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USA Olympic Team 2004 Trivia Quiz

Did you follow how the USA team fared in Athens? See how much you know here.

A multiple-choice quiz by loco_4_trivia. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
loco_4_trivia

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
189,573

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Tough

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5 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. How many total gold medals did swimming sensation Michael Phelps win? Hint

seven

four

five

six

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of these gymnasts did not win an individual medal? Hint

Courtney Kupets

Mohini Bhardwaj

Annia Hatch

Terin Humphery

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which one of these events did the US men qualify for? Hint

water polo

baseball

field hockey

soccer

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Question 4 of 10

4. The US women's softball team did not give up a single run in Athens.

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which color medals did fencers Sada Jacobson and Mariel Zagunis win? Hint

Jacobson- silver, Zagunis- bronze

Jacobson- gold, Zagunis- bronze

Zagunis- gold, Jacobson- bronze

Zagunis- gold, Jacobson- silver

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Question 6 of 10

6. How many total tennis medals did the US win? Hint

zero

one

two

three

7. Natalie Coughlin, Carly Piper, Kaitlin Sandeno, and Dana Vollmer, all swam in the Women's 4x200m Freestyle Final. They set not only an Olympic record, but a world record as well. Which of these swimmers swam last and clinched a world record? Hint

Sandeno

Vollmer

Coughlin

Piper

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Question 8 of 10

8. What was the US men's basketball team's record after the preliminary round? Hint

2-3

5-0

3-2

4-1

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Question 9 of 10

9. The Americans went 1-2-3 in the Men's 400m Final. Derrik Brew, Otis Harris, and Jeremy Wariner, were the three medalists. Which of these runners won the gold medal?

Answer: (Brew, Harris, or Wariner)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Misty May and Kerri Walsh, an American beach volleyball duo, won the gold medal. But how did the other duo from the USA, Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs, fare in these Olympic Games? Hint

They won the silver

They won the bronze

They made it to the bronze medal game but lost

They lost in the quarterfinals

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How many total gold medals did swimming sensation Michael Phelps win?

Answer: six

Phelps became only the second athlete in any sport to receive eight total medals in a single Olympics and the first swimmer to do it. Aleksandr Dityatin was the first athlete to win eight gold medals. He did it in the 1980 boycotted Olympics in Moscow in the sport of gymnastics. Along with his six golds, Phelps won two bronze medals as well.

2. Which of these gymnasts did not win an individual medal?

Answer: Mohini Bhardwaj

But Bhardwaj didn't go home empty-handed. She won a silver medal in the team competition.

3. Which one of these events did the US men qualify for?

Answer: water polo

But their water polo team did not win a medal. Hungary won the gold, Serbia and Montenegro won the silver, and Russia won the bronze. The US women's water polo team won the bronze medal.

4. The US women's softball team did not give up a single run in Athens.

Answer: False

The team shutout their opponents throughout the whole Olympics until the gold medal game, when they gave up one run against Australia. The US won their third straight gold though.

5. Which color medals did fencers Sada Jacobson and Mariel Zagunis win?

Answer: Zagunis- gold, Jacobson- bronze

Zagunis and Jacobson were the first two American women ever to win Olympic medals in fencing.

6. How many total tennis medals did the US win?

Answer: one

American Mardy Fish took home a silver medal in the Men's Singles. Nicolas Massu took home the gold in the Men's Singles, and Fernando Gonzalez won the bronze, both from Chile.

Answer: Sandeno

They finished in a time of 7:53.42, 2.55 seconds before the silver-winning Chinese.

8. What was the US men's basketball team's record after the preliminary round?

Answer: 3-2

They defeated Angola, Greece, and Australia, and lost to Lithuania and Puerto Rico.

9. The Americans went 1-2-3 in the Men's 400m Final. Derrik Brew, Otis Harris, and Jeremy Wariner, were the three medalists. Which of these runners won the gold medal?

Answer: Wariner

Harris won the silver, and Brew won the bronze.

10. Misty May and Kerri Walsh, an American beach volleyball duo, won the gold medal. But how did the other duo from the USA, Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs, fare in these Olympic Games?

Answer: They won the bronze

McPeak and Youngs played May and Walsh in the semifinals, but lost to the dynamic duo. So they headed to the bronze medal game and defeated Australia.

Source: Author loco_4_trivia

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