Quiz Directions: please supply the missing information with the help of context, visual cues , background knowledge and search engines. The origins of the Olympic Games date back to at least the eighth century BC, Dedicated to the Greek God 1 , they took place on the plains of Olympia in the 2 every four years. Sports includedrunning, wrestling, boxing , a primitive form of martial art known as 3 , 4 competitions and 5 . The ancient Olympic Games fell into decline when Rome conquered Greece in 146 BC. and were finally abolished in 393 AD by Emperor 6 the first. The site of the Games Olympia sank into oblivion, ravaged by earthquakes and floods. It wasn't until 1500 years later that the modern Olympic Games were born in 7 in1896 between 280 participants from 13nations. The Games slowly grew under the guidance of 8 ,who founded the International Olympic Committee in 1894. In the 1900 Games women were allowed to take part for the first time . By 1924 the Olympic Gamesin Paris had captured the public's imagination . More than 3000 athletes tookpart from 43 nations. The 1936 9 Olympicswere the first to be televised to a limited audience and took place under 10 NaziRegime. 11 sought to use the Games through propaganda purposes to showcase his 12 race. But history remembers the four gold medal performance of African American athlete 13 . It wasn't until 14 1960 that the Olympics were broadcast live across Europe, and 15 1964 that they reached a worldwide audience . At the height of the UScivil rights movement during the 1960s 16 Games,African American runners 17 staged a protest at the medal ceremony.They were stripped of their medals, which inspired a wholegeneration of black athletes. During the 1972 Games in 18 , 19 militants invaded the Olympic Village, killing eleven Israeli athletes and coaches , aswell as a west German police officer. Today the Games of the world's largest sporting celebration with more than 10,500 athletes from 206 countries taking part in 20 2016.