Host cities for the modern Olympic Games Quiz

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Olympics Cities Quiz

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Created May 13, 2008 in History
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	ronnymexico:	Oct 22nd, 2008 at 00:08 GMT		54 points
	Maybe Torino should be accepted for Turin?

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	davidr:	Oct 23rd, 2008 at 17:18 GMT		24 points
	@Jason: multiple answers can be accepted. So the quiz could be set up so that, if you type "Torino", "Turin" appears in the 2006 box. I think it would be a good idea to do this and similarly for the other cities where English uses a different name to the natives (Roma, Muenchen and Antwerpen come to mind).

	Annie:	Dec 6th, 2008 at 00:17 GMT		30 points
	This game needs bonus answers like Vancouver for 2010 and London for 2012. Otherwise, this is a great game.

	cmkeller:	Dec 8th, 2008 at 17:05 GMT		8 points
	I was just about to post an comment similar to Annie's, so I'll just add that Sochi 2014 should also be amongst the bonuses.

	bsd987:	Dec 11th, 2008 at 18:31 GMT		1 point
	torino should be accepted in addition to turin.

	cocky:	Dec 22nd, 2008 at 03:50 GMT		1 point
	Since some future games have already been awarded, they should be regular answers and not bonus ones.

	cmkeller:	Dec 24th, 2008 at 01:11 GMT		16 points
	The 1976 Winter Games were awarded to Denver but ended up being held elsewhere. And there are the games that were awarded for 1916, 1940 and 1944 but cancelled due to World Wars I and II. I think that until the event happens, it should be just a bonus.

	LB1973:	Jan 28th, 2009 at 20:57 GMT		2 points
	1916, 1940 and 1944 were all awarded to cities that either subsequantly held the games or had previously. The 1936 host for 1916; the 1964 then 1952 host for 1940 and the 1908, 1948, 2012 host in 1944. Same with the winter games. Incidently I believe 2012 is the first time that that city actually hosts a games they won in a vote.

	jkd:	Jan 30th, 2009 at 20:09 GMT		8 points
	It would be nice if the summer/winter distinction was visible on the screen showing the most and least remembered answers.

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	newenglander:	Mar 7th, 2009 at 22:17 GMT		5 points
	they dont accept Saint for St. I think thats messed up.

	Fantonald:	Mar 9th, 2009 at 16:31 GMT		13 points
	I feel that Cortina should be accepted for Cortina d'Ampezzo, especially seeing that Garmisch and Squaw(!) are considered acceptable answers.

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	Codex:	Apr 1st, 2009 at 20:09 GMT		1 point
	I got all of the summer games cities but didn't get a fair few of the winter games ones. Perhaps separate quzzes?

	juusosieni:	Apr 5th, 2009 at 12:59 GMT		-4 points
	46/46, I think everyone should know even 10. There should be bonus answers for Vancouver 2010, London 2012 and Sochi 2014...

	Ganondorfdude11:	Apr 17th, 2009 at 05:47 GMT		13 points
	During coverage of the 2006 Olympics, everybody referred to the city as Torino. That should be an acceptable answer.

	ESkog:	Apr 27th, 2009 at 04:34 GMT		0 points
	Athens 1906 isn't included (they hosted a 10-year anniversary Olympics), but it's pretty trivial since it'd just duplicate the other two times it's on there.

	TeabagYokel:	May 21st, 2009 at 15:54 GMT		1 point
	I love how no-one's got the Winter Olympic Cities in the main - although Squaw Valley, Albertville and Cortina d'Ampazzo are hardly that famous! As for Garmish-Partenkirchen, I knew it was somewhere auf Deutschland as the locals say, but sheesh! @Craig - There have been many games to win votes and hold the games eg. Beijing 2008, Athens 2004!

	Carlos:	Jun 7th, 2009 at 12:50 GMT		1 point
	I guess Torino should be accepted for Turin. But in the world countries quiz would you write Italia instead of Italy when answering?

