Quiz "from the history of the games of ancient Greece." The origin of the Olympic Games The history of the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece - the emergence of new spectacular competitions
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1 XXII Winter Olympic Games 2014 in Sochi dedicated to the quiz "OLYMPIC MOVEMENT: YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW" winter Games. GAUK MO "Moscow Regional State Scientific Library named after A.I. N.K. Krupskaya” invites everyone to take part in a quiz dedicated to this event. DATES 1. The online quiz will run from January 14, 2014 to March 24, 2014. 2. Works are accepted until March 24, 2014. 3. Summing up the results of the Internet quiz will take place on March 31, 2014. The order of registration of competitive works: All answers to the quiz must be sent electronically (A-4 format in MSWord, Times New Roman font 12, spacing 1.5) no later than March 24, 2014 . to the department of the general reading room of the SAUK MO "Moscow Regional State Scientific Library. N.K. Krupskaya" at the e-mail address: with a note: quiz "Olympic movement: yesterday, today, tomorrow." The title page indicates: surname, name, patronymic in full; age; place of study (work); home address indicating the postal code and the name of the municipal district, urban or rural settlement in which the contestant lives; contact phone number (required).
2 RESULTS OF THE COMPETITION, AWARDS TO THE WINNERS 1. Information about the winners of the Internet quiz will be posted on the website of the Moscow Regional State Scientific Library. N.K. Krupskaya. 2. According to the results of the Competition, the winners are awarded with Diplomas, letters of thanks and memorable gifts. Quiz questions 1. When and where did the Olympic Games originate? 2. Where exactly were the Games held in Ancient Greece? 3. At what time of the year and with what frequency were the Games held? 4. In what types did the ancient Olympians compete? 5. How did the ancient games influence the relations between states? 6. During the Olympic Games, a sacred truce was declared. Was it violated in Ancient Greece? 7. Who participated and had the right to participate in the games of ancient Greece? 8. Did women take part in the games? 9. What award did the winner of the Olympic Games receive? 10. The king of the small Greek state of Elis, whose name is associated with the establishment of athletic games in the city of Olympia? 11. When the Roman emperor, known for his cruelty, wished to personally participate in the competition, he rode to the start of the chariot race in splendid isolation. None of the athletes competed with him, so as not to risk his life in vain. Having fallen twice, he came to the finish line and was crowned with an Olympic wreath. Who is it? 12. The Olympian dynasty lived on the island of Rhodes. The head of the family, his sons and grandsons have competed at the Olympic Games for over 80 years, participated in 12 Games, won nine laurel wreaths for their island. Remember the name of the founder of the dynasty. 13. In whose honor were the Games held in 776 BC? 14. Who was called an athlete in Ancient Greece? 15. What were the names of the judges and stewards of the Games in Ancient Greece? 16. How could judges punish an athlete who violated the rules of competition at the Olympic Games? 17. In Hellas they competed in the race for one stage. The distance, according to legend, was marked by Hercules himself. How did he measure distance?
3 18. History has brought to us the name of the winner of the Games of 776 BC. fast cook from Elis. The history of the Olympic movement begins with this name. Name it. 19. Who was the multiple winner of the Olympic Games among wrestlers in ancient Greece? 20. Astil from Croton entered the history of the ancient Olympic Games not only as one of the record holders for the number of victories (6 in one and two stages in the Games from 488 BC to 480 BC). If at his first Olympics Astil played for Croton, then at the next two for Syracuse. How did former countrymen avenge him for betrayal? 21. Which of the famous people of Ancient Greece took part in the Games? 22. A mathematician and philosopher from the island of Samos, who left his famous theorem as a “legacy” to schoolchildren around the world, was crowned with a laurel wreath of a fisticuff champion at the Games. Name it. 23. What words associated with the ancient Olympic Games have firmly entered our modern language? 24. How was the further fate of the ancient Olympic Games? 25. How did the Olympic Games revive? 26. Why did Pierre de Coubertin need to revive the Olympic Games? 27. Quote the main words of the famous "Ode to Sport" by Pierre de Coubertin. 28. What is the significance of the Olympic Games for world peace? 29. When and where were the first modern Olympic Games held? 30. When did women start taking part in the Olympic Games? 31. “The purpose of the Olympic Movement is to contribute to building a peaceful and more peaceful world by educating young people in sports without any discrimination and in the Olympic spirit, which includes mutual understanding, the spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play.” What is this text? 32. What organization is leading the Olympic movement when it was created? 33. Why is the Olympic flag white? 34. How much gold does an Olympic gold medal contain? 35. What is the motto of the Olympic Games. 36. At the opening of the Olympic Games, the teams go in alphabetical order of the host country. But the team of the same country always walks ahead. Which? 37. What is the anniversary Olympic Games, when and why did they take place? 38. In what city was the Olympic flame lit by a burning arrow shot from a bow? 39. XI Winter Olympic Games were held in Asia for the first time. When and where?
