Question 1/3

For the first time in Olympic history, when did all participating nations include female athletes in their team?

  1. 2004
  2. 2012
  3. Never
Fin

FALSE…! There were still 9 participating teams without female athletes.

Fin

TRUE...! This one of the reasons why those games were called “The women's games”.

Fin FORTUNATELY, you’re WRONG…!
Question 2/3

Women have been allowed to compete in every summer Olympic sport since…?

  1. 2004
  2. 2012
  3. 2016
Fin FALSE…!
Fin TRUE...! The last sport, boxing, was open to women at London 2012.
Fin ALMOST…! It was only few years earlier…
Question 3/3

Who said that?

“If I was a lady player, I’d go down every night on my knees and thank god that Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal were born because they have carried this sport. They really have.”

  1. Pierre de Coubertin
  2. Raymond Moore
  3. Bernard Lacombe
Fin NO… but he said in 1912: “An Olympiad with females would be impractical, uninteresting, unaesthetic and improper”.
Fin YES!!!  And during the same interview, Mr Moore proclaimed that women in tennis “don’t make any decisions” and are “very, very lucky”.
Fin NO… but he said in 2013: “Women should look after pots and pans”.