Q: The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad (Korean: ; ), were an international multi-sport event celebrated from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. Seoul is the largest city to host the Summer Olympics, a title soon to be turned over to Tokyo in 2020.

In the Seoul Games, 159 nations were represented by a total of 8,391 athletes: 6,197 men and 2,194 women. 263 events were held and 27,221 volunteers helped to prepare the Olympics. 11,331 media (4,978 written press and 6,353 broadcasters) showed the Games all over the world.

These were the last Olympic Games for two of the world's "dominating" sport powers, the Soviet Union and East Germany, as both ceased to exist before the next Olympic Games.

The games were boycotted by North Korea and its ally, Cuba. Ethiopia, Albania and the Seychelles did not respond to the invitations sent by the IOC. Nicaragua did not participate due to athletic and financial considerations. The participation of Madagascar had been expected, and their team was expected at the opening ceremony of 160 nations. However, the country withdrew because of financial reasons. Nonetheless, the much larger boycotts seen in the previous three Summer Olympics (1976, 1980 and 1984) were avoided, resulting in the largest ever number of participating nations during the Cold War era.

1. the Soviet Union and East Germany
2. both ceased to exist before the next Olympic Games.
3. North Korea
4. Cuba
5. 159
6. Three
7. Albania, Ethiopia, and the Seychelles
8. Nicaragua and Madagascar
9. athletic considerations.
10. 8,391 athletes
11. Yes
12. 2,194
13. the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
14. 1988
15. 17 September 1988
16. 2 October 1988
17. Seoul, South Korea

Numbered questions:
1. For what powerful countries would these be the last games?
2. Why?
3. Which place opted out of the games prompting others to do the same?
4. What other location followed suit?
5. How many places did join the competition?
6. How many countries did not RSVP?
7. Which are they alphabetically?
8. What two countries had finances as a reason for not being able to join in?
9. What else prevented Nicaragua's inclusion?
10. How many competitors did make it?
11. Were any females representing?
12. How many?
13. What was the official name of the competition?
14. In what year?
15. What would they begin?
16. And end?
17. Where would they take place?

Q: (CNN) -- The week started with all focus on golf's latest child prodigy, but it has ended with a former wonder kid finally fulfilling her great promise.

Michelle Wie claimed her first major title Sunday, winning the U.S. Women's Open at her 11th attempt.

Now 24, she triumphed by two shots from fellow American, Stacy Lewis, holding her nerve as the world No. 1 made a final-round charge.

"Oh my God, I can't believe this is happening," an ecstatic Wie was quoted as saying by the PGA website in the aftermath of her victory.

"Obviously, there are moments of doubt in there," she continued, referring to the prospect that she might never win a major."(But) I had so many people surrounding me. They never lost faith in me. That's pushed me forward."

This mental fortitude was on display as Wie overcame a double-bogey at the 16th hole, bouncing back with a birdie at the next and closing with a par to sign for a level 70.

Lewis also dropped a shot at 16, but finished with two birdies to card a four-under-par 66 that left her level for the tournament.

She finished one ahead of Northern Ireland's 22-year-old Stephanie Meadow, who birdied her last hole to take third place in her professional debut ahead of South Korea's Amy Yang.

Most of the talk at the start of the tournament, which was played at Pinehurst -- also host of the men's equivalent the previous week -- was on 11-year-old Lucy Li.

The American was the youngest qualifier to start the event, but missed the halfway cut after carding two rounds of 78, though she impressed many with her mature attitude.

1. Pinehurst
2. Michelle Wie
3. no
4. 11
5. 24
6. One
7. wonder kid
8. Amy Yang
9. four-under-par 66
10. ecstatic
11. yes
12. tephanie Meadow
13. Northern Ireland
14. 22
15. yes
16. no one
17. yes
18. Lucy Li
19. America
20. 11

Numbered questions:
1. Where was the U.S. Women's Open played?
2. Who won?
3. Was it her first try?
4. How many times had she tried?
5. How old is she?
6. How many other major titles did she win?
7. What kind of kid was she?
8. Who came in second?
9. How much did she win by?
10. How did she feel?
11. Did she ever doubt herself?
12. Who placed third?
13. Where is she from?
14. How old is she
15. Is this her first time in a professional match?
16. Who placed fourth?
17. Was there a child in the game?
18. who?
19. Where is she from?
20. How old is she?

Q: Is getting a black belt on your life's to-do list? Then this elderly woman in San Francisco just might be your hero. Just two years before her 100th birthday, Sensei Keiko Fukuda has become the first woman to achieve a tenth-degree black belt --- the highest rank in Judo . Fukuda is now one of only four living people who have earned the tenth-degree black belt. Throughout history, only 16 people have ever achieved this honor. Fukuda began practicing Judo in 1935 and is the only surviving student of its founder, Kano Jiguro. At her teacher's requirement, she learned English to help spread Judo internationally. During a time when getting married, building a family and becoming a housewife were the norms ,Fukuda broke from tradition, continuing Judo instead of getting married. "All I did was Judo ... This was my marriage," Fukuda replied tearfully to the San Francisco Chronicle. "This is when my destiny was set. I just imagined how long the road would be." She described the Jiguro's school as "old-fashioned and sexist about belts and ranks". In fact, an edict that prevented women from achieving any higher than a fifth-degree black belt kept Fukuda at that level for 30 years. She finally got the sixth degree in 1972 when a women's division was created. Fukuda thinks Judo and her life to be "gentle, kind and beautiful, yet firm and strong, both mentally and physically". Fukuda says this kind of beauty is not external . She explained. "I believe this inner beauty is true beauty... All my life this has been my dream." Her dream was turned into reality, and the 98-year-old Sensei Keiko Fukuda continues to teach Judo three times a week at a women's Judo training center.

1. 98
2. English
3. 16
4. No
5. 1972
6. Yes
7. Inner beauty
8. Sensei Keiko Fukuda
9. Judo training center
10. San Francisco

Numbered questions:
1. How old was Keiko when she got the tenth-degree black belt?
2. What did she learn in order to help spread Judo?
3. How many people have achieved this honor?
4. Did she get married?
5. When did she reach the sixth degree?
6. Does she consider her life gentle?
7. What is true beauty to Fukuda?
8. Who started the art of Judo?
9. Where is she now?
10. What city is Fukuda in?