Sports/Olympics Quiz 1

Also see: Sport-Quiz 2

This quiz is based on the features The Winter Olympics in German (Salt Lake 2002) and Sydney 2000: The Olympics in German, plus our Sport-Lexikon. In those articles we discuss Olympic events and sports in German. You may want to read the articles and look at the Sports Glossary before taking the following quiz.

This is a self-scoring quiz with a total of 12 questions. In the chart below the English and German sporting events (summer and winter) don't match. In the column on the left, you need to type in the LETTER of the correct answer. (Be sure to type your answers as CAPITAL letters!)

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Q U I Z   1 Sports - Sportarten
INSTRUCTIONS: Type in the LETTER of the correct English term (A-L) for the German sports terms 1-12. Be sure to use only CAPITAL letters! NOTE: In most browsers the TAB key will move you through the answer boxes.
Correct ANSWER A, B, etc.	DEUTSCH	ENGLISH
	1. der Abfahrtslauf	A. archery
	2. der Eiskunstlauf	B. crosscountry skiing
	3. das Gewichtheben	C. luge
	4. das Fechten	D. weight lifting
	5. das Rennrodeln	E. speed skating
	6. das Bogenschießen	F. yachting, sailing
	7. das Ringen	G. figure skating
	8. die Leichtathletik	H. fencing
	9. das Segeln	I. track and field
	10. der Langlauf	J. rowing
	11. das Rudern	K. wrestling
	12. der Eisschnelllauf	L. downhill skiing
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