Willow the official dog of the Guardian Thursday quiz

The Thursday quiz summer of shrinkflation continues with yet another themed week. You can’t have failed to notice that the Olympics have been going on in Paris, so this is a quiz about (mostly) non-sporting Olympic things. Remember, it is just for fun, but since there are fewer questions than normal every answer carries a lot more pressure with it, like having to make an archery shot and knowing that if you don’t make a 10 you’ve blown your medal chances. Have fun, guess well, and let us know how you get on in the comments!

The Thursday quiz, No 172 – Olympic week!

  1. 1.Willow, the official dog of the Guardian Thursday quiz, would like to know which country is Olympic National Park in?

  2. 2.There are five Olympic rings, but which element has the atomic number five?

    Olympic rings

  3. 3.It is obvious that an Olympic-sized swimming pool has to be 50m long because all the races are in multiples of 50m. But how WIDE does an Olympic-sized swimming pool have to be?

    Swimming

  4. 4.It feels like an actual age ago already, but who won the first Olympic gold medal at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics?

    The Olympics!

  5. 5.The Olympus Trip 35mm compact camera (very much not pictured) was hugely successful during the 1970s and 1980s. Which famous celebrity photographer fronted an ad campaign for it?

    Camera lens

  6. 6.Olympic Studios is famous for being a place where artists such as David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Prince and the Eagles recorded. Where was it?

    Mixing desk

  7. 7.How many of the Greek gods were believed to live on Mount Olympus?

    Mount Olympus and the sky

  8. 8.Italian Olympic gymnast Giorgia Villa (not pictured) has made a stir with her photoshoots promoting which famous Italian produce?

    Tower of Pisa

  9. 9.The Olympics obviously started in Athens. But how many places called Athens in the US have their own Wikipedia page?

    Wikipedia but embroidered

  10. 10.Which of these bands isn’t from Athens in Georgia, US (very much not pictured)?

    The Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens

  11. 11.Athens (not pictured) is a bitmap slab serif font designed in the early 1980s for which type of computer?

    1974 Post Office typeface tracing sheet

  12. 12.Which hip-hop artist turned up to the Olympics equestrian events in Paris dressed as if ready to take part?

    Horse

If you really do think there has been an egregious error in one of the questions or answers you will have to keep it to yourself, as the quiz master is refusing all calls today. Why not just enjoy recently re-released rare thematically related Sparks track Sports instead …

Sports by Sparks


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