4 40. Name the continent where the Olympic Games were held in 2000. 41. During the opening of the Olympic Games, one of the outstanding athletes of the host country makes a speech on behalf of the participants in the Games. What is a district? 42. At the Olympic Games in Mexico City, the mascot beast appeared for the first time. What animal became a talisman? 43. How is the Olympic torch lit? 44. In which city is the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee located? 45. In what year did the 1st Winter Olympic Games take place? 46. What Games did not take place because of the world wars? 47. What is the history of Olympism in our country? 48. When did Russia first take part in the Olympic Games? 49. Each National Olympic Committee has an emblem. What does the emblem of the National Olympic Committee of Russia look like? 50. When was the tricolor flag raised in honor of the victories of the Russians for the first time at the Olympic Games? 51. Which Russian won the first gold medal? 52. What Olympic Games were held without the participation of Soviet athletes for political reasons? 53. Were the Olympic Games held in Russia, if so, when and in what city? 54. Mascot of the Olympic Games in Moscow? 55. The first modern Olympic champion? 56. Two-time Olympic champion, discus thrower, who won the first Olympic gold medal in the history of Soviet sports? 57. For the first time in history, an active athlete was awarded the highest award of our country. For outstanding achievements in sports, courage and heroism, she was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation. Who is she? 58. A famous swimmer, four-time Olympic champion, who was not wanted to be included in the Olympic team on the grounds that he was “old”? 59. Hockey goalie, three-time Olympic champion, recognized as the best goalie in the world at 22? 60. A sport in which Yuri Vlasov broke "American dominance" and set unprecedented world records? 61. Unique gymnast: has 18 Olympic medals, nine of them gold? 62. High jumper Dick Fosbury became an Olympic champion by jumping in a way he invented. Since then, all world achievements in this sport have been established only in this way, called the "Fosbury Flop". What is this jump?
5 63. Vladimir Belousov won one of the rarest medals for our team. More in this sport, our compatriots have never been able to win. Name this sport. 64. In 1994, during the Goodwill Games in St. Petersburg, monuments to two Olympic figures were unveiled. Who are these figures? 65. For special services to the Olympic Movement, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) awards a sports figure or athlete with the highest badge of Olympic honor. What is the name of this sign? 66. The 2000 Olympics awards became infamous. Behind the Greek goddess of victory, Nike, depicted on them, there is not the Athenian Parthenon. But who?
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The name of the games comes from the city of Olympia. The source of the origin of the tradition of holding them is not exactly established. There are several theories, some of them related to the legends and myths of ancient Greece. One of the legends tells about the youth Pelops, his love for the beautiful Hypodamia and her cruel father, King Enomai. Having cunningly defeated Oenomaus in an equestrian competition, Pelops celebrated his victory with a sports festival in Olympia. Another legend says that Zeus arranged competitions in honor of his victory over his father, Kronos. The name of the famous Heracles is also mentioned in connection with the Olympic Games.
The origin of games has historical confirmation. In 884 BC. e. Ifit, the king of the small Greek state of Elis, fearing an invasion of his small country, proposes that Elis become a neutral state. And the athletic games, held in Olympia once every four years, were supposed to become a symbol of peace.
In ancient Greece, the games were not only sports, but also religious, cultural, and spectacular events. For the duration of the games, a sacred truce was declared: any hostilities ceased.
Olympionik, the winner of the games, was crowned with an olive wreath and a palm branch - a symbol of selfless sports struggle. Also, the winner received economic and political privileges in his homeland.
