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# Love the Olympics? Love Politics?
- URL: https://ivn.us/love-the-olympics-love-politics/
- Published: 2012-07-30T18:24:04.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:28:37.000Z
- Author: Jane Susskind
- Tags: News

If you love both the Olympics and Politics, then this might be the quiz for you. Chapter 5 of the Olympic charter says, *'No kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in the Olympic areas.'* But somehow, politics historically have a way of entering the games.

The **San Jose Mercury News** put together [this 10 question quiz](http://www.mercurynews.com/olympics/ci%5F21191075/quiz-politics-and-olympics?ref=ivn.us) to test your knowledge on the history of politics and the Olympics.

Also, in the spirit of politics and the olympics:

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/2026/02/6a00d8341c90b153ef016768d438d4970b-500wi.jpg "6a00d8341c90b153ef016768d438d4970b-500wi")](https://ivn.us/editors-blog/2012/07/30/love-the-olympics-love-politics/6a00d8341c90b153ef016768d438d4970b-500wi/)

And since this week's theme is competition, compare scores in the comment section below to see who really know their Olympic trivia!