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Friday, August 20, 2004

This week's Friday Brain-teaser from xrefer tests your knowledge of The Olympic Games. Answers here:

1. Which city is the venue for the 2004 Olympic Games?
2. Where in Greece were the original Olympic Games held from 776BC?
3. Were the Olympic Games held during the First World War and the Second World War?
4. When the Olympic Games were revived in 1896, in which city were they held?
5. In the year 2000, which US woman tennis player won gold medals at the Olympic Games as well as at Wimbledon and the US Open Championships?
6. How often are the Winter Olympic Games held?
7. In which US city were the Olympic Games held in 1996?
8. In which year did Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party attempt to use the Olympic Games in Berlin for propaganda purposes?
9. Which US swimmer won Olympic gold medals in 1924 and 1928, and also appeared as Tarzan in films?
10. Which British athlete won the men's Triple Jump at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games?

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