the first one was recorded. Nice software.
Becky Glander
8:10 am on Thursday, July 26, 2012
Hi Brad, I'm not sure why that would happen. I assume you clicked answers to all 4 questions before pressing Submit?
Shakopee Mom
10:51 am on Thursday, July 26, 2012
When will the answers be posted?
Becky Glander
2:44 pm on Thursday, July 26, 2012
Here are today's answers:
1. Equestrian
2. Madrid. Moscow hosted in 1980, Seoul in 1988 and Melbourne in 1956.
3. True
4. 1900