1984
Amazing Olympics
July 1984


“Amazing Olympics,” Friend, July 1984, 5

Amazing Olympics

Find forty-two terms that relate to the Summer Olympic Games by reading up, down, backward, forward, or diagonally: archery, arena, athletes, balancing beam, basketball, bicycle, boxing, discus, dives, equestrian, field, games, gold, heat, javelin, lap, lose, marathon, mat, medal, oar, parallel bars, plunge, pole vault, race, relay, row, run, score, serve, shot put, sport, swim, team, throw, tie, time, track, volleyball, water, win, wrestle.

When you finish the word square, there will be fourteen unused letters. Read them from left to right and from top to bottom to discover how often the Summer Olympic games are held.

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Answer:

  • every four years.