Monday, August 6, 2012

Wow! What an Olympic spectacle! Congratulations to Lochte, Phelps, Missy Franklin, Jordyn Wieber, Gabby Douglas, and all of the medal-winning athletes! Now, as promised, here are the answers to the Athlete Olympic trivia questions.

Trivia Answers:

1. Historic Athlete Records Matching: Match the athlete (numeral) with their claim to fame (letter).

• I. Oskar Swahn (Sweden) -> b. Oldest competitor
• II. Aileen Riggin (U.S.A) -> d. Lightest competitor (65 lbs)
• III. Hiroshi Hoketsu (Japan) -> c. Oldest surviving competitor
• IV. Dimitri Loundras (Greece) -> a. Youngest competitor
• V. Ricardo Blas, Jr. (Guam) -> e. Heaviest competitor (420 lbs)

2. Current Athletes and their Events: Match the athlete (numeral) with the sport they compete in (letter).

• a. Ryan Lochte (U.S.A)  -> Swimming (Men’s)
• b. Brady Ellison (U.S.A) -> Archery (Men’s)
• c. Gabby Douglas (U.S.A) -> Gymnastics (Women’s)
• d. Nikkita Holder (Canada) -> Hurdling (Women’s)
• e. Wang Mingjuan (China) -> Weight Lifting (Women’s)
• f. Homare Sawa (Japan) -> Soccer (Women’s)
• g. Carolina Mendoza (Mexico) -> Diving (Women’s)
• h. Jana Pittman-Rawlinson (Australia)-> Running (Women’s)
• i. Alistair Brownlee (U.K)-> Triathlon (Men’s)

3. Gold Medal Records: Rearrange the list of Olympians in order of most Gold medals won and give the number of medals won per athlete.

• 1. Michael Phelps (U.S.A) (15 gold) (as of 8/1/2012)
• 2. Larisa Latynina (U.S.S.R) (9 gold)
• 3. Paavo Nurmi (Finland) (9 gold)
• 4. Mark Spitz (U.S.A) (9 gold)
• 5. Carl Lewis (U.S.A) (9 gold)

Let the games and successes continue! genZbuzz out.