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Post by bigfudge on Jun 29, 2020 3:35:18 GMT
Men's Tournament
1. What edition of the Olympics was the first to have a football tournament and who won it?
2. Which country has the most medals in the Mens Football tournament?
3. Denmark's Sophus Nielsen and Hungary's Antal Dunai are the joint record scorers with how many goals each?
4. How many times have the Hosts won the Gold Medal?
5. Before 2012 when was the last time Great Britain sent a football team to the Olympics?
Women's Tournament
1. In what year was the first Women's tournament played and who won the Gold Medal?
2. Performance wise, what happened for the first ever time in the 2016 Olympics?
3. Brazil's Cristiane is the all-time top goalscorer at the Olympics with how many goals?
4. What three teams have won Gold at the Olympics?
5. Who captain Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics?
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Post by hatter_in_macc on Jun 29, 2020 10:41:47 GMT
Somehow reckon that this will not be my strongest round! But here goes...
Men's Tournament
1. What edition of the Olympics was the first to have a football tournament and who won it? 1900, Great Britain.
2. Which country has the most medals in the Mens Football tournament? Brazil
3. Denmark's Sophus Nielsen and Hungary's Antal Dunai are the joint record scorers with how many goals each? 13
4. How many times have the Hosts won the Gold Medal? 5
5. Before 2012 when was the last time Great Britain sent a football team to the Olympics? 1972
Women's Tournament
1. In what year was the first Women's tournament played and who won the Gold Medal? 1996, United States.
2. Performance wise, what happened for the first ever time in the 2016 Olympics? The first time, I think, that the US failed to win a medal? Otherwise, no idea!
3. Brazil's Cristiane is the all-time top goalscorer at the Olympics with how many goals? 15
4. What three teams have won Gold at the Olympics? Germany, Norway, United States.
5. Who captain Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics? Casey Stoney
Cheers, Fudgie!
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Post by bigfudge on Jul 3, 2020 22:58:28 GMT
Men's Tournament
1. What edition of the Olympics was the first to have a football tournament and who won it?
The 1900 Olympics in Paris, France where Great Britain won the Gold Medal.
2. Which country has the most medals in the Mens Football tournament?
Brazil have won the most medals with 6.
They have won 3 Bronze medals, 2 Silver medals and 1 Gold medal.
3. Denmark's Sophus Nielsen and Hungary's Antal Dunai are the joint record scorers with how many goals each?
They each have 13 Goals.
4. How many times have the Hosts won the Gold Medal?
4 Times.
Great Britain won Gold at London 1908.
Belgium won Gold at Antwerp 1920.
Spain won Gold at Barcelona 1992.
Brazil won Gold at Rio de Janeiro 2016.
5. Before 2012 when was the last time Great Britain sent a football team to the Olympics?
Rome 1960. Though they did attempt to Qualify up until 1972, they never sent another team after 1960.
Women's Tournament
1. In what year was the first Women's tournament played and who won the Gold Medal?
It was first played at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 and the Gold was won by the hosts, USA.
2. Performance wise, what happened for the first ever time in the 2016 Olympics?
USA didn't earn a medal, they didn't even finish Top 4th with Brazil losing in the Bronze Medal match to Canada and the final saw Germany beat Sweden to win Gold.
3. Brazil's Cristiane is the all-time top goalscorer at the Olympics with how many goals?
She has 14 goals.
4. What three teams have won Gold at the Olympics?
United States in 1996, 2004, 2008 and 2012.
Norway in 2000.
Germany in 2016.
5. Who captain Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics?
Defender Casey Stoney, then of Lincoln City Ladies.
So Maccy gets another impressive score this week with 7/10 meaning this is how the table looks so far...
Duds - 0
Ceefer - 8
Gazz - 20
Maccy - 84
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Post by hatter_in_macc on Jul 4, 2020 1:30:06 GMT
I'll take that! Thanks, Fudgie.
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Post by ceefer on Jul 9, 2020 16:16:28 GMT
Nice work Fudgie
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