Olympic Trivia

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The Beijing Olympic Games are just slightly more than 100 days away. Just how much do you know about the Olympic Games and their history and traditions? For instance, did you know…?

• that the original Olympic games, called the PanHellenic Games in ancient Greece, were held as part of national religious festivals
• that women were not permitted to participate…or even watch…the Olympic games until the 2nd century A.D.
• that the first record of Olympic Games dates from 776 B.C.
• that the last record of the original Olympic Games was in 261 A.D.
• that the modern Olympics were reborn in Athens in 1896
• that the Olympic five-ring symbol was taken from an emblem on an altar in the ruins of ancient Delphi, in Greece.
• that the first Winter Games were held in 1924, in Chamonix, France