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TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Greetings Infomaniacs,
The Winter Olympics will be starting on February 12 in
Vancouver, Canada. What is your favorite winter sport to
watch? I'd have to say mine is figure skating - it's
amazing to watch these skaters maneuver around the ice so
gracefully. They make it look so easy. The few times I
have attempted ice skating, I ended up with my butt on
the ice more than my feet!
Here is some Olympic trivia to get us in the mood...
Enjoy!
Melissa
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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
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), French pedagogue and historian, founder
of the International Olympic Committee, and considered
father of the modern Olympic Games.
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RANDOM TIDBITS
The Olympic motto is Citius?Altius?Fortius, which is Latin
for "faster, higher, stronger." The intended meaning is
that one's focus should be on bettering one's achievements,
rather than on coming in first. The motto was proposed by
the father of the modern Olympic Games, Pierre de Coubertin,
who got it from a speech given by a friend of his, Henri
Didon, a Dominican priest and principal of an academy that
used sports as part of its educational program.
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Each of the five Olympic rings is a different color.
Together, they represent the five inhabited continents,
although no particular ring is meant to represent any
specific continent. (The Americas are treated as one
continent.) The rings are interlaced to represent the idea
that the Olympics are universal, bringing athletes from the
entire world together.
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The Olympic rings and flag were designed by de Coubertin
after the 1912 Games in Stockholm. Those Games were the
first to include athletes from all five continents. The
rings were going to be used in the 1916 Games, but those
games were cancelled because of World War I, so the rings
made their debut in the 1920 Games in Antwerp, Belgium.
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The Olympic Anthem was written for the first modern Games
in 1896, composed by Spyros Samaras to lyrics written by
Kostis Palamas. Each subsequent Olympics through 1956 had
its own musical composition, played as the Olympic flag was
raised during the Opening Ceremony. From the 1960 Games
onward, the Samaras/Palamas work has been the official
anthem played at every Olympics.
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The Olympic flame is lit in front of the ruins of the Temple
of Hera in Olympia, emphasizing the connection between the
ancient Games and the modern Games. An actress playing a
high priestess uses a parabolic mirror to focus the rays of
the sun, igniting a flame. (In case of cloudy weather, a
backup flame is lit in advance.) A long relay of runners
carrying torches brings it to the site of the Games. There,
the final torch is used to light a cauldron that remains lit
until it is extinguished in the Closing Ceremony.
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After the cauldron is lit, doves are released, as a symbol
of peace. This was first done in the 1896 Olympics, and
then in the 1920 Olympics. Since 1920, this has been an
official part of the Opening Ceremony of the Summer Games.
They are generally not released during the Winter Games,
because it's too cold for the birds, but symbolic
substitutions are sometimes used. In the 1994 Winter Games,
for example, white balloons were released.
(factmonster.com)
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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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