We had a fantastic response to our Olympics Quiz and we thank everyone who entered. The winner was Grant Ville, of Grantville. Excellent work Grant. For the record, the answers were as follows:
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True. During the Olympic Opening ceremony’s re-enactment of the Industrial Revolution, the slave trade, which funded Britain’s rise as a world power, was being re-enacted under the ground.
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True. Channel 9’s Olympic coverage was very confident beforehand but failed a dope test and never looked like qualifying.
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False. The expression ‘Back with moron Olympic news after the break’ was not used at any stage. You might have misheard ‘Back with more on Olympic news after the break.’
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True. The CBA advertising campaign was based on the idea that the letter T is the difference between CAN and CAN’T. Sadly, however, it is the difference between CAN and CANT.
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False. A listing of Australia’s gold medallists is better done after the Olympics than before they start.
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True. A ray warren is a shallow tunnel down which all light disappears.
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False. The picture shows Ye Shiwen. ‘The Chinese lass in lane 4’ is not an acceptable answer.
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True. For the first few days of the Olympics the big story was the failure of the host nation to win a gold medal. The big story by the end of the second week was that they’d won 29. Both stories worked well.
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False. There is no song called ‘Eton Dorney’. Perhaps you’re thinking of ‘Nessun Dorma’, the famous Puccini aria about a rowing venue.
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Correct. To do something rayhadley is to do it without sufficient knowledge.
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False. Usain Bolt was not running a victory lap. He simply needs room to slow down.
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False. The official Australian team clothing is their Uniform. Clobber refers to casual wear and Dressage is an equestrian discipline.
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True, although the name of the sport is not Arses Ahoy. It is called Beach Volleyball.
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True. Jessica Ennis will be made a dame. Other recipients of honours will include Sir Mo Farah, Sir Boris Johnson and Sir Brownlee Brothers.
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True. With one gold medal, three silver and a bronze, Alicia Coutts finished well ahead of India, Greece, Serbia, Belgium or Finland.
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True. Argentina whose population is double that of Australia and who have won the FIFA World Cup twice and have two tennis players in the top ten, won one gold medal.
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False. The Olympics Coverage and ‘Badness’ are two separate programmes.
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No. New Zealanders are not interested in sport. Talk to them about the weather. Do not mention sport to them at all. Ever. Especially not rowing.
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True. The Closing Ceremony must be due to finish soon.
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True. It is proposed that Australia should better target the Olympic sports it does best in. Australia will henceforth therefore concentrate on sailing and women’s events.