Exploring the World of Gold Medals Quiz - Test Your Knowledge

the 2000 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the heptathlon was Denise Lewis.

in 1908, swimmer Henry Taylor (pictured) became the only Briton to win three gold medals at a single Olympic Games until Chris Hoy equalled his mark in 2008.

the 1991 College Baseball All-America Team included a future Major League All-Star, a future Olympic games gold medalist and the Major League career pinch hit RBI record holder.

the late Sir William Northam was the oldest Australian to win an Olympic gold medal.

when Lauri Lehtinen narrowly won his gold medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics, he was booed.

despite having excruciating pain in her back and knees because of the disease achondroplasia, Miranda Uhl went on to win a gold medal in the individual medley at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

champion shooter Abhinav Bindra is the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at any Olympic Games.

James B. Craig, an All-American football halfback and quarterback, was the brother of Ralph Craig, a sprinter and gold medalist at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Al Purvis played for the Edmonton Mercurys, an ice hockey team sponsored by a local car dealership, that won the gold medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics.

Luan Jujie is the only East Asian person to have won an Olympic gold medal in the sport of fencing.

Mo Tae-Bum, a South Korean long track speed skater, won a 2010 Olympic gold medal on his 21st birthday.

although Hungarian hammer thrower Balázs Kiss won the 1996 Olympic gold medal, his best result at the World Championships was two fourth places.

Singaporean Paralympian Theresa Goh, who is paraplegic, won six gold medals in swimming at the 2003 ISMWSF World Wheelchair Games in 2003.

Exploring the World of Gold Medals

1 Medals were not awarded at the ________[citation needed].

2 From the ________ through 2000, Cassioli's design (or a slight modification) remained on the obverse with a custom design by the host city on the reverse.

3 This standard was adopted for Olympic competition at the ________.

4 Typically bronze medals are awarded only to third place, but in some contests there is some variety, such as International ________ contests where bronze medals are awarded for third, fourth, and fifth place.

5 Many organizations now award gold medals either annually or extraordinarily, including ________ and various academic societies.

6 A gold medal is typically the ________ awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field.

7 While most gold medals are solid gold, notable exceptions are gold-plated and often silver-gilt, like those of the Olympic Games, the Lorentz Medal, the United States Congressional Gold Medal (displayed to the right) and the ________ medal.

8 The award concept arose in the military, initially by simple recognition of ________, and later by decorations for admission to military orders dating back to medieval times.

9 Noting that Cassioli's design showed a Roman amphitheater for what originally were Greek games, a new obverse design was commissioned for the ________ in Athens.

10 Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of ________ in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture.

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