On the first day of the Olympic Games, sacrifices were made to the gods, the athletes took an oath in front of the statue of Zeus. Interestingly, at the very beginning, women were forbidden not only to participate, but also to watch competitions. There were special games for women dedicated to the goddess Hera. The games had a pronounced religious background. That is why the emperor of the Roman Empire Theodosius I banned the games in 394 as a manifestation of a pagan cult. After all, at that time Christianity had already become the universally recognized religion of the empire.
At the end of the 19th century, the French public figure Pierre de Coubertin proposed to restore the tradition of holding the Olympic Games, which had not been held for more than 14 centuries. And in 1896, a significant event took place in Athens - the Olympic Games.
A lot of time has passed since then, a lot has changed. In August 2008, the Summer Olympic Games will be held in Beijing. We will see the symbol of the games - five multi-colored rings, a burning Olympic flame. Athletes from many countries, different nationalities and religions will come together to take part in truly “the most peaceful and friendly gathering of all the peoples of the world”, because according to the Olympic Charter they “unite amateur athletes of all countries in fair and equal competitions. No discrimination is allowed against countries or individuals on racial, religious or political grounds.”
Origin of the Olympic Games
The Olympic Games, also called the "Games of the Olympiad", are the largest and oldest international sports competitions, held every four years. Their history begins in Antiquity. In ancient Greece, sports competitions were a great holiday about the origin of which legends and myths have come down to us. The most ancient legend is mentioned in the work of the ancient Greek poet Ovid "Metamorphoses" and tells about the chariot competitions that King Enomai arranged, promising to marry his beautiful daughter to someone who could overtake him. Many youths laid down their lives in these competitions, until the cruel king was defeated by cunning, in love with his daughter, Pelops. According to legend, in honor of his victory, he introduced a new holiday.
The main idea of the competition was a truce, which was announced for the duration of the Games. It is not known exactly when this tradition began, the first document talking about it dates back to 776 BC. but it started much earlier.
Almost twelve centuries after the first documentary mention of the Games, they were banned for religious reasons by the Roman emperor Theodosius I. Their revival took place many years later, at the end of the 19th century.
Initially, the idea to revive the Olympic Games appeared after in 1766, sports facilities were discovered at archaeological excavations. Antique culture seemed to European society an interesting, beautiful world, some of the details of which would be excellent to restore, so German archaeologists continued excavations a century later.
The French public figure, Baron Pierre de Courbetin became interested in the Olympic Games for two reasons. Due to the fact that, in his opinion, the reason for the loss in the Franco-Prussian war was the poor physical preparation of the French soldiers, and also because of the grief about the low interest of young people in international relations.
At the international congress at the Sorbonne, which lasted several days, his ideas were "received with a bang" and it was decided that the first modern Olympic Games would be held in Greece, the birthplace of this tradition. To organize the competition, a committee was created, which today has become one of the most respectful organizations, whose corporate website is visited daily by thousands of users from all over the world - the International Olympic Committee.
The first modern Olympic Games were successful despite the small number of participants - only 14 countries, represented by 241 athletes. Greek representatives even offered to host all subsequent Olympic Games there, but the decision of the IOC was to change the venue every four years.
There are many ambiguities about the origin of the ancient Olympic Games. But it is unambiguously known that the birthplace of the Olympic Games is Ancient Greece, and more specifically the sanctuary of Olympia, which is located in the west of the Peloponnesian Peninsula. Here in the valley of the Alpheus River, at the very foot of Mount Kronos, the fire of the modern Olympic Games is still lit. This is where it all started...
Many legends and myths about the origin of the Olympic Games have come down to us, the characters of which were gods and heroes.
- Legend one. When the mighty Zeus the Thunderer defeated his father Kronos in a deadly fight, who devoured his own children and was absolutely merciless. Zeus freed them and ordered in honor of this event to hold the games, which were called the Olympic.
- Legend two. This legend says that the Olympic Games were invented and organized by the son of Zeus - Hercules, who performed twelve legendary labors. In honor of one of these feats, the Olympic Games began to be held.
A very interesting detail of this legend is known. It lies in the fact that Hercules measured with his own feet the distance for running, which was 600 feet. This is how a common measure of length appeared in Greece, which was called "stages". From this name the word "stadium" known today has arisen. If we translate this measure of measurement into modern units, it turns out that the distance for running was 192 meters and 27 centimeters.
Legend has it that for a long time, athletes only determined winners in this type of competition, until Hercules introduced other disciplines. One of them is pankration, a rather severe sport that combines fisticuffs and wrestling.
