Questions 64 to 70 are based on the following passage. Good news: Olympic chiefs visit London. Bad news: they’ll be traveling by Tube It’s crunch week for London’s bid to host the 2012 Games BY ANDREW JOHNSON and JONATHAN THOMPSON
Senior government ministers and British sporting heroes will be on hand to extol the capital’s virtues when the 12-member International Olympic Committee (IOC) team visits this week to assess the London 2012 bid. Although much of their four-day visit is expected to be spent in the exclusive Four Seasons Hotel in Canary Wharf grilling bid organisers in question and answer sessions, the evaluation commission will spend one day visiting London’s proposed venues—and will take a trip on the Tube. It could prove a costly journey. London 2012 organisers, who have spent up to ￡20m on the project, have pencilled in trips to the proposed sites, including the planned stadium at Stratford, the Millennium Dome at Greenwich and the ExCel centre in Docklands. However, the commission can insist on being taken anywhere, including the new Wembley stadium, which will host the football, or to the archery venue at Lord’s, or even to Wimbledon or Hackney. Earlier this month, the Madrid bid suffered a setback over lack of accommodations, which was criticised by IOC members. Will transport prove Londons’ Achilles’ heel On Friday The Independent on Sunday sent four reporters on various journeys across London to put the transport infrastructure to the test. Questions: How many people can the London’s planned Olympic stadium hold