	GeoExpert:	Jun 17th, 2009 at 04:24 GMT		6 points
	Bonus answers: Vancouver 2010, London 2012, Sochi 2014. But when you guess London, it would be a real answer and a bonus so that would be kind of odd. And hopefully Chicago 2016

	mathias1979:	Jun 19th, 2009 at 04:40 GMT		9 points
	I honestly don't remember the US coverage of the 2006 games ever referring to Turin...I only remember Torino. In fact I though I was going crazy and actually had to Google Torino in the middle of the quiz to see if maybe I was just mispelling it...and Turin didn't even come up in the first 5 results.

	themaskedlemur:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 13:52 GMT		-3 points
	LA for los angeles?

	agrigator717:	Jul 22nd, 2009 at 06:30 GMT		6 points
	South America and Africa have yet to hold an Olympic game. I think Brazil is hoping to win a bid for 2016.

	omnipotent1:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 19:05 GMT		1 point
	Got 32. Not too bad I guess. Spent most of the game trying to think of what city in Norway hosted the '94 games. I can always remember them games for the fact that Johann Koss won 4 gold medals in speed skating. That didn't help me remember the name though. :)

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	Annie:	Sep 2nd, 2009 at 14:57 GMT		1 point
	I was having trouble getting it to accept St. Moritz today. I tried Saint Moritz and St Moritz but to no avail.

	RunHardTurnLeft:	Sep 24th, 2009 at 08:18 GMT		6 points
	@ Carlos, Torino should be accepted because everyone referred to it as Torino during the olympics.

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	RyanUR:	Oct 2nd, 2009 at 16:53 GMT		3 points
	Time to add some future cities to this as bonus answers: Vancouver, London, Sochi, and Rio.

	LB1973:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 01:03 GMT		0 points
	@Drumbum88 I am very aware that they didn't take place, games were awarded though but there is no point having them as a bonus as all the cities involved have held games.

	icing:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 02:39 GMT		2 points
	Got 36, which I attribute to having grown up near Lake Placid, and always having been a winter sports fan. Most Americans just don't look forward to the biathalon the way I do :)

	BluntDiplomat:	Oct 17th, 2009 at 10:11 GMT		9 points
	Just an idea: This quiz would be so much more beautiful if it was rendered on a world map like a geography quiz...although Europe might be crowded with dots. But I'm sure the Sporcle proctors - spoctors? - will figure something out.

	briantravelman:	Oct 20th, 2009 at 00:15 GMT		5 points
	Vancouver should also be be on there!

	briantravelman:	Oct 20th, 2009 at 00:16 GMT		8 points
	Ah! And Rio!

	Sjoerd:	Oct 25th, 2009 at 15:31 GMT		0 points
	@BluntDiplomat: the World map of this game could include a larger submap of Europe, partly lying over the Atlantic, Africa and Central Asia, since those areas never held Olympics anyway. Also, maybe Amsterdam 2028 could be a bonus answer?

	hazzaar90:	Oct 26th, 2009 at 14:26 GMT		3 points
	@TeabagYokel: I believe Craig was referring to the fact that 2012 is the first Olympics where London has been awarded the games by winning through the standard bidding process. In 1908, London hosted after Rome was unable to due to the eruption of Mt Vesuvius redirecting government funds away from the Olympic games, and in 1948, London was awarded the games by postal vote after they had won the rights to the 1945 games, which were cancelled due to WWII.

	BluntDiplomat:	Oct 27th, 2009 at 02:18 GMT		4 points
	@Sjoerd: Great idea. Hopefully they could have a dot for Africa by 2013. (Cape Town 2020?)

	MikeR:	Nov 28th, 2009 at 23:05 GMT		3 points
	you should make Vancouver 2010, London 2012, Sochi 2014, and Rio de Janeiro 2016. that would be cool