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Barcelona Olympics 1992 Quiz

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Jul 302008

		Copyright © 2008 : Vincent Augustine D’Souza email: vincent@go4quiz.com blog: http://o3.indiatimes.com/vincent blog: Voice From the Roof Top

(Figures of Olympic Movement are considered official.)

1) Which was the opening date of Barcelona Olympics 1992?
a) 16 January 1992
b) 19 November 1992
c) 25 July 1992
d) 14 March 1992

2) How many countries participated in Barcelona Olympics 1992?
a) 120
b) 159
c) 169
d) 140

3) Which region of Spain through advertisements in Time magazine claimed it was the country in which Barcelona was situated?
a) Basque
b) Balearic Islands
c) Catalonia
d) Galicia

4) Which country that ceased to exist in 1991 was represented by Unified Team in Barcelona Olympics 1992?
a) Cuba
b) Czechoslovakia
c) USSR
d) Yugoslavia

5) Which country after 1960 returned to Olympics in Barcelona Olympics 1992?
a) China
b) South Africa
c) Italy
d) Japan

6) Who won gold medal in men’s baseball in Barcelona Olympics 1992?
a) USA
b) Germany
c) Canada
d) Cuba

7) Who won gold medal in women’s handball in Barcelona Olympics 1992?
a) Norway
b) South Korea
c) India
d) Cuba

8) Who won six gold medals in men’s gymnastics in Barcelona Olympics 1992?
a) Andreas Wecker
b) Li Jing
c) Linayo Guo
d) Vitaly Scherbo

9) Who won gold medal in women’s 100m in Barcelona Olympics 1992?
a) Gail Devers
b) Merlene Ottey
c) Juliet Cuthbert
d) Ana Quirot

10) Which was the closing date of Barcelona Olympics 1992?
a) 2 February 1992
b) 5 December 1992
c) 9 August 1992
d) 30 March 1992

Barcelona Olympics 1992 Quiz Answers

1) Which was the opening date of Barcelona Olympics 1992?
c) 25 July 1992

2) How many countries participated in Barcelona Olympics 1992?
c) 169

3) Which region of Spain through advertisements in Time magazine claimed it was the country in which Barcelona was situated?
c) Catalonia

4) Which country that ceased to exist in 1991 was represented by Unified Team in Barcelona Olympics 1992?
c) USSR

5) Which country after 1960 returned to Olympics in Barcelona Olympics 1992?
b) South Africa

6) Who won gold medal in men’s baseball in Barcelona Olympics 1992?
d) Cuba

7) Who won gold medal in women’s handball in Barcelona Olympics 1992?
b) South Korea

8) Who won six gold medals in men’s gymnastics in Barcelona Olympics 1992?
d) Vitaly Scherbo

9) Who won gold medal in women’s 100m in Barcelona Olympics 1992?
a) Gail Devers

10) Which was the closing date of Barcelona Olympics 1992?
c) 9 August 1992

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Seoul Olympics 1988 Quiz

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Jul 292008

(Figures of Olympic Movement are considered official.)

1) Which was the opening date of Seoul Olympics 1988?
a) 1 January 1988
b) 17 September 1988
c) 28 July 1988
d) 17 May 1988

2) How many countries participated in Seoul Olympics 1988?
a) 120
b) 159
c) 80
d) 140

3) Which of the following countries did not boycott Seoul Olympics 1988?
a) Cuba
b) Ethiopia
c) India
d) North Korea

4) Who won gold medal in men’s 100m by clocking 9.79 seconds, failed drug test, was stripped of his gold medal and sent out of Olympic Village in Seoul Olympics 1988?
a) Ben Johnson
b) Carl Lewis
c) Calvin Sminth
d) Linford Christie

5) Who won gold medal in men’s pole vault in Seoul Olympics 1988?
a) Grigori Yegorov
b) Rodion Gataulin
c) Serguei Bubka
d) Romas Ubartas

6) Who won five gold medals in men’s swimming in Seoul Olympics 1988?
a) Christopher Jacobs
b) Duncan Armstrong
c) Matt Biondi
d) Paul Kingsman

7) Who won gold medals in women’s 400m and 800m freestyle swimming in Seoul Olympics 1988?
a) Kristin Otto
b) Janet Evans
c) Astrid Strauss
d) Anke Huber

8) Who won silver medal in men’s basketball in Seoul Olympics 1988?
a) USA
b) USSR
c) Japan
d) Yugoslavia

