GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The Olympic Flame, was, for the first time, ceremonially lighted and burnt in a giant torch at the entrance of the stadium at Amsterdam Games (1928). An employee of the Electric Utility of Amsterdam lit the first modern Olympic flame in the Marathon Tower of the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam.

Detailed explanation-2: -About the torches First used at the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics, the modern torches of the Summer and Winter Olympics are built to resist the effects of wind and rain as they carry the Olympic flame, and bear unique designs that represent the host country and the spirit of the Games.

Detailed explanation-3: -The ritual of the Olympic torch relay originated not in ancient Greece, but in Nazi Germany. At a solemn ceremony in Olympia, Greece, on July 20, 1936, the searing rays of the midday sun, concentrated by a parabolic mirror, kindled the Olympic flame.

Detailed explanation-4: -While the Olympic Games in their modern incarnation began in 1896, after a drive by historian Pierre de Coubertin, it wasn’t until 1928 that the flame made its first appearance – architect Jan Wils incorporating a fire on a tower overlooking the Amsterdam Olympic stadium.