Olympics games was originated in Ans : Greece *First Olympic games was held in Ans : BC776 *The prize for the winner at the ancient Olympic games Ans : Kotinos (Olive wreath) *Ancient Olympics was held in the honour of the Ans : Greek God Zeus *The Roman emperor who banned Olympics in AD 393 Ans : Theodosius *First winner of ancient Olympics was Ans : Koroibos *Father of modern Olympics Ans : Baron Pierre de Coubertin The *International Olympics Committee (IOC) was founded by Ans : Baron Pierre de Coubertin *The International Olympics Committee was founded on Ans : June 23,1894 at Lausanne (Switzerland) *The Motto of IOC Ans : Citius, Aldus, Fortius (Latin words) which mean faster, higher, stronger *First modern Olympics was held in Ans : 1896 at Athens *First winner of Modern Olympics Ans : James Brendan Connolly *Champions of First Olympics Ans : USA *The colour of the Olympic flag Ans : White *First and last country in the Olympics March Past Ans : Greece and the host country respectively
IOC
*Headquarters - Lausanne *First president - Demetrius Vikelas *Second President - Pierre de Coubertin *Olympic Museum - Lausanne *Olympic Anthem was written by -Kostis Palamas *Music composed by - Spyridon Samaras *Flag designed by - Pierre de Coubertin (1914) *The flag raised for : the first time in-1920(Antwerp Olympics) *The symbol of Olympic Game Ans : Five Interlocked rings with different colours *Each ring represents each Continent: Europe : Blue Asia : Yellow Africa : Black Australia : Green America : Red
*1964 (Tokyo)-Olympic was held for the first time in an Asian country *1968 (Mexico)-This Olympics venue became the highest Olympic venue *1972 (Munich)->Olympic Mascot was introduced >Manuel Frederick became the first and only Keralite to win a medal in Olympics (Hockey) 1980 (Moscow)-First Malayalee woman (P.T.Usha) participated in Olympics *1984 (Los Angeles)->Shiny Wilson became the first Indian woman Athlete to reach >P.T. Usha became the first Indian woman Athlete to reach the final in an Olympics *1992 (Barcelona)-Shiny Wilson became the first Indian woman to lead India *1996 (Atlanta)-Leander Paes became the first Indian Tennis medal *2000 (Sydney)- First Indian woman to win Olympic medal - Karnam Malleswari(Bronze) * 2004(Athens) - Rajya Vardhan Singh Rathore- First Indian who won a silver medal in shooting *2008 (Beijing)- First Indian to win an individual Gold medal in an Olympics - Abhinav Bindra *2012 (London)- London became the first place to host Olympics for three times >First Olympics at which every sport had female competitions >Women boxing induded for thefirst time *2016 (Rio)- Mascot -Vinidus and Tom
WINTER OLYMPICS
*Winter Olympics were started on Ans : Jan 25,1924 at Chamonix, France *The Winter Olympics were held every 4 years until Ans : 1936 (after which the games were interrupted by World war II) *The Winter Olympics were resumed in Ans : 1948 *Number of nations participated in the first Winter Olympics Ans : 16 *Champions of the first Winter Olympics Ans : Norway *First Asian country to host Winter Olympics Ans : Japan (1972) *The Winter and Summer Olympic games were held in the Same year in Ans : 1992 *The country which hosted most number of Winter Olympics Ans : USA (four)
*First Youth Olympics was held in Ans : 2010, Singapore *First Gold medalist in first Youth Olympics Ans : Yuko Sato, Japan *First Indian medalist in first Youth Olympics Ans : Pooja Dhanda *First Keralite to win a medal in Youth Olympics Ans : Sunil Kumar Pranoyi (Silver, Badminton, 2010) *2014 Youth Olympics was held in Ans : Nanjing, China *Champions in 2014 Youth Olympics Ans : China (38 Gold) *Second Country to win medals in 2014 Youth Olympics Ans : Russia (27 Gold) *2018 Youth Olympics will be held in Ans : Buenos Aires (Argentina)
