Do you want to play games? A questionnaire to learn about Olympic history

The Games of the XXXIII Olympiad will be inaugurated in Paris on July 26, 2024. To entertain the wait, EFE proposes a weekly question and answer questionnaire with the aim of learning about Olympic history and its great protagonists.

1. What are the three Olympic equestrian events?

(a) Jumping, Steeplechase and Dressage

(b) Jumping, eventing and dressage

(c) Jumping, dressage and endurance

2. The only Mexican athlete with four Olympic medals is Joaquín Capilla, who competed in…

(to swimming

(b) Shot

(c) Trampoline jumping

3. Absent since 1924, tennis returned to the Olympic program at the 1988 Seoul Games. The women’s final was won…

(a) Steffi Graf

(b) Chris Evert

(c) Gabriela Sabatini

4. The same country is the current Olympic handball champion for both men and women. Which is it?

(to France

(b) Denmark

(c) Norway

5. What sports will be played at the Grand Palais during the Paris Games?

(a) Judo and taekwondo

(b) Fencing and taekwondo

(c) Fencing and weightlifting

Answers

1. (b) The three equestrian events at the Games are jumping, dressage and eventing.

2. (c) Joaquín Capilla won one gold, one silver and two bronzes in jumping between 1948 and 1956.

3. (a) The gold in Seoul’88 went to the German Steffi Graf, who beat the Argentine Gabriela Sabatini.

4. (a) The French handball teams won gold in men and women at Tokyo 2020.

5. (b) The Grand Palais will be the venue for the fencing and taekwondo events.

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