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Brian Van Dorn <fingerroll@comcastwithoutspam.net> wrote in message news:<LK6dnXsEWdxlaKrcRVn-qA@comcast.com>...
> >
> >>3. Name a city that has earned the right to host at least a portion of
> >>the Olympics at least two separate times.
> >>
> I was wondering if there might be a football exception in some
> country.
> I know in 1984 three cities not in California hosted preliminary
> football games, but I can't imagine any of those ever hosted other
> events in other Olympics.
The soccer in 1984 was held in two cities outside California (Boston
and Annapolis), plus Stanford (in California, but nowhere near Los
Angeles) and Pasadena. Of these, I believe only Pasadena would be a
correct answer; it also hosted the cycling in 1932. I was hoping to
find that Boston, Annapolis, or Stanford was used again for soccer in
1996, but none of them were, so I chose another answer.
> >>7. Name a country with a current population over 15 million that existed
> >>in 1950 but did not win an Olympic gold medal until after that time.
> >>
> > I don't think that olympic.it, a commercial site not affiliated with
> > the Italian Olympic Committee, ought to be considered more reliable
> > than olympic.org, the International Olympic Committee's own site.
>
> Interesting, especially since I was the judge of this question.
> However, I'm not sure this is relevant unless you're suggesting that the
> Italian website is invalidating correct answers.
> Anyway, there was more evidence used.
I'm just raising questions about the overall accuracy of one
particular reference source which was consulted for the scoring. I
don't believe that any of the errors on olympic.it were actually
incorporated into the scoring and final results.
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
Brian Van Dorn <fingerroll@comcastwithoutspam.net> wrote in message news:<LK6dnXsEWdxlaKrcRVn-qA@comcast.com>...
> >
> >>3. Name a city that has earned the right to host at least a portion of
> >>the Olympics at least two separate times.
> >>
> I was wondering if there might be a football exception in some
> country.
> I know in 1984 three cities not in California hosted preliminary
> football games, but I can't imagine any of those ever hosted other
> events in other Olympics.
The soccer in 1984 was held in two cities outside California (Boston
and Annapolis), plus Stanford (in California, but nowhere near Los
Angeles) and Pasadena. Of these, I believe only Pasadena would be a
correct answer; it also hosted the cycling in 1932. I was hoping to
find that Boston, Annapolis, or Stanford was used again for soccer in
1996, but none of them were, so I chose another answer.
> >>7. Name a country with a current population over 15 million that existed
> >>in 1950 but did not win an Olympic gold medal until after that time.
> >>
> > I don't think that olympic.it, a commercial site not affiliated with
> > the Italian Olympic Committee, ought to be considered more reliable
> > than olympic.org, the International Olympic Committee's own site.
>
> Interesting, especially since I was the judge of this question.
> However, I'm not sure this is relevant unless you're suggesting that the
> Italian website is invalidating correct answers.
> Anyway, there was more evidence used.
I'm just raising questions about the overall accuracy of one
particular reference source which was consulted for the scoring. I
don't believe that any of the errors on olympic.it were actually
incorporated into the scoring and final results.
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
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