Quiz on the 2008 Summer Paralympics: Test Your Knowledge Quiz - Test Your Knowledge

British shooter Matt Skelhon shot a perfect 600 score whilst winning a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

British track cyclist Barney Storey won a gold medal at the 2008 Paralympics within an hour of his wife Sarah winning one.

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.

British swimmer Heather Frederiksen won four medals at the 2008 Summer Paralympics after being told by doctors that she would never be able to swim again.

British equestrian Anne Dunham won her first individual Paralympic gold medal in the 2008 Games at the age of 59.

Singaporean backstroke swimmer Yip Pin Xiu, who has muscular dystrophy, won a gold and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, setting two world records in the process.

Singaporean equestrienne Laurentia Tan won Singapore's first-ever Paralympic medals, two bronzes in dressage, at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

athlete So Wa Wai was only able to compete at the 2008 Paralympic Games after being given a job by Cantopop star and actor Andy Lau that allowed him time to train.

British cyclist Simon Richardson won two gold medals and one silver at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing.

Quiz on the 2008 Summer Paralympics: Test Your Knowledge

1 The theme song, sung by Han Hong, well known and popular Cantonese singer ________ is 'Flying with the Dream' Chinese: 和夢一起飛.

2 ________, NBC's Olympic-themed cable channel, will show seven nights of Paralympic event coverage beginning November 10, 2008 at 7 pm/ET.

3 What is the motto of 2008 Summer Paralympics?

4 ________ (Water Cube)

5 The slogan is the same as the ________, "One World, One Dream."

6 The 2008 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony was held at the ________.

7 The national flag of China was then raised, in accordance with usual protocol, and the ________ of China performed.

8 The torch relay of the 2008 Summer Paralympics started from ________ (Temple of Heaven) on August 28.

9 Nineteen competition venues—seventeen in Beijing, one in Hong Kong, and one in ________—have been selected for the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

10 United States of America - ________, an online subsidiary of NBC Universal, provides live streaming of selected Paralympic Games events (free registration required).

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