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6. Which of these London boroughs did not have to approve Olympic planning applications?
- Tower Hamlets and Newham
- Newham and Hackney
- Peckham and Croydon
- Hackney and Tower Hamlets
7. Who was responsible for the construction of facilities and the purchasing of land?
- Grosvenor
- Olympic Delivery Authority
- London Assembly
- David Beckham
8. Sydney experienced a boost to its economy in the five years after the Games. How much was this boost?
- £5 billion
- £5
- £5 million
- £10 billion
9. How many housing association flats were destroyed?
10. How was the Athletes' Village made future-proof?
- It was sold as affordable housing after the Games
- The houses were built as eco-lodges
- The houses were temporary
- The houses were fitted with solar panels
11. What is the role of the International Olympic Committee?
- To monitor drug taking by athletes
- To provide funding for a country to host the Olympics
- To decide who will host the Games
- To provide financial assistance to athletes who want to host the Games
12. Why are underground cables beneficial to residents' health?
- People feel healthier when their environment is not visually polluted
- There is a lowered risk of electrocution
- There are no electric or magnetic fields above ground
- Plants will be more encouraged to grow
13. What feature of the Olympic park could attract creative businesses to Stratford?
- They could do underwater filming in the Olympic pool
- The 150km2 media centre
- The landscape
- Its connections to the rest of London
14. How did the public benefit from the Games?
- The Olympic pool is open to the public
- The Olympic Park is open to the public
- The Velodrome is open to the public
- The Olympic Stadium is open to the public
15. What type of funding was used to fund the Games?
- Public donations
- Top-down
- Match funding
- Bottom-up
16. Who was responsible for the organisation and management of events, athletes, drugs ect?
- The London Assembly
- London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games
- Olympic Delivery Authority
- London Development Agency
17. Which disease could have been a side-effect of dust pollution from construction?
- Ebola
- Throat cancer
- Asthma
- Migraines
18. How many businesses were forced to relocate or shut down?
19. Why are the jobs created in the Olympic Park a social benefit?
- Communities are preserved because fewer people would have to move away because they had no job.
- Air pollution would be reduced because people won't have to commute
- People can spend more time with their families because they won't have to commute as far
- People can work in a nice place
20. Who was the mayor of London in 2012?
- Ken Livingstone
- Boris Johnson
- Gordon Brown
- Vladimir Putin