OF THE 43 events contested at the first modern Olympic games in Athens in 1896, only the cycling and shooting disciplines would have raised eyebrows in ancient Greece. The rest—mostly a mixture of running, jumping and lifting heavy things—would have been as familiar to Leonidas of Rhodes and his contemporaries as they are to today’s competitors, and perfectly capture the modern games’ original motto of “Citius, Altius, Fortius” (faster, higher, stronger).

Yet there are some surprises among the events that have come and gone over the past 120 years, such as club swinging (1904 and 1932) and oils and water colours (1948). Can you spot the impostors among the real past and present events in our interactive quiz?