Olympic Scandals
1. True or False. An Olympic fencing sword incorporates an electronic sensor which records touches as points. During the 1976 games Ukrainian, Boris Onishchenko, received a life ban for modifying his sword with a secret button he could push to register non-existent hits. 2. Name the Jamaican-born Canadian sprinter, stripped of his 1988 gold medal for doping.
3. True or False. When a Puerto Rican athlete pulled her hamstring during the 1984 Long Jump, her identical twin sister impersonated her, and ran the 4 X 400 relay for her.
4. Name the figure skater implicated in her ex-husband's attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan.
5. True or False. Neil Horan, an Irish priest attacked the lead runner in the 2004 marathon to publicize his belief in the coming End …show more content…
In 1932 officials disqualified a Swedish equestrian for -
a) Whipping his horse.
b) Doping his horse.
c) Making clicking noises to encourage his horse.
d) Swearing at his horse.
7. Which Roman Emperor competed in the Ancient Olympics and bribed the judges to declare him the winner of a chariot race he never finished, due to falling from his chariot?
8. In 2004 an Iranian judoku went on an eating binge the night before his match to gain weight and earn a disqualification, all to avoid a match with a competitor from which country?
9. Only one Olympics ever featured the intentional killing of animals, the 1900 Paris Games. Which sport included the killing?
a) Shooting
b) Archery
c) Fishing
d) Hunting
10. During the 1980 Moscow Olympics, Finnish athletes claimed local Games officials aided the Soviet Javelin throwers by -
a) Intimidating opposing teams with whispered threats.
b) Greasing the javelins.
c) Opening the stadium gates during Soviet throws to harness wind assistance.
Answers
1. True. Boris, henceforth nicknamed disOnishchenko, indeed modified his sword.
2. Ben Johnson
3. True. The sister's own coach exposed the fraud.
4. Tonya Harding's ex-husband tried to kneecap Nancy
1. True or False. An Olympic fencing sword incorporates an electronic sensor which records touches as points. During the 1976 games Ukrainian, Boris Onishchenko, received a life ban for modifying his sword with a secret button he could push to register non-existent hits. 2. Name the Jamaican-born Canadian sprinter, stripped of his 1988 gold medal for doping.
3. True or False. When a Puerto Rican athlete pulled her hamstring during the 1984 Long Jump, her identical twin sister impersonated her, and ran the 4 X 400 relay for her.
4. Name the figure skater implicated in her ex-husband's attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan.
5. True or False. Neil Horan, an Irish priest attacked the lead runner in the 2004 marathon to publicize his belief in the coming End …show more content…
In 1932 officials disqualified a Swedish equestrian for -
a) Whipping his horse.
b) Doping his horse.
c) Making clicking noises to encourage his horse.
d) Swearing at his horse.
7. Which Roman Emperor competed in the Ancient Olympics and bribed the judges to declare him the winner of a chariot race he never finished, due to falling from his chariot?
8. In 2004 an Iranian judoku went on an eating binge the night before his match to gain weight and earn a disqualification, all to avoid a match with a competitor from which country?
9. Only one Olympics ever featured the intentional killing of animals, the 1900 Paris Games. Which sport included the killing?
a) Shooting
b) Archery
c) Fishing
d) Hunting
10. During the 1980 Moscow Olympics, Finnish athletes claimed local Games officials aided the Soviet Javelin throwers by -
a) Intimidating opposing teams with whispered threats.
b) Greasing the javelins.
c) Opening the stadium gates during Soviet throws to harness wind assistance.
Answers
1. True. Boris, henceforth nicknamed disOnishchenko, indeed modified his sword.
2. Ben Johnson
3. True. The sister's own coach exposed the fraud.
4. Tonya Harding's ex-husband tried to kneecap Nancy