WINTER YOUTH OLYMPICS
*First Winter Youth Olympics was held in Ans : 2012 *First Winter Youth Olympics was held at Ans : Innsbruck, Austria *Number of nations participated Ans : 70 *Mascot Ans : Loggi *Motto Ans : Be part of it *Champions Ans : Germany (17 medals; Gold - 8) *2016 Winter Youth Olympics was held in Ans : Lillehammer (Norway)
PARALYMPICS
*Olympics for semi paralysed athletes /athlets with disabilities Ans : Paralympics *The predecessor of paralympics Ans : International Wheel Chair Games International Wheel Chair Games was also known as Ans : Stoke Mandeville Games (organised by Dr Guttmann in 1948). *First Paralympics was held in Ans : 1960 (Rome) *Motto of first Paralympics Ans : Spirit in Motion *Winter Paralympics are held since Ans : 1976 (Ornskoldsvik, Sweden) *All Paralympic Games are governed by Ans : International Paralympic Committee *First Asian country to host Paralympics Ans : Japan (Tokyo) 1964 *First Indian to win two Gold medals in Paralympics Ans : Devendra Jhajharia, 2004, Athens (Javelin throw) *14th Paralympics was held in Ans : 2012 (London) *2016 Paralympics was held in Ans : Rio de Janeiro (15 th)
OLYMPIC ORDER
*The highest honour given to people for their contribution to Olympics Ans : Olympic Order (It is given as Gold, Silver, Bronze) *Olympic Order was started in Ans : 1975 *John Paul II received gold medal in Ans : 1982 *Nelson Mandela received Olympic order in Ans : 1994 *The only person to receive Olympic order twice Ans : Nadia Elena Comaneci of Romania (1984 and 2004) *First Indian to receive the Olympic order Ans : Mulchand Chowhan *Indira Gandhi (1982), Jasdev Singh also received Olympic order *The Indian who received the Olympic order in 2016 Ans : Narayana Ramachandran
COMMONWEALTH GAMES
*Third largest sports event in the world Ans : Commonwealth Games *Commonwealth Games were known as Ans : The British empire Games (from 1930-1950) *The Headquarters of Commonwealth Games Federation is situated at Ans : London *Motto of Commonwealth Games Ans : Humanity, Equality, Destiny *The founder of Commonwealth Games Ans : Ashley Cooper *First Commonwealth Games event was held in Ans : 1930 at Hamilton (Canada) *Number of countries participated in the first Commonwealth Games Ans : 11 *First Champions of the Commonwealth Games Ans : England *In the first Commonwealth Games women participated only in Ans : Swimming *Country hosted most number of Commonwealth Games Ans : Australia (5 times) *First Asian country to host Commonwealth games Ans : Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) in 1998 *Commonwealth Games were held in India for the first time in Ans : 2010 *2010 commonwealth games was held in Ans : Delhi *Mascot of Delhi Commonwealth games Ans : Shera *The award given to the best sports person in Commonwealth games since 2002 Ans : David Dickson award *The most successful team in Commonwealth games Ans : Australia *India participated in Commonwealth games for the first time in Ans : 1934 *India's first ever Commonwealth medal was won by Ans : Rashid Anwar (bronze in wrestling; 1934) *First Indian Athlete to win a Gold medal in Commonwealth games Ans : Milkha Singh *First Indian woman to win a medal in Commonwealth games Athletics Ans : Anju Boby George
COMMON WEALTH YOUTH GAMES
*The first commonwealth youth games were held in Ans : 2000 (Edinburgh, Scotland) *Youth games are also held in Ans : Every 4 years *The second edition of the Commonwealth Youth Games was held in Ans : Bendigo (Australia ,2004) *Third edition of commonwealth youth games are held in Ans : Pune(India ,2008)
Q&A QUESTION HOUR
