SPORTS/GAMES ambiTion TABISH ANSARI WBCS GR-A
Sports one liners
* The country where the Olympics started - Greece
* The year the ancient Olympic Game began - 776 BC - in the city of Olympia.
* The duration of the ancient Olympics was one day.
* The Roman emperor who banned the Olympics?Theodosius I (AD- 393)
* What was the prize for the ancient Olympics?Crown of olive leaves.
* First Olympic medalist- Corybus
* Father of modern Olympics - Pierre de Coubertin-France
* In which year did the modern Olympics begin? 1896 (Athens, Greece)
* In 1896, the stadium where the modern Olympics were held – Panathenaic Stadium
(Athens)
* Winners of the first modern Olympics in 1896—USA
* First medalist in modern Olympics James Connolly (Triple Jump, USA)
* First woman to win a medal in the modern Olympics-Charlotte Cooper (tennis, Great
Britain, 1900 Paris Olympics) International Olympic Day -June 23
* In which year was the International Olympic Day started?* 23 June 1948
* In which year was the International Olympic Committee formed? 23 June 1894
* Where is the headquarters of International Olympic Committee?-Lausanne (Switzerland)
* First President of International Olympic Committee -Dimitrios Vikelas-Greece
* Second President-Pierre de Coubertin-France
* Current Chairman -Thomas Bach
* The Olympic Museum is located in Lausanne (Switzerland). Duration of Olympics - 16 days
* Duration between each Olympics event - 4-years
2020 TOKYO
2024 PARIS
2028 LOS ANGELES
2032 BRISBANE
2036 India put its claim to hold the Olympics
* Which Olympics held the first torch relay- 1936 Berlin Olympics
* First Olympic Torch Relay in India - Tokyo Olympics (1964)
* In which year was the lucky symbol first included in the Olympics?
At the 1972 Munich Olympics
* What was the first lucky symbol of the Olympics? Valdy the dog
* (1972 - Munich Olympics)
* In which Olympics was the first torch lit in the modern Olympics? At the 1928 Amsterdam
Olympics
* The color of the Olympic flag is white.
* In which Olympics was the Olympic flag raised for the first time? 1920 Antwerp Olympics
*How many interlocking rings are there in the Olympic symbol - 5 rings
* Who designed the five interlocking rings that are the symbol of the Olympics?
Pierre de Coubertin
* Which Olympics used the Olympic symbol for the first time - 1920 Antwerp Olympics
Represent? Five continents
* What do the five interlocking rings of the Olympic symbol? * AY EB AB UR AG
* Asia-yellow
* Europe-blue
* Africa-black
* America-Red
* Australia-green
* What is the motto of the Olympics? Faster, Higher, * Stronger,
* (Citius, Altius, Fortus, Communis)-Lattin
* Who formulated the motto (slogan) of the Olympics? Rev. Father Didion
* Which Olympics first included the Olympic motto?-Paris Olympics (1924)
*Which Olympic sang the Olympic anthem for the first time? Athens Olympics (1896)
* Which was the first team event in the Olympics?Football
* What is the longest running sport in the Olympics?Race Walking (50 Km)
* Years without Olympics due to World Wars - 1916, 1940, 1944
* The only Olympics to include cricket - 1900 Paris Olympics
* The first Olympics in which women participated was in 1900, Paris.
* Greece is the leading country in the Olympic march past.
* The host country is the last country standing on the Olympic march past.
* It is the only city that has hosted the Olympics three times- London (1908,1948,2012)
* The first Asian city to host the OlympicsTokyo - Japan(1964,2020)
Father of modern Olympics - Pierre de Coubertin
* Father of Paralympics -Ludwig Guttmann
* Father of Youth Olympics-Jacques Rogge
* Father of the Commonwealth Games -Ashley Cooper
* Father of Asian Games-- Guru Dutt Sodhi
* Father of Volleyball - William G. Morgan The first
* Ancient Olympic - BC 776 Greece
* Modern Olympics- 1896 Greece
* Winter Olympics - 1924 France - Chamonix
* Paralympics -1960 Rome
* Youth Olympics -2010 Singapore
Sports star known as 'plastic girl' Nadiya Komacheni
* Romanian gymnast and five-time Olympic gold medalist
* In 1976, at age 14, she became the first gymnast to receive a perfect score of 10.0 at the
Olympic Games.-Michael Helps - American swimmer
* Most individual gold medalist in one Olympic event - 2008 Beijing Olympics - 8 golds
* Most Olympic gold medalist - 23
* Most medalist in Olympics - 28
* Terror attack to complete 50 years in September 2022?
* Munich Massacre Terror Attack (September 5, 1972)
* The Munich massacre was an attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, by
members of the Palestinian liberation struggle group Black September, who infiltrated the
Olympic Village, and took members of the Israeli Olympic team, hostage.
PARALYMPICS
* The Paralympics is the sports meet for semi paralysed athletes.
* Governing body of Paralympic games-International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
* Headquarters of IPC-Bonn, Germany.
* Founded-22 September 1989.
* President of IPC-Andrew Parsons.
* The games is held in every four years immediately after the Olympics games,at the same
venue.
HISTORY OF PARALYMPICS
* Forerunner of Paralympics-Stoke Mandeville Games (Organised by Sir Ludwig Guttman)
* The venue of first Paralympics Games-Rome, Italy - 1960.
* Number of countries participated in first Paralympics Games-23.
* First Asian country to host Paralympics Games-Japan-1964.
* Venue of first Winter Paralympics Games-Ornskoldsvik, Sweden.
NATIONAL GAMES
NATIONAL GAMES COUNTRY NATIONAL GAMES COUNTRY
IRAN WRESTLING AUSTRALIA CRICKET
NEW ZEALAND RUGBY ENGLAND CRICKET
SOUTH AFRICA RUGBY AFGHANISTAN BUZKASHI
SRI LANKA VOLLEYBALL INDIA HOCKEY
NEPAL VOLLEYBALL PAKISTAN HOCKEY
BANGLADESH KABADI BRAZIL CAPOEIRA
SPAIN BULL FIGHTING CANADA ICE HOCKEY
CUBA BASEBALL
PLAY FIELDS
GAMES PLAY FIELDS GAMES PLAY FIELDS
BADMINTON COURT HANDBALL RING
FOOTBALL FIELD SKATING TENNIS COURT
CRICKET PITCH LAWN RING
BOXING RING ICE HOCKEY FIELD
BASEBALL DIAMOND POLO FIELD/ARENA
GOLF COURSE
GAMES-NUMBER OF PLAYERS
GAMES NUMBER OF GAMES NUMBER OF
PLAYERS PLAYERS
BEACH VOLLEY 2 FOOTBALL 11
POLO 4 CRICKET 11
VOLLEYBALL 6 KABADI 7
BASEBALL 9 BASKETBALL(MEN) 5
NET BALL 7 BASKETBALL(WOMEN) 6
ICE HOCKEY 6 HOCKEY 11
WATER POLO 7 HANDBALL 7
RUGBY 15 BEACH VOLLEYBALL 2
SEPAKTHROW 3 TABLE TENNIS/LAWN TENNIS 1/2
TUG OF WAR 8 KHO KHO 9