9) How many gold medals did USSR win in Seoul Olympics 1988?
a) 80
b) 83
c) 68
d) 55

10) Which was the closing date of Seoul Olympics 1988?
a) 16 January 1988
b) 2 June 1988
c) 12 August 1988
d) 2 October 1988

Seoul Olympics 1988 Quiz Answers

1) Which was the opening date of Seoul Olympics 1988?
b) 17 September 1988

2) How many countries participated in Seoul Olympics 1988?
b) 159

3) Which of the following countries did not boycott Seoul Olympics 1988?
c) India

4) Who won gold medal in men’s 100m by clocking 9.79 seconds, failed drug test, was stripped of his gold medal and sent out of Olympic Village in Seoul Olympics 1988?
a) Ben Johnson

5) Who won gold medal in men’s pole vault in Seoul Olympics 1988?
c) Serguei Bubka

6) Who won five gold medals in men’s swimming in Seoul Olympics 1988?
c) Matt Biondi

7) Who won gold medals in women’s 400m and 800m freestyle swimming in Seoul Olympics 1988?
b) Janet Evans

8) Who won silver medal in men’s basketball in Seoul Olympics 1988?
d) Yugoslavia

9) How many gold medals did USSR win in Seoul Olympics 1988?
d) 55

10) Which was the closing date of Seoul Olympics 1988?
d) 2 October 1988

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Los Angeles Olympics 1984 Quiz

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Jul 272008

		Copyright © 2008 : Vincent Augustine D’Souza email: vincent@go4quiz.com blog: http://o3.indiatimes.com/vincent blog: Voice From the Roof Top

(Figures of Olympic Movement are considered official.)

1) Which was the opening date of Los Angeles Olympics 1984?
a) 3 December 1984
b) 5 November 1984
c) 28 July 1984
d) 17 May 1984

2) How many countries participated in Los Angeles Olympics 1984?
a) 52
b) 68
c) 80
d) 140

3) How many countries boycotted Los Angeles Olympics 1984?
a) 81
b) 45
c) 18
d) 14

4) Who took Olympic (Athletes’) Oath in Los Angeles Olympics 1984?
a) Edwin Moses
b) Roger Kingdom
c) Gregory Foster
d) Brian Diamer

5) Who won four gold medals in men’s athletics in Los Angeles Olympics 1984?
a) Thomas Jefferson
b) Kirke Baptiste
c) Carl Lewis
d) Joaquim Cruz

6) Who won gold medal in women’s marathon, first time in Olympics, in Los Angeles Olympics 1984?
a) Fita Lovin
b) Rosa Mota
c) Joan Benoit
d) Shirley Strong

7) Who missed third place by one hundredth of a second in women’s 400m hurdles in Los Angeles Olympics 1984?
a) Piluvalakundi Thekkeparambil Usha
b) Cristina Cojocaru
c) Judi Brown
d) Nawal El Moutawakel

8) Who accused Zola Budd of tripping her in women’s 3,000m final in Los Angeles Olympics 1984?
a) Maricica Puica
b) Mary Decker
c) Wendy Sly
d) Lyn Williams

9) How many gold medals did USA win in Los Angeles Olympics 1984?
a) 70
b) 83
c) 68
d) 40

10) Which was the closing date of Los Angeles Olympics 1984?
a) 12 August 1984
b) 6 July 1984
c) 21 November 1984
d) 19 December 1984

Los Angeles Olympics 1984 Quiz Answers

1) Which was the opening date of Los Angeles Olympics 1984?
c) 28 July 1984

2) How many countries participated in Los Angeles Olympics 1984?
d) 140

3) How many countries boycotted Los Angeles Olympics 1984?
d) 14

4) Who took Olympic (Athletes’) Oath in Los Angeles Olympics 1984?
a) Edwin Moses

5) Who won four gold medals in men’s athletics in Los Angeles Olympics 1984?
c) Carl Lewis

6) Who won gold medal in women’s marathon, first time in Olympics, in Los Angeles Olympics 1984?
c) Joan Benoit

7) Who missed third place by one hundredth of a second in women’s 400m hurdles in Los Angeles Olympics 1984?
a) Piluvalakundi Thekkeparambil Usha

8) Who accused Zola Budd of tripping her in women’s 3,000m final in Los Angeles Olympics 1984?
b) Mary Decker

9) How many gold medals did USA win in Los Angeles Olympics 1984?
b) 83