Summer Olympics: Featured sports

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At the Summer Olympics, athletes compete in a wide variety of sports. You, too, can reach 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’s called aviron. In English, it’s known as Placeholder for the answer.
2. The terms pommel horse, rings and vault belong to the sport of gymnastics, just as toxophilite, recurve and head-to-head matches belong to the sport of Placeholder for the answer.
3. A person who practises judo is called a Placeholder for the answer.
4. In the sport of badminton, the word lob describes both the player’s stroke and the action exerted by the player. In which sentence is the word lob used correctly?
5. Which sentence is correct?
6. Modern Placeholder for the answer is an Olympic event that combines five sports.
7. Fencing is an Olympic sport. But why is it called fencing?
8. The road race and the individual Placeholder for the answer are events in the discipline of road cycling.
9. What do you call the city in which the Olympic Games are held?
10. What is the four-year period between Olympic Games called?
  
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