Dates and Distance Olympic Trivia Quiz - Closed

Unfortunately,a Portuguese athlete was the first fatality at an Olympic event this year.Lazaro died of a heart attack while participating in a Marathon.The day was very hot and he covered himself with wax to prevent sunburn. The wax prevented him from perspiring which led to heat stroke, and electrolyte imbalance which then led to the heart attack. He had run 29 km of the race to this point. This was revealed in the autopsy.

•Ralph Craig of the USA was 23 when he won gold medals in the 100m and 200m sprints in 1912.

Wow Pat, that's scary!! I would risk sunburn over covering myself in wax. That would feel too weird!

The star of the 1912 Games was the American Indian Jim Thorpe, who won both the decathlon and pentathlon. However, in the following year it was discovered that he once played semi-professional baseball, and he was subsequently stripped of his gold medals (but reinstated in 1983).

# 12. Rome

Our final city .....

Rome is 889.34 miles from London

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were the closest I found. Rome hosted the Olympics in 1960.

Approximately 5,000 athletes participated, representing 83 countries
in Rome in 1960

The 1960 Olympic Games were the first Olympics to be fully covered by television

Soviet gymnasts won 15 of 16 possible medals in women's gymnastics

You have until tomorrow at 1:00 EST to post trivia!!!!

This trivia stuff is fun! Learn all sorts of crazy things I didn't know and probably few do or did! Ethiopian marathoner Abebe Bikila won the marathon running barefoot. He became the first black to win a gold medal. He defended his title 4 years later in Tokyo this time running in shoes.

The 1960 Olympic Games were the first Olympics to be fully covered by television.

Sorry this one was already entered...

By the time Wilma Rudolph reached the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, she had overcome seemingly insurmountable odds. As a child, she had suffered from polio that crippled her left leg and forced her to limp around in heavy leg braces for many years. After years of weekly treatments in a clinic in Nashville, the teenage Rudolph made up for the lost time and blossomed as a basketball player and runner.
In Rome, Wilma Rudolph won three gold medals and became one of the most influential figures in sport. When she returned home, Rudolph was invited to meet with President Kennedy, and she refused to attend a banquet in her hometown unless it was integrated. In her honor, it was.

I declare the Dates and Distance Olympic Trivia. Closed!!!

Thank-you all for participating. Winners will be announced tomorrow.

This was fun. Thanks for the game Linda.

A big thank you! I learned a lot!

Doubt i survived any of this trivia...totally lost me in round 1 lol

And the Winners are .....

Date and Distance - Stephanie

Trivia - Victoria

If you ladies could pm, me your addresses. I will get some RAK off.

Thanks everyone for playing.

congrats ladies.. it was fun reading some of the trivia..

Congrats ladies.

Thanks Linda!

Congrats Victoria!!

Oh THANK YOU!!! i will send you my address...

WOOT! WOOT! Congrats ladies!

I think I got my RAK from you the other day Linda. Velvet flowers? They are so pretty! Thank you!

Glad it arrived safely, Stephanie. Enjoy!