2010 Winter Olympics Quiz Quiz - Test Your Knowledge

former gold medalist in short track speed skating Lee Seung-Hoon converted in 2009 to long track to earn a spot in the 2010 Winter Olympics.

French athlete Jason Lamy-Chappuis, who beat American Johnny Spillane in the final stretch of the individual normal hill/10 km Nordic combined event at the 2010 Olympics, was born in Montana.

The Simpsons episode "Boy Meets Curl" will see Homer and Marge Simpson compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics in mixed-doubles curling, an event that is not part of the Olympic programme.

six new competition venues have been constructed in preparation for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia.

some participants in the men's singles luge event at the 2010 Winter Olympics complained that track changes made after the death of Nodar Kumaritashvili gave an advantage to stronger starters.

the first gold medal of the 2010 Winter Olympics was won by Simon Ammann of Switzerland in the normal hill ski jump.

the Montreal Stars, a professional women's hockey team in Canada, will be represented by three members at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

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

Johnny Spillane's silver in the individual normal hill/10 km at the 2010 Winter Olympics is the first medal won by an American in Nordic combined.

Norwegian cross-country skier Øystein Pettersen won a gold medal in the team sprint event at the 2010 Winter Olympics after filling in for a teammate who withdrew from the race due to illness.

Clara Hughes, who led the Canadian athletes in the parade of nations during the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, is the only athlete to have won multiple medals at both the Summer and Winter Olympics.

South Korea was on track to sweep the men's 1500 metre short track speed skating event at the 2010 Winter Olympics before Sung Si-Bak and Lee Ho-Suk crashed into each other on the final lap.

speed skater Tomomi Okazaki, currently competing in her fifth Olympic Games, is the oldest member of the Japanese team at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Björn Ferry, winner of the Men's pursuit biathlon event at the 2010 Winter Olympics, has suggested that athletes who use banned substances be given the death penalty.

Amy Williams, gold medal winner in skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics, was accused of getting an unfair advantage from ridges in her helmet.

Austrian brothers Wolfgang and Andreas Linger beat out Latvian brothers Andris and Juris Šics for the gold medal in the doubles luge event at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

2010 Winter Olympics Quiz

1 What is the motto of 2010 Winter Olympics?

2 Which of the following titles did 2010 Winter Olympics have?

3 What proceeded 2010 Winter Olympics?

4 [78] A request to appeal that verdict to the ________ was subsequently denied on December 22 – a decision that marked the end of any hopes that the event would be held during Vancouver 2010.

5 The games were played at ________, home of the NHL's Vancouver Canucks, which was temporarily renamed Canada Hockey Place for the duration of the Olympics.

6 What was the size of the 2010 Winter Olympics?

7 Competition venues in Greater Vancouver included the ________, the Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre, the UBC Winter Sports Centre, the Richmond Olympic Oval and Cypress Mountain.

8 Main English-language coverage was shown on the ________, while supplementary programming was mainly shown on TSN and Rogers Sportsnet.

9 [44] ________, Colombia, Ghana, Montenegro, Pakistan, Peru and Serbia made their winter Olympic debuts.

10 82 ________ entered teams in the 2010 Winter Olympics.

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