Remember the Macmillan Quiz?
The Quiz HQ slaves have just returned from furlough for there are events on the horizon such as World Matchplay Darts, and marking answers and up dating the League table will be a nightmare. Next table will be published after the FA Cup Final.
I enclose the latest edition of our 2020 questions with the current version of revised dates for events such as the Masters and Tour De France. I have changed some questions if the odds looked similar such as the number of sets in the Wimbledon final to the US Final.
Would I bet my life savings on there being a US Open tennis or a US Masters? I would not, given the dire news from Trump’s America. The gaping hole of 12 missing questions is of course the Olympics. Answer the questions below and you can add to your tie break score.
OLYMPIC QUIZ
1) Which metal makes up 92.5% of an Olympic Gold medal?
2) Which country topped the medal table in both the 1896 and 2016 Olympics?
3) Which is the most populous country never to have won a gold medal?
4) Which banned substance had the first Olympian(a pistol shooter)to be suspended for drug abuse consumed?
5) When the first Olympics in the Southern Hemisphere, Melbourne 1956, were held, where were the equestrian events held?
6) Which Olympian has won the most individual gold medals?
7) Who comes fourth in this list; Christie, Bailey, Greene, X?
8) In which event precisely did Mary Peters win her 1972 Gold?
9) Nicola Cooke of Wales won GB’s first gold medal in 2008, in cycling’s road race. Which athlete had won Wales’ previous gold?
10) On which day of the week did Mo Farah win both his 2012 Gold medals?
RIP GEOFF DAVIES, long time quizzer, even longer time teaching colleague. Always a kind word on a bad day, always noticed and advertised when you had done something beyond the call of duty.
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