Summer Olympics: Featured sports

At the Summer Olympics, athletes compete in a wide variety of sports. You, too, can own the podium: play our quiz on the Summer Olympics, and go for the gold!

1. This Olympic sport was first used as a means of transport in ancient civilizations. In French, it is called "aviron." In English, it is known as .a) canoeingb) rowingc) sailing
2. The terms "pommel horse," "rings" and "vault" belong to the sport of , just as "toxophilite," "recurve" and "head-to-head matches" belong to the sport of .a) boxing; soccerb) gymnastics; tennisc) gymnastics; archery
3. If you practice judo, you go to a to become a .a) dojo; judokab) judoka; dojo
4. In the sport of badminton, in which sentence is the word "lob" used correctly?a) She lobbed the birdie high into the air.b) Her lob flew high into the air with a nice curve.c) both a) and b)
5. Which sentence is correct?a) The Summer Olympics’ success led to the launch of the Winter Olympics.b) The Summer Olympics’s success led to the launch of the Winter Olympics.c) The Summer Olympic’s success lead to the launch of the Winter Olympics.
6. The terms "artistic gymnastics" and "rhythmic gymnastics" are synonyms.a) trueb) false
7. In Olympic boxing, which of the following expressions is not a weight class?a) atomweightb) flyweightc) super heavyweight
8. A "nomadic venue" is a structure that can bea) dismantled and used for various competitions during the Olympicsb) a temporary lodging for Olympic athletesc) dismantled and repurposed after the Olympics
9. What do you call the city in which the Olympic Games are held?a) organizing cityb) invitational cityc) host city
10. Water polo is a/an .a) disciplineb) sportc) event