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http://www.olympic.org/uk/index_uk.asp
2007年6月7日，我曾寫過一篇有關Athon的文章。不知不覺，轉眼就過了一年，又到了STT的家長會(PTA)募款時間。這次募款的重點是更新低年級的活動場地(playground)。DD現讀Year 7，屬高年級Syndicate 1，而Syndicate 1今年的Athon問題為奧運小常識，不妨就考考各位吧!
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1.How many rings in the Olympic logo?
2.Who created the Olympic Flag in 1914?
3.Which New Zealander has won the most Olympic Gold medals?
4.Where will the Winter Olympics be held in 2010?
5.When did the Olympic Flame first appear in the Modern Olympics?
6.What do the Olympic rings signify?
7.Who holds the current 100m sprint record and where is he from?
8.What date were the last Olympic Gold medals made from real gold?
9.What is special about the Olympic medals Barbara Kendall has won?
10.What year can the Olympic Games be traced back to?
11.In 490 B.C. a Greek soldier ran from Marathon to Athens to inform the Athenians about a battle with the Persians. How far did he run?
12.Who has won the most Gold Medals in a single Olympiad?
13.How many gold medals has New Zealand won since 1896?
14.What year were women first allowed to participate in the Olympics?
15.What number is the Beijing Olympiad?
16.Who won 4 Gold Medals at the 1998 Olympics for track and field?
17.Which Australian cities have hosted the Summer Olympics?
18.Which year did North and South Korea compete as one country for the first time since the Korean War?
19.Which year was the Olympics first screened live in colour on T.V.?
20.What does the 3 letter acronym I.O.C. stand for?
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PS:以上問答對我家DD來說根本是Mission Impossible，但又不能不參予，所以從很久以前我和老師們就以20個spelling word來取代問答，總之就是捐款啦!
