Olympic Games ML reject questions (written by me) by RalliP

Champion(s):

GrahamJ
The real world is complex, so remember your origin.


Runner(s)-Up:

CoenM
And, it's moist!


Quiz Description

These are some questions written by me but not included in this summer's Olympic Games ML. Needless to say you shouldn't play if you were involved with the smithing or playtesting of that ML.

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1 GrahamJ 437 97 15
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2 CoenM 375 91 15
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4 BillPennington 360 79 15
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9 Jonathan 279 50 00
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Questions:

What country can boast exactly two gold medals, both earned by Alpine skier Hanni Wenzel at Lake Placid 1980?

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Liechtenstein

Identify this Olympics superfan, either by his name or the job he holds.

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Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands

American Beth Heiden, Canadian Clara Hughes, and East German Christa Luding-Rothenburger are all accomplished competitors in two different Olympic sports, one summer sport and one winter. Name both sports.

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Cycling, Speed Skating

This is the (lightly redacted) badge of what international men’s football (i.e., soccer) team, the 1924 and 1928 Olympic champion? Two stars represent the gold medals they won before the first World Cup tournament, and two stars represent their World Cup titles.

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Uruguay

Give the alliterative nicknames for both the last-place finisher in Men’s Ski Jumping at Calgary ‘88 and the last-place finisher in the Men’s 100m freestyle at Sydney 2000.

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Eddie the Eagle, Eric the Eel

Dutchman Pieter van den Hoogenband, Scotsman Eric Liddell, Finn Paavo Nurmi, and housewife Fanny Blankers-Koen are connected by what descriptive word?

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Flying

Leading the 50 metre rifle three positions at Athens 2004, this competitor accidentally aimed at his neighbor's target with the final shot and finished off the podium. At Beijing 2008, he again led going into the final shot but his gun misfired and he finished off the podium. Name this American rifle shooter.

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Matthew Emmons

What is the name of the two-person relay points race in track cycling, which will return to the Olympics at Tokyo 2020 following a 13-year absence? This race is named for the American venue in which it was first held - a location that today hosts competitions in several other olympic sports.

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Madison

What city, located on Lake Geneva, is the official Olympic Capital? It is host to the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee, the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games, and the world governing bodies of many different Olympic sports.

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Lausanne

The Bears of what NCAA Division 3 university play their home football games on campus at Francis Olympic Field, a previous location of Olympic athletics competition?

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Washington University (in St Louis)

Francisco Lázaro, a Portuguese marathon runner in 1912, Knud Enemark Jensen, a Danish cyclist in 1960, and Arrhichion of Phigalia, the pankration champion in 564 BCE, are all famous for doing a certain thing during Olympic competition. What did they do?

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they died

The name of what English town has been redacted from this meme?

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Much Wenlock