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Olympic Games

Published on Feb 06, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

The Olympic Games

What do you know?
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History

When did the Games begin?

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hint

It was a looooong time ago...

776 B.C.

Where did the Olympics start?

Greece

Originally...

What was the only event?

Running

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The prize!

What did winners receive?

An olive branch

and they were treated with honor

True or False?

Both men & women could participate.

False

Originally, only men participated 

Booo!

Modern Olympics

The 1st modern games...

were held where & when?

Athens, Greece
Summer 1896

Who is considered the "father" of the modern Olympics?

Founder of modern Olympics

  • Usain Bolt
  • Tiger Woods
  • Barack Obama
  • Pierre de Coubertin

Pierre de Coubertin

When & where did the Winter Olympics start?

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Chamonix, France
1924

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What is the official Olympic motto?

Citius, Altius, Fortius
(Faster, Higher, Stronger)

2020 Tokyo

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It's cold, I mean old!

  • flavored ice (Romans)
  • Chinese in 3000 BC.
  • Marco Polo - to Italy
  • 17th century (1601-1700)
  • Vanilla is the most popular

HISTORY OF ICE CREAM

Great ice cream dates

  • 1744 - America
  • 1851 - 1st ice cream factory (America)
  • 1939 - finally in grocery stores!
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OMG!
Americans, 1946
20 liters per person!

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