1.In which year was the Indian Olympic Association formed Ans : 1927 (H.Q- New Delhi) 2.First President of Indian Olympic Association Ans : Dorabji Tata 3.Second President of Indian Olympic Association Ans : Maharaja Bhupinder Singh 4.Olympic day Ans : June 23 5.Which Indian wrestler was widely known as'Pocket dynamo' Ans : K.D. Jadav 6.Who is India's second individual Olympic medalist Ans : Leander Paes 7.First woman who got Gold medal in athletics in Modern Olympics Ans : Betty Robinson 8.Who is the first Indian to compete at 6 Olympic games Ans : Leander Paes 9.First acting President of IOA Ans : Vijay Kumar Malhotra 10.Abhinav Bindra won Olympic Gold medal in 2008 Beijing Olympics for which item Ans : 10 mtr Air Rifle 11.Who is the first Indian to win two consecutive Olympic medal in the individual item Ans : Susheel Kumar 12.According to the Olympic charter the duration of the competition of the Olympic games shall not exceed Ans : 16 days 13.In which Olympics where gold medals made of pure gold last awarded Ans : 1912 (Sweden) at present the gold medals are made of 92.5% silver coated with 6gms of Gold 14.In which place the Olympic flame lit before the start of the Olympic games Ans : Temple of Hera 15.In which Olympic game did Dhyan Chand captained the gold medal winning Indian Hockey team Ans : 1936 Berlin 16.First city in the world to host both Summer and Winter Olympics Ans : Beijing Summer - 2008; Winter Olympics - 2022 17.Total number of Olympic medals won by Michael Phelps Ans : 22 (G-18) 18.The Olympian to win most number of gold medals in a single Olympics Ans : 2008 Michael Phelps (8) (USA) 19.International Olympic Committee was founded by Ans : Pierre de Coubertin 20."The Important thing in the Olympic games is not so much the winning but taking part" who's words are this Ans : Bishop Ethelbert Talbot 21.The years in which the Olympic games were not held Ans :1916,1940,1944
RIO OLYMPICS - 2016
*Host City Ans : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil *Motto Ans : A New World . *Motto Ans : Vinicius *Nations participated Ans : 207 *Rio Olympics were officially inaugurated by Ans : Michel Temer (Acting Vice President, Brazil) *Opening ceremony held at Ans : Maracana Stadium *The torch of Rio Olympics were lit by Ans : Vanderlei de Lima *First Gold medal winner in 2016 Rio Olympics Ans : Virginia Thrasher (Shooting; USA) *Most number of medals were won by Ans : USA (121 medals; *46 Gold) *Second country to. win most number of medals Ans : Britain (67 medals; 27 Gold) *Third country to win most number of medals Ans : China (70 medals; 26 Gold)
INDIA IN RIO -2016
*The bearer of the Indian flag in the opening ceremony of Rio 2016 Ans : Abhinav bindra *The bearer of the Indian flag in the dosing ceremony of Rio 2016 Ans : Sakshi Malik *Rank of India Ans : 67 *Number of Medals Ans : 2 (Silver 1; Bronze 1) *Silver Medal in the Rio Olympics was won by Ans : P.V.Sindhu (Badminton) *Bronze Medal in the Rio Olympics was won by Ans : Sakshi Malik (Wrestling) *First Indian woman who was qualified for the Olympic Gymnastics Ans : Dipa Karmarkar (Tripura) *The Indian Gymnast who was qualified for the Olympic Gymnastics after 52 years Ans : Dipa Karmarkar * First Indian Artistic Gymnast who entered the finals Ans : Dipa Karmarkar *Number of Malayalees who participated in the Rio Olympics Ans : 11 *First Malayalee who led the Indian Hockey Team as Captain in an Olympics Ans : P.R.Sreejesh
SUMMER OLYMPIC GAME STATIONS
YEAR
HOST CITY
COUNTRY
*2012 -London -United Kingdom *2016 Rio de Janeiro Brazil *2020 Tokyo Japan
WINTER OLYMPICS -2014
*2014 Winter Olympics were held in Ans : Sochi (Russia) *Motto of 2014 Winter Olympics were held in Ans : Hot. Cool. Yours *Number of participants in 2014 Winter Olympics Ans : 88 *2014 Winter Olympics were officially inaugurated by Ans : Vladimir Putin *The country which received most number of medals in 2014 Winter Olympics Ans : Russia (33; gold 13)
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