What was the perilous pig chase? Which sport includes the 'naked strangle'? How did Tarzan become a gold medal winner? Find out in this illuminating guide to the games. With 300 quiz questions on every Olympic event, it's guaranteed to keep you guessing, right up until the closing ceremony!

 

There are 320 pages in this book. This book was published 2016 by Scholastic .

Professor Potts is a dashing investigator who loves nothing more than jet-setting around the world exploring scientific mysteries. He lives in a secret location with his glamorous wife. His butler has a PhD in nuclear science and his dog will only eat bones from the Jurassic period. (Professor Potts is the brainchild of Aidan Potts, cartoonist and illustrator, who also happens to live in a secret location with a glamourous wife - though the similarities end there. Aidan has worked as an illustrator for all the national daily newspapers and is currently working on the next Professor Potts book. ) Mike Phillips is the author of several books and screenplays as well as his award-winning Sam Dean novels. In 1997 he was Writer in Residence at London's South Bank Centre. Michael Coleman is a long-standing author on the non-fiction list. As well as clocking up eleven books in his own Fould Football series, he has written titles for The Knowledge, notably Flaming Olympics, and Top Ten.