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Update: Answers to Test Your Olympic Knowledge Trivia

The Summer Olympics begin Friday, but how well do you know the Games? All this week, Patch will post trivia questions to test your knowledge.

**Updated 6 pm

As promised, we've got the answers to the trivia questions below.

From Michael Phelps winning eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics to Nadia Comăneci receiving the first perfect 10 in 1976, there have been several unforgettable moments in Olympic history.

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As hundreds of world-class athletes prepare to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games beginning Friday - tomorrow! - Patch is celebrating the start of the games by posting a few Olympic trivia questions.

Post your answers in the comments below. We'll post the correct answers in the comments by 6 p.m. today.

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 1)  How many perfect 10s was Nadia Comaneci awarded during the 1976 Olympics?

  • Five
  • Six
  • Seven (correct)
  • Eight

2)  In 1904, American George Eyser won three golds, two silvers and a bronze in gymnastics. Besides the number of medals he took home, what was remarkable about his achievement?

  • He had a glass eye
  • He had a wooden leg (correct)
  • He was blind
  • He was deaf

3)  Which of these is no longer an Olympic event? 

  • Golf (correct)
  • Fencing
  • Discus throwing
  • Triple Jump

4)  Which famous literary and film character has been played by no less than four Olympians on screen?

  • King Kong
  • James Bond
  • Tarzan (correct**)
  • Batman

**The four Olympians were Johnny Weismuller, who won two swimming gold medals, in 1924 and in 1928; Buster Crabbe, who won a swimming bronze in 1928; Hermann Brix, who won silver in the shot put in 1928; and Glen Morris, who took gold in the decathlon in 1936.

Looking for a way to celebrate the Olympics locally? You can find local events for Olympic Fun Day on July 28 on the Let’s Move website, which has a page about how to set up your own local Olympics

 


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