Tag: olympics

Citius, Altius, Fortius

It was not a question today but the original Olympic motto, “Citius, Altius, Fortius”, is Latin for “Faster, Higher, Stronger”. It was proposed by Pierre de Coubertin who borrowed from his friend Henri Didon, a Dominican priest and athletics aficionado.

The answers to my earlier post are shown in bold below.

1. Marathon foot race—The marathon commemorates Pheidippides, a Greek soldier, who ran from Marathon to Athens to announce the Athenian victory over the Persians. The first modern marathon winner was a Greek, Spyridon Louis.
   

   

2. Oddjob—played by Harold Sakata in Goldfinger (1964). Sakata won a silver medal in weightlifting’s light-heavyweight division at the London Olympics in 1948?
3. London—hosted in 1908, 1948 and 2012; Paris (1900, 1924 and 2024) and Athens (1896 and 2004).
   

   

4. Maurice Ravel—Performing Boléro at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won gold and became the highest-scoring figure skaters of all time for a single programme. Their performance was watched by over 24 million people in the UK.
5. Egypt— According to the BBC, there are “Some facilities earmarked by Egypt for 2036, including a 90,000-seater stadium, are already in use at its yet-to-be-named New Administrative Capital, located some 40km east of Cairo.

Olympics revived: the first modern Olympic Games opened in Athens on 6 April 1896. Today’s questions will be about the Olympics.

On 6 April 1896, Pierre, Baron de Coubertin, realised his goal of reviving the Olympics when the first modern Olympic Games opened in Athens.

1. What event at the inaugural modern Olympic Games commemorates the legendary Greek soldier Pheidippides?
   • Discus throw
   • Long jump
   • Marathon foot race
2. The actor who played which Bond villain won a silver medal at the Olympics in London?
   • Jaws
   • Oddjob
   • Whisper
3. What city was the first to host the modern Olympic Summer Games three times?
   • Athens
   • London
   • Paris
4. Olympic figure skating duo Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean got perfect scores for their interpretation of Boléro. Who composed the music?
   • Edward Elgar
   • Maurice Ravel
   • Igor Stravinsky
5. The Olympic Games have never been held in Africa. Which country proposed in 2024 that they would bid to host the 2036 Summer Olympic Games?
   • Egypt
   • Morocco
   • Nigeria

Good luck! I will post the answers later today.