Olympic History (per Wikipedia)

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  1. 3. The Ancient Olympic Games were ______ and athletic festivals held every four years at the sanctuary of Zeus.
  2. 4. Evangelos Zappas, a wealthy Greek-Romanian philanthropist, first wrote to King Otto of Greece, in 1856, offering to fund a permanent revival of the Olympic Games. Zappas sponsored the first Olympic Games in 1859, which was held in an _____ city square.
  3. 8. The most widely accepted inception date for the Ancient Olympics is 776 BC; this is based on inscriptions, found at Olympia, listing the winners of a _______ held every four years starting in 776 BC.
  4. 11. Greek interest in reviving the Olympic Games began with the Greek War of ______ from the Ottoman Empire in 1821.
  5. 12. The Modern Olympic Games were inspired by the ancient Olympic Games (Ancient Greek: Ὀλυμπιακοί Ἀγῶνες), which were held in _____, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD.
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  1. 1. The Ancient Games featured running events, a _____ (consisting of a jumping event, discus and javelin throws, a foot race, and wrestling), boxing, wrestling, pankration, and equestrian events.
  2. 2. The winners of the events were admired and immortalized in _____ and statues.
  3. 5. The Games have grown so much that nearly every _____ is now represented.
  4. 6. During the Ancient Games, all conflicts among the participating city-states were postponed until the Games were finished. This cessation of hostilities was known as the Olympic _____ or truce. This idea is a modern myth because the Greeks never suspended their wars.
  5. 7. According to legend, it was ______ who first called the Games "Olympic" and established the custom of holding them every four years.
  6. 9. These Games featured mainly athletic but also combat sports such as wrestling and the pankration, horse and _____ racing events.
  7. 10. ______ thousand spectators attended that Games in 1870