2012 London Trivia

1. The Copper Box was one of the permanent venues built within the main Olympic Park. Which sport was it the main host venue for during the Olympics?

From Quiz What Went On Where?

Answer: Handball

The Copper Box was planned as one of the four permanent venues to be built within the Olympic Park site at Stratford, alongside the Olympic Stadium, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome. Intended as a multi-sport venue, the 7,000 seat arena was utilised primarily for the handball competitions, with the group phase of the men's competition, and the group phase and quarter-finals of the women's competition held there, before the final stages were held at the larger Basketball Arena. Upon the completion of the handball competitions, the venue was then used to host the fencing element of the Modern Pentathlon competitions, while at the Paralympics it was used for the goalball competitions.

From Quiz WAG at the 2012 Olympic Games

Answer: Jordyn Wieber

Jordyn Wieber (USA) actually qualified 4th out of 24 top qualifiers. However, in artistic gymnastics there's a two per country rule, which states that only two gymnasts from each country can advance to a final. Therefore, if two of your teammates qualify ahead of you then you cannot qualify to the same final no matter how high your score is. Both of Jordyn's teammates, Gabby Douglas and Aly Raisman qualified ahead of her and so Jordyn was left out of the finals.

From Quiz London 2012 - The Pin Badge Perspective

Answer: LOCOG

The committee was founded in October 2005, just 3 months after London won the games in a close-run contest with Paris. The committee was chaired by Lord Sebastian Coe, the man in charge of the British Olympic bid. Other notable members were Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal and the Vice Chairman Sir Keith Mills. LOCOG were not responsible for the construction of the new venues; this fell to the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), who were fully publicly funded. LOCOG made a profit of around £30 million over the course of the games.

From Quiz London Olympics 2012

Answer: Yohan Blake (Jamaica)

Blake, Bolt's compatriot won the silver just tailing Bolt. Bolt set an Olympic record in the 100m sprint by clocking 9.63 seconds. Warren Weir won the bronze in the 200m sprint whilst Gatlin won the bronze in the 100 m sprint. Usain Bolt became the first athlete to retain both the 100m and 200m sprint titles at an Olympics.

From Quiz London 2012 - Artistic Gymnastics

Answer: Jordyn Wieber

Jordyn Wieber was arguably the favourite of the American squad, and possibly the world, to go on to win the women's all around title at these Olympic games. However, despite finishing fourth overall in the qualifiers, Jordyn failed to progress to the final due to the rule that only two gymnasts from each nation are allowed to qualify (with Gabby Douglas and Aly Raisman finishing in positions 2 and 3 respectively). This rule came under much criticism afterwards, with some arguing that it should be the top gymnasts who qualify, irrespective of which nation they represent.

From Quiz London 2012: An Eventful Two Weeks

Answer: 0

No countries made their debut appearance in the London 2012 Olympics, making it the first time there were no debutantes in the Summer Games. All 204 NOCs sent their representatives to London, while three athletes from the former Netherlands Antilles (who do not have a NOC anymore) and one from South Sudan (who did not organize a NOC in time for the Games) competed as independent participants.

From Quiz The Checkered Flag

Answer: Fractured tibia

Cao Yuan was still limping quite badly as he moved around the pool area during his dives, but this didn't deter the compact champion who only weighed 42 kgm. The champion pair received a total of 486.78 for their six dives and came out almost twenty points ahead of the Mexican divers, who took the silver medal, and the USA divers who scored the bronze.

From Quiz London 2012

Answer: individual all-around

Gabby Douglas became the first African American to win an Olympic gymnastics all around event. In addition, her team (comprising of herself, Jordyn Wieber, Kyla Ross, Aly Raisman, and McKayla Maroney) won the gold for the women's team all-around during the 2012 Olympic Games.

From Quiz Team Eggheads at the Olympics

Answer: The Flying Squirrel

Douglas was given the nickname by the US gymnastics team coordinator Martha Karolyi, wife of famed gymnastic coach Bela Karolyi. Not everyone thinks it is a great nickname for the gymnast. In an interview, former Olympic gymnast Dominique Dawes expressed her dislike of the nickanme saying, "I do not like the nickname. I'm going to call her 'Doin' It Douglas' or 'Wowing It Douglas.'" Whatever her nickname, Gabby Douglas flew to new heights in the 2012 Olympics. (Question and extra information submitted by unterkircher)

From Quiz What Went On Where?

