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- 500 air-condition limousines, complete with uniformed chauffeurs and traffic free speed lanes, and
- 40,000 hotel rooms.
It should be noted that 'the Olympic family' does not include athletes, as they will be staying in their own Olympic village, nor god bless us, does it include anything as common as spectators. Rather the term relates to the staff, 'associates', family members and assorted hangers on of the blessed Golden 115.
Still, some good Olympic news has just been announced. Tickets for the actual events at London 2012 are going on sale on March 15th. Would be spectators have until 26th April to apply, and refreshingly it isn't being done on a first come first served basis as after the closing date there will be a ballot for tickets for oversubscibed events. Meanwhile Paralympic tickets become available on September 9th. Full details about how to apply for any of the 6.6 million tickets for Olympic events can be had at www.tickets.london2012.com.
All this excitement has prompted the Highly Questionable team to assemble an Olympic Trivia dollop, while below we provide the answers to yesterday's islands themed quiz.
Olympics Trivia Dollop
1 In 2012 London will become the first city to host the Olympics for the third time.
2 The United States is the only country to have hosted the Olympics four times. In the process it has deployed three different host cities, in the shape of Saint Louis, Los Angeles (twice) and Atlanta.
3 The Hungarian capital Budapest has waited a long time to host the Olympics after initially being selected as the location of the 1920 Games. However, as punishment for it's role in the First World War as part of the then Austro-Hungarian Empire, Budapest was stripped of the event, with the honour passing to Antwerp in Belgium. Budapest hasn't subsequently been chosen as a host unlike Berlin, which was initially to have been the location for the 1916 Olympics, cancelled because of World War 1, which was later given the 1936 Games.
4 Tokyo was the chosen venue for the 1940 Olympics which subsequently didn't take place due to the outbreak of the Second World War. Japan's major city was to wait until 1964 before getting another chance to welcome the world to 'the greatest show on earth'.
5 28 countries boycotted the 1976 Montreal Olympics in protest at the International Olympic Committee's decision not to ban New Zealand from the event following the ironically named All Blacks rugby team's tour earlier in the year to apartheid tarnished South Africa. The 27 African countries involved in the boycott were joined by one non African country in their stand, which was Iraq.
Islands Quiz Answers
The answers to yesterday's islands quiz are:-
1 Hispaniola is the name of the island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
2 Jura was the Scottish island on which George Orwell wrote his dystopian novel 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'.
3 Saint Helena was the small Atlantic island Napoleon was kept prisoner on by the British after his defeat at the battle of Waterloo. He remained there until his death some five and a half years after his arrival.
4 Cephalonia (also known as Kefalonia) was the name of the island on which the 1994 novel 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' was set.
5 The Isle of Man is governed by the Tynwald, the oldest parliament in the world that is still functioning.
The author of the Highly Questionable quiz and trivia blog, Harry Reid, is a freelance question setter, writer, and blogger. He can be contacted at harryreid@btinternet.com
Olympics Trivia Dollop
1 In 2012 London will become the first city to host the Olympics for the third time.
2 The United States is the only country to have hosted the Olympics four times. In the process it has deployed three different host cities, in the shape of Saint Louis, Los Angeles (twice) and Atlanta.
3 The Hungarian capital Budapest has waited a long time to host the Olympics after initially being selected as the location of the 1920 Games. However, as punishment for it's role in the First World War as part of the then Austro-Hungarian Empire, Budapest was stripped of the event, with the honour passing to Antwerp in Belgium. Budapest hasn't subsequently been chosen as a host unlike Berlin, which was initially to have been the location for the 1916 Olympics, cancelled because of World War 1, which was later given the 1936 Games.
4 Tokyo was the chosen venue for the 1940 Olympics which subsequently didn't take place due to the outbreak of the Second World War. Japan's major city was to wait until 1964 before getting another chance to welcome the world to 'the greatest show on earth'.
5 28 countries boycotted the 1976 Montreal Olympics in protest at the International Olympic Committee's decision not to ban New Zealand from the event following the ironically named All Blacks rugby team's tour earlier in the year to apartheid tarnished South Africa. The 27 African countries involved in the boycott were joined by one non African country in their stand, which was Iraq.
Islands Quiz Answers
The answers to yesterday's islands quiz are:-
1 Hispaniola is the name of the island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
2 Jura was the Scottish island on which George Orwell wrote his dystopian novel 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'.
3 Saint Helena was the small Atlantic island Napoleon was kept prisoner on by the British after his defeat at the battle of Waterloo. He remained there until his death some five and a half years after his arrival.
4 Cephalonia (also known as Kefalonia) was the name of the island on which the 1994 novel 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' was set.
5 The Isle of Man is governed by the Tynwald, the oldest parliament in the world that is still functioning.
The author of the Highly Questionable quiz and trivia blog, Harry Reid, is a freelance question setter, writer, and blogger. He can be contacted at harryreid@btinternet.com
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