- Legend three. This legend tells that the Olympic Games were established in honor of the victory in horse-drawn chariot competitions of Pelops, the grandson of the great Zeus the Thunderer, over the king of the city of Pisa Enomai. In gratitude for the victory, Pelops erected a sanctuary in Olympia. There he made sacrifices. And also, most importantly, he established the Olympic Games.
Legend has it that thanks to Pelops, the Olympic Games became traditional and were held every four years. During the Olympic Games, a general peace was concluded throughout the territory of Ancient Elada. Violator of this sacred truce, was waiting for the most severe punishment.
The Olympic Games were held for about 1100 years until they were banned by Emperor Theodosius m for religious reasons in 394 AD. Their revival began only in 1892.
On June 23, 1894, the International Congress of Amateur Athletes made an important decision: to revive the Olympic Games and establish the International Olympic Committee, which will be responsible for the management, organization and conduct of the modern Games. And in April 1896, the long-awaited Olympics were held in Athens, in which 311 athletes from 13 countries took part. Athens fully revived the true spirit of the Olympics and long-lost Olympic values. The revived Olympic Games brought back to Greece the once broken thread and reconnected it with the classical tradition and the Olympic origins of antiquity.
Sources: www.saptz.ru, olympichistory.info, sportbox.by, www.junior.ru, nsportal.ru
» History of the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece
History of the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece
The history of the ancient Olympic Games is extraordinarily rich. The Olympic Games appeared in the ninth century. BC e. In those days, the Greek states ruined each other in endless wars. Ifit, the king of Elis, arrived in Delphi to learn from the oracle how he, the ruler of a small country, should protect his people from wars and robberies. The Delphic oracle - his predictions and advice were considered absolutely correct - answered Ifit:
“I need you to found Games that please the gods!”
Ifit immediately went to meet with the king of neighboring Sparta, the powerful Lycurgus. Obviously, Ifit was a good diplomat, since Lycurgus decided (and all the other rulers agreed with him) that from now on Elis is a neutral state. Immediately, Ifit, in order to prove peaceful aspirations and thank the gods, established the athletic Games: they were to be held in Olympia every four years. Hence their name - Olympic. It was 884 BC. e.
At first, athletes from two cities of Elis, Elis and Pisa, participated in the Games. The first to enter the annals of the Games was 776 BC. e. - the year of the first all-Greek Games. Only thanks to the ancient Greek tradition - to carve the names of Olympionists on marble columns installed along the banks of the Alpheus River, the name of the first winner, Koreb, a cook from Elis, has come down to us.
With the approach of the Olympic Games, messengers (feors) dispersed from Elis in all directions, who announced the day of festivities and announced a "holy truce". They were met with triumph not only in Hellas itself, but everywhere where the Greeks settled. The warriors put aside their weapons and went to Olympia. When the envoys of all the Greek states gathered together, they certainly felt their national community.
Then a unified calendar of the Olympic Games was established, which decided to be held regularly every four years "between the harvest and the grape harvest." The festival of athletes, which consisted of numerous religious ceremonies and sports competitions, lasted first one day, then five days, and later a whole month. In order to participate in the Games, it was supposed "to be neither a slave nor a barbarian, not to commit a crime, nor blasphemy, nor sacrilege." (Barbarians were those who were not citizens of the Greek states.)
The history of the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece - the emergence of new spectacular competitions
At the first 13 Games, they competed only in the stadiodromos - running a distance of 1 stage. In 724 BC. e. a double run was added - diaulos (at a distance of 384.54 m). 
Then, in 720 BC. e., at the 15th Olympiad, the pentathlon appeared, or, as the Greeks called it, the pentathlon, which consisted of a simple run, long jump, discus and javelin throw, wrestling. After another seven Olympiads, in 688 BC. e., the program was enriched with a fistfight, 12 years later - a chariot race and, finally, at the 33rd Olympiad, in 648 BC. e., pankration, the most difficult and cruel type of competition.
When going to a fistfight, the participants put on a special bronze cap on their heads, and wrapped their fists in leather belts with metal bumps. When preparing to strike, the fighter took precautions: he protected his head with his hand; he tried to stand up so that the sun blinded the enemy, and then with all his might he beat with his fist, actually encased in iron, on his ribs, face and torso. The fight continued until one of the two pleaded defeated. Usually athletes left the battlefield disfigured, crippled, bleeding. Often they were carried out of the stadium half dead.
