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1 trivia quiz  Melbourne 2006 - Swimming icon
The Commonwealth Games in Melbourne were a huge success with many surprises coming in the swimming pool. How much do you recall?
Tough 10Q
123 plays
Mar 28 06
scsloth
2 trivia quiz  Commonwealth Games: 2002 icon
The 18th Commonwealth Games in Melbourne will be the second biggest sporting extravaganza after the Olympics. Here's a quick look at the last Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, held in 2002.
Tough 10Q
102 plays
Mar 14 06
srini701
3 trivia quiz  Swimming - Commonwealth Games icon
This quiz is simply about swimming at the Commonwealth Games.
Difficult 10Q
81 plays
May 27 04
commby_89
4 trivia quiz  India: 2002 Commonwealth Games icon
India's third position has been an unprecedented one. Test yourself on the Indian performance.
Very Difficult 10Q
132 plays
Aug 08 02
ff501998
5 trivia quiz  England at Manchester 2002 icon
Although Australia topped the medal table at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester, it was also England's best ever performance at a Commonwealth Games. Test your knowledge of England's gold medal winners with this quiz.
Difficult 15Q
132 plays
Aug 05 02
scsloth
6 trivia quiz  Commonwealth Games of 2002 icon
The Seventeenth Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England in July, 2002. Seventy-two nations compete for gold, but can you score a P.B. on my quiz?
Difficult 10Q
282 plays
Jul 27 02
ozzz2002 editor
7 trivia quiz  Manchester Commonwealth Games 2002 icon
July 2002 saw the English city of Manchester host the 17th Commonwealth Games, which is an Olympic style multi-sport championship for 72 of the nations and territories that were formerly part of the British Empire.
Tough 15Q
156 plays
Aug 11 02
Bretton
8 trivia quiz  Australia: 2002 Commonwealth Games icon
A quiz about Australia at the 2002 Commonwealth Games held in Manchester, England. People residing in non-Commonwealth countries may find this very hard.
Difficult 10Q
207 plays
Aug 05 02
trishek

Some sample questions from this category:

* Which country's athletes took out all three medals in the men's 3000 metre Steeplechase event?
* Canadian diver, Alexander Despatie won the one-metre and three-metre springboard gold medals and was aiming for the clean sweep at the 10 metre highboard level. What position did he finish in the final event?
* Kim Collins won the men's prestige track event, the 100 metres. What country does he represent?
* What national anthem was played first at the opening ceremony?
* What sport, introduced to Commonwealth Games competition in 1986, has only ever been won by Canadian competitors?
* Who broke the Games record to win the men's discus event?
* What sport was contested at Heaton Park?
* Held on a course 46.8 kilometres long, what sport did Cadel Evans of Australia win?
* Which country defeated Canada 101-17 to break their own record for the most goals in a Games netball match?
* Which country won its first ever shooting medal with a bronze in the Air Pistol 10m pairs?
* Australia won the women's 4x400m relay in the athletics, however they were not the favourites beforehand. The team from which of the following countries was?
* Which team did the Australian women's hockey team beat 18-0?
* What team beat Australia for the women's table tennis title?
* Australia produced a clean sweep of the medals (gold, silver and bronze) in how many events?
* How many gold medals did Australia have at the end of the games?
* How many world records did Australia's Ian Thorpe break in the pool?
* Swimming: Sarah Price won gold in which event?
* Squash: Peter Nicol won gold in the men's doubles with Lee Beachill. What nationality did Nicol represent at the previous games in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia?
* Boxing: How many gold medals did English boxers win?
* Athletics: Which of these English athletes failed to win gold?

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