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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?

  • 450
  • 340
  • 500
  • 1,200

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?

  • 500+
  • 200+
  • 300+
  • 400+

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