Pankration combined wrestling and fisticuffs. It was forbidden to use teeth and twist or break the fingers of the enemy, to put on metal armlets on the hands. But any blows, grabs, kicks, painful techniques were allowed, it was possible to overturn the opponent to the ground and squeeze his throat.
Later, armed running was included in the program of the Games; the run of trumpeters and heralds; mule-drawn chariot races; competitions for children in wrestling, horse racing, pentathlon), and in 200 BC. e., at the 145th Olympiad, even a children's pankration appeared.
On the eve of the opening of the Olympics, the audience admired the marble statues of the winners of the previous Games, located between the stadium and the river Alpheus. The statues were made and installed at the expense of the cities where the new “demigods” came from: the first Olympionist Ko-reb from Elis; "the strongest among the strong" Milo of Croton; Polites from Korina, the fastest athlete at the 212th Olympiad; Lasfen from Te-bei, who ran 156 stadia, competing with a horse; Nikola from Akria, who won five race victories in two Olympics, and many other glorious athletes.
The young men were also shown the statues of Zeus, towering near the Krona hill. Each of these statues was ordered and placed on the fines imposed on those participants in the Games who cheated, tried to bribe the enemy or injured him during the competition.
The Olympic festivities began with the rising of the full moon. The solemn procession was heading to the golden statue of Zeus. The Hellanodiki in purple robes led the procession, followed by athletes and eminent citizens. Two huge bulls were sacrificed to Zeus, and the judges and contestants took a solemn oath to be worthy of being awarded a laurel wreath and a palm branch. In the evening, after the drawing of lots, a festival of arts was held. Long before its end, the athletes went to bed - half-starved, having eaten a piece of cheese and drinking cold water.
So the big day arrived. Between 40,000 and 60,000 spectators took their seats on the embankment around the stadium. Trumpets greeted the approaching Hellanodics and guests of honor. Athletes took turns going to the middle of the arena to introduce themselves to the audience. The herald loudly announced the name and homeland of each and asked three times: “Do all of you, the happy guests of Olympia, agree that this athlete is a free and worthy citizen?” Then the competition began.
On the first day, competitions were held in all types of running, on the second - in pentathlon, and on the third - in wrestling, fisticuffs and pankration. The fourth day was completely given to the children. Running distances for them were two times shorter than for adults. On the fifth day, chariot races drawn by four horses were arranged, as well as horse racing in a circle at stages 8 and 73 (1538 and 14000 m).
The history of the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece is very rich in intense and spectacular sports competitions.
From the history of the Games of Ancient Greece
1. Where exactly were the Games held in Ancient Greece? (On the Peloponnesian peninsula, in the city of Olympiae gu of the river Alpheus.)
2. In what types did the ancient Olympians compete? (Pentathlon; running, long jump, javelin and discus throwing, wrestling; fisticuffs;
as well as chariot races, a marathon race in full combat weapons, competitions of poets and musicians.)
3. A sacred truce was declared during the Olympic Games. Was it violated in Ancient Greece? (Yes. In 36 ton. e. arch-dians captured Olympia. The Greeks, angry, forbade them for a long time to participate in the Games.)
4. Which of the famous people of Ancient Greece took part in the Games? ("Father of Medicine" Hippocrates [I], philosophers Socrates and Plato[Z], playwrights Sophocles andEuripides [ 5], mathematician andphilosopher Pythagoras.)
5. At what time of the year and with what frequency were the Games held? (Every four years, between harvest and wine harvestabout hail.)
6. Who was allowed to the Olympic Games? (Greek men.) In Hellas they competed in the race for one stage. The distance, according to legend, was marked out for the runners by Hercules himself. How did he measure the distance? (With feet: a stadion is approximately 600 feet, or 92m 27cm.)
8. When did the first Olympic Games take place? (In 776 BC)
9. In whose honor were the Games held? (In honor of Zeus /8/)
10. The Olympian dynasty lived on the island of Rhodes. The head of the family, his sons and grandsons have competed at the Olympic Games for over 80 years, participated in 12 Games, won nine laurel wreaths for their island. Remember the name of the founder of the dynasty. (Diag.)
Questions of the second envelope
From the history of the modern Olympic Games.
