C. With 1.8 million Budapest is the Hungary’s largest city as well its capital. The city’s Olympic bid was seen seen as symbolically important to Orban. This is the first time any opposition had such an impact since Orban rose to power in 2010 and began centralizing control by his nationalist party.

Q: Orban said a local referendum could have been won in favor of the Olympics but that would not have been enough in the international race to host the Games. Voters in which European city did reject a bid for the 2024 Olympics?

A. Athens

B. Hamburg

C. London

D. Rome

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B. Like the opponents in Budapest, most voters in the German city of Hamburg decided that hosting the Games would just cost too much.

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Q: Los Angeles was not the first choice as the U.S. bidder for the 2024 Games. U.S. Olympic officials dropped which city after many residents campaigned for a vote on hosting the Games?

A. Boston

B. Chicago

C. Dallas

D. San Diego

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A. Opponents argued that Boston needed to invest in other priorities than a massive sporting event that, thanks to a requirement from the International Olympic Committee, could put taxpayers on the hook for millions of dollars.

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Q: Its not just the summer Olympics facing opposition. Voters in which nation twice rejected bids for the winter Games?

A. France

B. Italy

C. Norway

D. Switzerland

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D. A referendum this month on financing a Swiss candidacy for the 2026 Winter Games was rejected by 60.1 percent of voters. Four years ago, voters in the same area rejected a bid for the 2022 Games.

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