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Culture Corner
DID YOU KNOW?
Read the facts about Olympics, the Oscars and FIFA World Cup. Place the following facts in the
missing parts.
1. The length of the red carpet at the Dolby Theatre, where the ceremonies are held, is 152.4 metres.
2. In 1950 India dropped out of the tournaments when they weren’t allowed to play barefoot in the
tournament.
3. The fve rings represent Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas.
THE OSCARS
1. The Academy Awards, also known as
the Oscars, frst took place at a private
dinner for about 270 people in 1929.
2. The Oscar statuette is 34 centimetres
tall and 3.5 kg.
3. Walt Disney won 22 Academy Awards
OLYMPICS from 59 nominations, and holds the record
1. The frst recorded ancient Olympic for most Academy Awards in history.
Games were held in 776 B.C. as a religious 4. Ben-Hur, Titanic, and The Lord of the
festival. And the frst Summer Olympic Rings: The Return of the King are the
Games were held in 1896 in Athens, most successful flms in Oscar history,
Greece. each winning 11 Oscars.
2. Since 1913 the gold and silver Olympic 5. .................................................................... .
medals have been made out of 92.5%
silver, with the gold medal covered in six
grams of gold.
3. Because of World War I and World War
II, there were no Olympic Games in 1916,
1940 or 1944.
4. The frst Olympic Games televised
worldwide was the Rome Olympics in 1960.
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FIFA WORLD CUP
1. The World Cup tournament, which is put on by FIFA every 4 years, is the most
widely viewed sporting event in the world.
2. The winning nation has the original trophy, made of 6.175 kg solid gold, until the
celebrations are over. Then they take home a cheaper replica that is just gold-plated.
3. Brazil has won the most titles with 5 wins out of 20 tournaments.
4. The winner of 2018 World Cup in Russia takes home $50 million.
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