1. Who came up with the proposal to revive the Olympic Games? (French public figureb baronPerde Coubertin .)
2. When and where were the first Olympic Games held modernityT And? (IN1 896 in Athens.)
3. In what year were the 1st Winter Olympic Games held? (In 1924., Chamonix, France.)
4. Remember the motto of the Olympic Games. ("Shsh, butM And5,/ogpi5^ - <&ы -faster, above, stronger^.)
5. Which Games did not take place because of the world wars? (Sixth (1916), Twelfth (1940), Thirteenth (1944).)
6. In what year did Soviet athletes first take part in the Olympic Games? (In 1952., Helsinki, Finland, XV Olympic Games.)
7. When did women start participating in the Olympics? (1900., II Olympic Games.)
8. The XI Winter Olympic Games were held in Asia for the first time. When and where? (1972 vol., sapporo, Japan.)
9. When in honor of the victories of the Russians for the first time at the Olympic Games raised a tricolor flag? (1992., Barcelona, Spain.)
10. Name the continent where the Olympic Games were held in 2000. (Australia.)Third Envelope Questions Outstanding Athletes
1. The first Russian Olympic champion, figure skater. (NikolaiBUT leksandrovichPanin-Kolomenkin, 1871/72- 1956 , champion 1908)
2. The first modern Olympic champion. (American track and field athlete JamesConnolly; his result in the triple jump is 13m 71cm.)
3. Two-time Olympic champion, discus thrower, who won the first Olympic gold medal in the history of Soviet sports. /Ym^d/7oyaol(o/?^a/Rol<ош/со@й^.^
4. Unique gymnast: has 18 Olympic medals, nine of them are gold. (Larisa Latynina.)
5. The star of this athlete burned brighter than others for three years in a row: in 1962, 1963, 1964. He was called the best athlete in the world. ( Valais riyBrumel.)
6. High jumper Dick Fosbury became an Olympic champion by jumping in a way he invented. Since then, all world achievements in this sport have been established only in this way, called the "Fosbury Flop". What is this jump? (Back to the bar.)
7. Vladimir Belousov won one of the rarest medals for our team. More in this sport, our compatriots have never been able to win. Name it. (Jumping fromtram-
8. The miracle of the games of the XXI Olympiad was Bob Beamon's long jump. Thisfrom a black American flew 8 m 90 cm. How many years did the all-time world record last? (Almost a quarter of a century: until 1991)
9. The absolute record for the number of gold medals won at one Games was set in Munich by the American swimmer Mark Spitz. How many times did he become a champion? (Semb once.)
10. In And the waist at the VII Olympic Games in 1956, Soviet hockey players managed to defeat the founders of this game - the Canadians. Remember the names of the athletes who won the victory. (Vsevolod Bobrov, Evgeny Babich, Nikolai Sologubov, Ivan Treguboe, goalkeeper Niko barking beams. )
Fourth Envelope Questions
Olympic mosaic
1. What is the Olympic flag? (White linenAnd more with five intertwined rings of blue, black, red, green and yellow. Fridayb rings symbolizeYu t five continents,)
2. "The Olympic Movement is called upon to promote the development of physical and moral qualities, which are the basis of amateur sports, to educate young people through sports in a spirit of better mutual understanding and friendship, thus contributing to the creation of a better and more peaceful world." What is this text? (Olympic-skychart.)
3. Quote the main words of the famous "Ode to Sport" by Pierre de Coubertin. ("Oh sport, you - peace!»}
4. What is the name of the organization that leads the Olympic din and living inik re? (Internationall imperial committee.
5. During the opening of the Olympic Games, one of the outstanding athletes of the host country makes a speech on behalf of all the participants in the Games. What is this speech? (Olympic oath.)
6. Everyone The National Olympic Committee has an emblem. What does the emblem of the NOC of Russia look like? (Five Olympicabout lion and tricolor imageabout th tongue of flame.)
7. For special services to the Olympic Movement, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) awards a sports figure or athlete with the highest sign of Olympic honor. What is the name of this sign? (Olympic order.)
