Summer Olympics - Sports
The Olympic Games 2004 will be held in
Athens
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Test you general knowledge and grammar with this quiz about the Olympic Games.
1) Which sport is considered the world's fastest racket sport?
Badminton
Tennis
Softball
2) Which sport debuted with Tae Kwon Do at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games?
Triathlon
Pentathlon
Judo
3) Which sports were once on the Olympic Program?
Surfing, shooting, lunge
Tug-of-war, rugby, lacrosse
Rowing, softball, fencing
4) Two rivals stand opposite each other and feint, lunge, parry and riposte until one scores the required number of hits to win.
Boxing
Archery
Fencing
5) When did women's soccer debut at the Olympic games?
1992
1996
2000
6) Breast, butterfly and crawl are kinds of...
dives
jumps
swimming strokes
7) Which sport is widely recognized as the world's oldest competitive sport?
wrestling
shooting
weightlifting
8) What's the main difference between softball and baseball?
Softball is considerably easier than baseball.
A softball is bigger than a baseball.
There are more players in a softball team than in a baseball team.
9) Archery has been an Olympic sport _______ 1900.
for
in
since
10) Is Surfing part of the Olympic Games?
Yes
No