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How well do you know the Olympic Games?
- Title
- How well do you know the Olympic Games? / document produced by the Olympic Studies Centre ; illustration by Albin Christen.
- Publication
- Lausanne, Switzerland : Olympic Museum, c2002.
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- Description
- 31 p. : col. ill.; 24 x 21 cm.
- Summary
- Explains the Olympic movement and the Games.
- Subjects
- Note
- Includes errata slip.
- Contents
- Where did the Olympic Games begin? -- Who founded the modern Olympic Games and the Olympic Games since 1896? -- What is the meaning of the five Olympic rings? -- What is the Olympic motto? -- Why is there a torch relay? -- Why are there opening and closing ceremonies at the Olympics? -- What is an Olympic sport? -- How does an athlete get to the Olympic Games -- Where do the athletes live during the Games? -- How are the winners rewarded? -- What menace hangs over the Olympics? -- Where does the money to stage the Games come from? -- What role does the IOC play in all of this? -- How does the IOC keep its Olympic memories alive?
- Call Number
- JAX B-14412
- ISBN
- 9291600601
- OCLC
- 51002430
- Title
- How well do you know the Olympic Games? / document produced by the Olympic Studies Centre ; illustration by Albin Christen.
- Imprint
- Lausanne, Switzerland : Olympic Museum, c2002.
- Added Author
- Centre d'études et de recherches olympiques du C.I.O.Musée olympique (Lausanne, Switzerland)
- Research Call Number
- JAX B-14412