8. What Olympic Games were held without the participation of Soviet athletes for political reasons? (XXSummer Olympic Games, 1984., los angele c, USA. )
9.XX The 1st Summer Olympic Games were held in Moscow. At what year? (In 1980. )
10. How is the Olympic torch lit? (A beam of sunlight collected by a system of lenses and reflectors is directed to the torch.)Fifth Envelope Questions Olympics 2000
1. Which Games were held in Sydney (Australia)? (XXVII.)
2. List the countries whose teams won the most medals at the 2000 Olympics. (USA - 97 , Russia - 88, China - 59.)
3. In which sport have our athletes won the most medals? (Gymnastics: five gold each, withe rib and bronze.)
4. Vietnamese Tan Hugh Gran's silver medal was the first Olympic medal in her country's history. In what sport was this medal won? (Takewondo.)
5. Name the sports in which Russian teams have won Olympic gold. (Fencing on sabers and swords, handball (men), synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics.)
6. The Sydney Olympics started two days before the official opening ceremony. In what sport did the “premature” competitions take place? (Football.)
7. At three Olympics in a row / this athlete stopped one step away from victory. The fourth attempt was successful. Thanks to his victory, the first award of the highest dignity appeared in the piggy bank of the Russian team. Name the famous swordsman. (Pivel Kolobkov.)
8. Sergei Aliferenko won the first victory in international competitions of the highest rank in Sydney, at the Olympic Games. In what sport? (Arrowb ba from a pistol.)
9. Olga Brusnikina and Maria Kiseleva became the first two-time Olympic champions in synchronized swimming in the history of the Games. What was the name of the musical composition under which they performed? (M. P. Mussorgsky. « Night on Bald Mountain».)
8. The 2000 Olympics have become infamous. Behind the Greek goddess of victory Nike depicted on them is
not the Athenian Parthenon... But who? (Roman Coliseum. )
II TOUR Olympic alphabet
Game progress: letters are laid out on the table in alphabetical order. The participant with the most tokens chooses a letter and reads the question; if he answers correctly, he gets another token, if he does not answer, he is out of the game. Another participant can answer for him and receive a token. Then another player comes out, and so on. The answer must begin with the letter that the player has chosen. The three players with the most tokens advance to Round III.
a) Which city was the first to raise the Olympic flag? (Antwerp, Belgium.)
b) In what city was the Olympic flame lit by a burning arrow shot from a bow? (Barcelona, Spain.)
Q) What were the winners of the Games in Ancient Greece awarded with? (A wreath of laurel leaves.)^
D) At the opening of the Olympic Games, teams go in alphabetical order of the host country. But the team of the same country always walks ahead. Which? (7)?е1<м^
E) What do athletes who take 1st to 8th places at the Olympics in individual and team competitions receive? (Diplomas of the IOC.)
E) For the first time in history, an active athlete was awarded the highest award of our country. For outstanding achievements in sports, courage and heroism, she was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation. Who is she? (LoveE Gorova, skier.)
G) A body established to determine athletes or teams worthy of an award. (Jury.)
3) Medal for the highest sporting achievement. (Golden.)
I) The king of the small Greek state of Elis, whose name is associated with the establishment of athletic games in the second Olympia? I (Ifit.)
J) History has brought us the name of the winner of the Games of 776 BC. e. - a swift cook from Elis. The history of the Olympic movement begins with this name. Name it. (Norab, otherwiseKoraibos.)
K) In which city is the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee? (Lausanne, Switzerland.)
M) The mascot of the Olympic Games in Moscow. (Bear cub Misha,)
H) When the Roman emperor, known for his cruelty, wished to personally participate in the competition, he rode to the start of the chariot race in splendid isolation. None of the athletes competed with him, so as not to risk his life in vain. He fell twice. nevertheless, he came to the finish line and was crowned with an Olympic laurel wreath. Who is it? (Nero.)
A) What was the name of the winner of the Games in Ancient Greece? (Olympic.)
P) A mathematician and philosopher from the island of Samos, who left his famous theorem as a “legacy” to schoolchildren all over the world, was crowned with a laurel wreath of a fisticuff champion at the Games. Name it. (Pythagoras.)
P) Three-time Olympic champion in figure skating, partner of Alexei Ulanov and Alexander Zaitsev. (IrinaRodnina.)
C) A famous swimmer, four-time Olympic champion, who was not wanted to be included in the Olympic team on the grounds that he was “old”. (Vladimir Salnikov. )
T) Hockey goaltender, three times olympic Champion, at the age of 22 recognized as the best goalkeeper in the world, (Vladislav Tretiak.)
