TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, February 15, 2016

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Who's excited for the Summer Olympics? I love watching the Olympics, especially the swimming and diving competitions. What is your favorite Olympic sport?

Here's some fun facts for you about Rio 2016...

Enjoy!
Melissa

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well."

HINT: (1863-1937), was a French educator and historian, and founder of the International Olympic Committee.

RANDOM TIDBITS
Rio 2016 will be the first time in Olympic history that a South American country has hosted the Games. The city won its bid in 2009, beating out Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo.

The torch relay will begin on April 21 in the Games' birthplace - Olympia in Greece - before traveling across Brazil for more than 90 days and finishing in Rio on August 5. While in Greece, it will pass through the Eloenas refugee camp, near Athens, where one resident will be selected as a torch bearer.

Golf will return to the Olympics after a 112-year absence. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to reinstate the sport, which previously was played in the 1900 and 1904 Games. The 18 holes in Rio were designed by American golf-course architect Gil Hanse, who is based in Malvern, Pennsylvania.

The Rio games will be the first to feature Olympians born in the year 2000. Rules state that all competitors must have been been born before Jan. 1, 2003, but many sports have other age requirements for health and safety reasons. The youngest competitors are likely to be from diving and gymnastics.

The mascot for 2016 is "Vinicius," a yellow and blue creature representing Brazilian wildlife. It resembles a cat or monkey that can fly and has the power to stretch its limbs and body. It is named after Bossa Nova musician Vinicius de Moraes, one of the writers of "The Girl From Ipanema." Rio 2016 organizers say they hope Vinicius will help them raise 1 billion reais ($398 million) in merchandising.

Organizers say they will prepare 60,000 meals per day to feed the athletes. Brazilian staples like rice and black beans and barbecued meat will be accompanied by other local offerings, such as tapioca, pao de queijo (cheese bread) and acai (an Amazonian fruit and so-called super-food).

(NBC News)

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Moving to and fro,
Dancing all the time.
Only to be moved by others
To allow them to pass by.

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well."

ANSWER: Pierre de Coubertin.

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