olympics
Who carried the flag for Britain at the opening ceremony at the 2012 Olympic Games? Who won Britain's only track and field medal at the 1976 Olympics? Who was first to win an Olympic gold medal for Britain in a throwing event? Who won 3 gold medals for Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and was named 2008 BBC Sports Personality of the Year? Swimmers Cameron van der Burgh and Chad le Clos won gold medals and athlete Caster Semenya won a silver medal for which country at the 2012 Olympics? The Stanley Cup, for which various USA and Canada clubs compete and said to be the oldest sports trophy in N America, is awarded in which sport? Runner Caster Semenya, the subject of extensive press coverage after gender testing following her win in the women's 800m at Berlin in August 2009, was from which country? British sportswoman Charlotte Cooper, born in 1870, was famous in which sport? The British sportswoman Charlotte Cooper, born in 1870, was famous in which sport? LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade play what sport professionally for the Miami Heat? Olympic gold medallists Paavo Nurmi, Ville Ritola, Clas Thunberg and Lasse Virn represented which country? Croatia won their first ever Olympic gold in Atlanta in 1996 in which event? Which East German ice skater was 1984 Olympic Champion and by 1990 had won four World Titles? Belgian competitor Eddy Merckx, often referred to as the best of all time in his field, was involved in what sport? What sport is contested in the Vuelta a Espana? Where were the first modern Olympic Games held, from 6 to 15 April 1896? Name the venue for the first Winter Olympic Games, held in 1924 ? Which international football team, in 1953, became the first to beat England at Wembley? On 'Super Saturday' Jessica Ennis and Mo Farah won athletics gold for Team GB, who was the third gold medalist on the day? The youngest gold medalist for team GB at the 2012 Olympics, Jade Jones, won in which sport? In 1966, Germany and England played in the World Cup final for which sport? Which pole vaulter won 6 consecutive IAAF World Championships, an Olympic gold, broke the world record 35 times (17 outdoor and 18 indoor records), was the first to clear both 6.0 metres and 6.10 metres (20 ft)? What American track athlete won 4 gold medals in 1984? Which American won the discus Gold medal at four consecutive Olympics between 1956 and 1968? Who in 2010 won Great Britain's first individual Winter Olympics female gold medal since 1952? Who won Great Britain's only medal, a gold, at the 2010 Winter Olympics? Who won Great Britain's only athletics gold medal in the 1972 Munich Olympic Games? In which sport did the future King Olav V of Norway in 1928 and the future King Constantine II of Greece in 1960 win Olympic Gold Medals? Pal Schmitt resigned as President of Hungary in 2012 as a result of allegations that he plagiarised his doctoral thesis. He won Olympic gold medals in 1968 and 1972, in which sport?