Y) Punishment for breaking the rules of the game. (Removal from the field.)
F) The name of the Christian Roman emperor who banned in 394 AD. e. Olympic Games as "Pagan". (Theodosius I the Great.)
X) Olympic champion of the II, III, IV Winter Olympic Games, Norwegian figure skater, movie star, who starred in the movie "Serena da Sun Valley". (SonyaHenie.)
C) The club that brought up the winners of the Olympics - fencers, hockey players, basketball players, volleyball players, etc. (CSKA - Central sportsth club armAnd And.)
H) The athlete who won the competition. (Champion.)
III) A sport in which Yuri Vlasov broke "American dominance" and set unprecedented world records. (Weightlifting. Barbell.)
E) What were the names of the judges and stewards of the Games in Ancient Greece? (Elladonics.)
Yu) Young athlete (up to 20 years old). (Junior.)
I) At the Olympic Games in Mexico City, the mascot beast appeared for the first time. What animal became a talisman? (Jaguar.)
But it turned out to be not so easy. The fact is that the oracle predicted Enomai's death at the hands of his daughter's husband. To prevent such a fate, Enomai decided not to marry his daughter at all. But how to do that? How to refuse all applicants for the hand of Hypodamia? Many worthy suitors wooed the beautiful princess. Enomai could not refuse everyone for no reason and came up with a cruel condition: he would give Hypodamia as a wife only to the one who defeated him in a chariot contest, but if he turned out to be the winner, then the bewitched must pay with his life. Enomai had no equal in the whole of Greece in the art of driving a chariot, and his horses were faster than the wind.
One after another, young people came to the palace of Enomai, who were not afraid to lose their lives, if only to get the beautiful Hypodamia as a wife. And Enomai killed all of them, and so that it would be discourteous for others to come to woo, he nailed the heads of the dead to the doors of the palace. But this did not stop Pelops. He decided to outsmart the cruel ruler of Pisa. Pelops secretly agreed with the charioteer of Oenomaus Myrtilus that he would not insert a pin holding the wheel on the axle.
Before the start of the competition, Enomai, confident, as always, in success, suggested that Pelops start the race alone. The groom's chariot takes off, and Enomai slowly sacrifices to the great Thunderer Zeus, and only after that he rushes after him.
The chariot of Oenomaus has already reached Pelops, the son of Tantalus already feels the hot breath of the horses of King Pisa, he turns around and sees how the king swings his spear with a triumphant laugh. But at that moment, the wheels from the axles of the chariot of Oenomaus jump off, the chariot overturns, and the cruel king falls dead to the ground.
Pelops returned triumphantly to Pisa, married the beautiful Hypodamia, took possession of the whole kingdom of Enomai, and in honor of his victory held a sports festival in Olympia, which he decided to repeat every four years.
Hercules took terrible revenge on the king of Elis. With a large army, he invaded Elis, defeated Augeas in a bloody battle and killed him with a deadly arrow. After the victory, Hercules gathered troops and all the booty near the city of Pisa, made sacrifices to the Olympic gods and established the Olympic Games, which have been held since then every four years on the sacred plain planted by Hercules himself with olives dedicated to the goddess Pallas Athena.
There are many other versions of the appearance and creation of the Olympic Games, but all these versions, most often of mythological origin, remain versions.
"I need you to found the Games Pleased by the Gods!"
Ifit immediately goes to meet his powerful neighbor - the king of Sparta Lycurgus. Obviously, Ifit was a good diplomat, since Lycurgus decides that from now on Elis should be recognized as a neutral state. And all the small fragmented states, endlessly at war with each other, agree with this decision. Immediately Ifit, in order to prove his peace-loving aspirations and thank the gods, establishes "the athletic Games, which will be held in Olympia every four years." Hence their name - the Olympic Games. This happened in 884 BC. e.
Thus a custom was established in Greece, according to which, once every four years, at the height of internecine wars, everyone put their weapons aside and went to Olympia to admire the harmoniously developed athletes and praise the gods.
The Olympic Games became a national event that united the whole of Greece, while before and after them, Greece was a multitude of disparate, warring states.
When the feast lasted only one day, it was usually held on the eighteenth day of the "holy month" beginning on the first full moon after the summer solstice. The holiday was repeated every four years, which made up "Olympiad"- Greek Olympic year.