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Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Trivia Quiz

"One World, One Dream". The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games took place from August 8 to August 24. A total of 10500 athletes from 205 nations competed in 302 events offered in 28 sports. How much can you recall?

A multiple-choice quiz by Matthew_07. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Matthew_07

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
295,762

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

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Question 1 of 10

1. The very first gold medal in the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games was won by Katerina Emmons of the Czech Republic in which sport? Hint

Shooting

Sailing

Fencing

Triathlon

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who beat Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in the final match of the men's singles badminton event? Hint

Lee Hyunil (Korea)

Chen Jin (China)

Lin Dan (China)

Taufik Hidayat (Indonesia)

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Question 3 of 10

3. How many gold medals did Michael Phelps of the United States win in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games? Hint

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Question 4 of 10

4. Usain Bolt set new world records for the men's 100m, the men's 200m and the men's 4x100m relay athletics events. Which country was he from? Hint

Jamaica

Cuba

Brazil

Trinidad/Tobago

5. China's athletes dominated the diving events where they won seven gold medals out of the eight events offered. Another gold medal was won by Matthew Mitcham in the men's 10m platform event. Which country was he from? Hint

Great Britain

Australia

Canada

USA

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which country won the men's and the women's basketball event? Hint

Argentina

United States

Lithuania

Spain

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which country won the gold medal for the men's baseball event? Hint

Australia

Cuba

South Korea

United States

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Question 8 of 10

8. Equestrian sports offered six gold medals, and half of them was won by which country? Hint

United States

Germany

Canada

Netherlands

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which country won four gold medals in the sailing events? Hint

Denmark

Australia

Great Britain

New Zealand

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was the overall winner for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, in terms of the numbers of gold medals won? Hint

China

Russia

United States

Great Britain

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The very first gold medal in the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games was won by Katerina Emmons of the Czech Republic in which sport?

Answer: Shooting

Katerina Emmons won the gold medal in the women's 10m air rifle event. Du Li from China, who was the winner for the same event back in the Athens 2004 Olympic Games ended up in the fifth place.

2. Who beat Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in the final match of the men's singles badminton event?

Answer: Lin Dan (China)

Lee Chong Wei won the only medal for Malaysia for this Olympic Games. He lost to Lin Dan with 21-12 and 21-8. Meanwhile, Chen Jin won the bronze medal by beating Lee Hyunil of Korea. The winner for this event in the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia lost in the qualifying round to Wong Choong Han of Malaysia.

3. How many gold medals did Michael Phelps of the United States win in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games?

Answer: 8

Out of these eight events, Phelps broke six world records and two Olympic records. He won the men's 100m butterfly event with a mere 0.01 second ahead of Milorad Cavic of Serbia.

4. Usain Bolt set new world records for the men's 100m, the men's 200m and the men's 4x100m relay athletics events. Which country was he from?

Answer: Jamaica

Bolt set a new world record in the men's 100m event with 9.69 seconds. He was also the previous record holder with the time 9.72 seconds made in New York, USA in 2006. In the men's 200m event, he broke the old record set by Michael Johnson of the USA (19.32 seconds) with the time of 19.30 seconds.

Answer: Australia

Zhou Lu Xin of China won the silver medal with a small margin of 4.8 points behind Mitcham.

6. Which country won the men's and the women's basketball event?

Answer: United States

The United States men's basketball team beat Spain with the score 118-107. On the other hand, its women's team beat Australia in the final match with the score 92-65.

7. Which country won the gold medal for the men's baseball event?

Answer: South Korea

Cuba won this event in the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. The United States was the second runner-up for this event.

8. Equestrian sports offered six gold medals, and half of them was won by which country?

Answer: Germany

The United States, Canada and the Netherlands each won one gold medal in the equestrian events.

9. Which country won four gold medals in the sailing events?

Answer: Great Britain

Out of the 19 gold medals won by the athletes from the United Kingdom, four of them came from the sailing events.

10. Who was the overall winner for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, in terms of the numbers of gold medals won?

Answer: China

China won a total of 100 medals (51 golds, 21 silvers, 28 bronzes). Meanwhile, the United States won 110 medals (36 golds, 38 silvers, 36 bronzes). Russia was the second runner-up with 72 medals (23 golds, 21 silvers, 28 bronzes) while Great Britain finished at the fourth spot with 47 medals (19 golds, 13 silvers, 15 bronzes).

Source: Author Matthew_07

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