2. 1. This German immigrant started a plant
in Brooklyn to make citric acid.During
WWI ,lemons and fruits from Italy were
scarce. So he changed his product and
started making something which changed
his company totally. Who was the founder
and name his company?
4. 2.Nineteen year old Yoshinori Sakai was
the Olympic flame torchbearer who lit the
cauldron at the 1964 Summer Olympic
Games in Tokyo. At the time he was a
member of Waseda University's running
club. After the Olympic games, he won a
gold medal in 1600 m relay and a silver in
400 m at 1966 Asian Games in Bangkok.
He has never competed in the Olympics.
Why was he chosen for the role?
5. He was born near Hiroshima on August
6, 1945,the day of the atomic bombing of
Hiroshima. He was chosen for the role to
symbolize Japan's postwar reconstruction
and peace
6. 3. The unofficial title of "world's fastest
man" typically goes to the Olympic 100 m
champion.In 1996, Bob Costas
of NBC, Bill Gairdner, and others, pointed
out that X's gold-medal performance in
the 200 m was faster than Y's 100 m
performance. After verbal sparring
between the pair, a made-for-TV, 150-
metre race at Toronto's SkyDome was
scheduled.Who were the competitors?
8. 4. Men's 200 metre freestyle Final at
the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, the race
was billed as The Race of the Century due
to its significance and high-class field. Id
the medal winners. What record was kept
intact due to the result?
9.
10. Ian Thorpe, Pieter van den Hoogenband
and Michael Phelps
Thorpe’s victory prevented Phelps from
winning 7 golds at a single Olympics
