The quiz for the 8 th form: What do you know about the Olympic Games? Учитель английского языка МБОУ ООШ 21 г. Осинники Кемеровской обл. Шустова Ирина Валерьевна

1-st round: The History of the Olympic Games 1-st round: The History of the Olympic Games

1.When and where did the Olympic Games begin? (name the date and the country) 776 BC, Ancient Greece

2. When and where did the first Olympic Games take place? (name the town) In Athens

3. How did they take place? every 4 years

4. Why did the Olympic Games become the symbol of peace and friendship? For the period of games all the wars stopped

2-nd round: The Olympic movement The Olympic movement

1. What is the central policy-making body of the Olympic movement? The International Olympic Comitee

2. What is necessary besides sports competitions for the Olympic Games? 2. What is necessary besides sports competitions for the Olympic Games? a cultural programme of concerts, exhibitions, festivals

3. When did Russia join the Olympic movement? In 1952

4. Where and when did Olympic Games take place in our country ? the 22-nd Olympic Games, Moscow, 1980

5. What does the Olympic motto mean? 5. What does the Olympic motto mean?

3-rd round: National sports of Great Britain and the USA

1. Which game is the most popular game in GB and in the world? Soccer-football

2. What club is the biggest football club in the world? England

3. What kind of sport is Derby connected with? Horse racing

4. What kind of sport is Wimbledon connected with? All-England and International Tennis Championships

5. What is a walking game in Britain? golf

6. When and where was basketball invented? by a teacher at a sports school in Springfield, USA, 1891

7. What kinds of sports were originated in the USA also? volleyball, wind-surfing, skate-boarding, triathlon

The game is over. Good luck!

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