The Olympics

This week on The Queen's meme:

I don't know when the Olympics started and I don't have any idea but I will see if I will got these questions right.

1. What year were the very very very first Olympics held? Well, I don't know, I will take a guess, 1896.

2. The original games were banned for being a pagan festival because the Olympics celebrated the Greek God of........?? Zeus

A. Mars
B. Venus
C. Zeus
D. Google

3. In 1896 the first modern-day Olympic Summer Games were held. Which country won the most medals that year? - Well, I don't have any idea but I will guess, Greece.

4. Which country has won the most medals EVER at the Winter Games? - Canada?


5. I predict that Blogging will become the next Olympic event recognized by the International Olympic Committee as a valid sport. How would you train for this event? And if you think it should be a team event, who would you include on your team? - I will work for it as much as I could and I will include my friends on the team.

6. What do the five Olympic rings represent? - I think it represents the world continents such as Asia, America, Europe, Antarctica, and Africa.

7. No country in the Southern Hemisphere has ever hosted the Winter Games? Why? It maybe the space and location which is limited for all those various games.

8. What the heck is curling? Why should it be a sport?? = I don't know, I don't have any idea.

9. Mark Spitz won 11 medals in the most combined overall medals category. What was his sport?
A. Skiing B. Swimming C. Looking good D. Resigning from public office after a sordid scandal

10. In ancient times females were forbidden to watch the games.
What was the penalty for doing so? = Jail or fine?

11. In 1908 the organizers of the London Olympic Games added another 385 yards in order for the royal family to have a better view of the finish line.
Which sport was it? = Basketball?

12. What event would you like to see added to the Olympics? Why? = I don't know maybe a bamboo oil climbing...lol!

Extra credit and a guarantee you won't end up with no medal or meal in the dungeon this week.

What was your favorite Olympic event or moment to witness this year at the 2010 Olympics? - Skiing, swimming, and diving.

Based on the answer, I got almost 5 right...

No cheating....

Answers is here for informational purposes:

1. 776 BC
2. Zeus
3. Greece
4. Norway
5. no incorrect answer
6.Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceana, and every national flag in the world
7. Duh
8. Curling is a team sport in which stones are slid across a sheet of carefully prepared ice towards a target area
9. swimming
10. death
11. marathon
12. no incorrect answer