Answer: Greenwich Park

Greenwich Park is a 180 acre space located within the Greenwich World Heritage Site. For the Olympics, a 23,000 seat arena was constructed overlooking the Queen's House that was utilised for the dressage and jumping competitions, as well as two of the three elements of the eventing. Within the wider park, a 5,800m cross-country course was also created for the third element of the eventing competition. Following the conclusion of the equestrian events, the venue was then used for both the riding and combined running/shooting elements of the Modern Pentathlon, the latter of which required the design of a 3,000m cross-country running course. Following the Olympics, the capacity of the arena was reduced to 6,000 for use during the dressage events of the Paralympics.

From Quiz London 2012 - The Pin Badge Perspective

Answer: 2,012

It seems a lot doesn't it? Two thousand and twelve different badges were made for the games, with edition sizes ranging from over a million to less than 1,000 produced. No previous Olympic Games has had pin production on this scale, although pin collecting has been a tradition for many Olympics. Enthusiasts often wear caps or lanyards with the pins that they are willing to trade on display.

From Quiz London Olympics 2012

Answer: Italy

Italy won the gold after a nail biting finish against USA, who won the silver. South Korea defeated Mexico to win the bronze medal. South Korea's Im Dong-Hyon was the archer with most individual points.

From Quiz London 2012: An Eventful Two Weeks

Answer: 7

Seven countries won their very first Olympic medals in these Games: Guatemala's Erick Barrondo won his country's first medal (silver) in the 20 km walk. Cyprus' Pavlos Kontides won his country's first medal (silver) in the laser class sailing competition. Grenada's Kirani James won his country's first medal (gold) in the 400 metres run. Botswana's Nijel Amos won his country's first medal (silver) in the 800 metres run. Bahrain's Maryam Yusuf Jamal won her country's first medal (bronze) in the 1500 metres run. Gabon's Anthony Obame won his country's first medal (silver) in Taekwondo. Finally, the silver medal won by Montenegro's women handball team is the first Olympic medal of their country.

From Quiz London 2012

Answer: Zara Phillips

Zara Phillips is the niece of Prince Charles, the ex-husband of the late Princess Diana. Along with her horse High Kingdom, she helped her team in their silver medal victory in team eventing.

From Quiz Team Eggheads at the Olympics

Answer: Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth graciously agreed to take part in the opening ceremony of the Games. In conjunction with actor Daniel Craig, in his character of 007, she was seen greeting Mr Bond at the palace. Following this, by using an experienced male jumper dressed in a copy of the Queen's outfit, she was (apparently) seen to climb into a helicopter and then leap out over the site of the opening ceremony to float down to join in the celebrations. Shortly thereafter, the head of the Commonwealth took her seat in the stands for the remainder of this entertaining spectacle. Her participation in this fun-loving episode was hilarious, brilliant and completely unexpected. (Question and additional information submitted by Creedy)

From Quiz London 2012

Answer: West Ham United

West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur both submitted bids to take over use of the stadium in what became a very controversial and bitter battle. West Ham eventually won the bid. The Metropolitan Police Force will no doubt be used extensively to police the games of West Ham United at the stadium. LOCOG is a de facto events company reponsible for staging the games.

From Quiz What Went On Where?

Answer: Lord's

Lord's is a cricket ground located in the St John's Wood area of London. The stadium was chosen as part of the original bid process as the archery venue, which saw a pair of temporary stands constructed on the field itself to house 6,500 spectators, with the competitors placed just in front of the Pavilion and shooting towards targets placed towards the Nursery End. Archery was one of two sports to begin competition before the official start of the Olympics, with the ranking round prior to the main competition taking place on the afternoon of the Opening Ceremony - this took place on the Nursery Ground, a practice field located behind the main ground's Media Centre, with no spectators admitted.

From Quiz WAG at the 2012 Olympic Games

Answer: Canada

Only the top 8 teams qualify to the team final. Team Canada actually qualified in the last spot (8th position), a whole 2.96 points behind Great Britain who qualified in 5th position. But, they improved on that and managed to edge out team Great Britain by a slight margin of .309.

From Quiz London 2012 - The Pin Badge Perspective

Answer: Wolff Olins

Wally Olins is actually one of the founders of the brand consultancy firm Wolff Olins, along with the designer Michael Wolff. The company began in Camden, London in 1965 but now have offices in New York and Dubai as well as their home town. In 2012, the company were recognised by the Sunday Times as one of the best small businesses to work for in the UK. Recently Wolff Olins have worked with huge companies such as General Electric, Unilever, PricewaterhouseCoopers, as well as designing the current logo for the Tate, the institution responsible for a huge collection of art in the United Kingdom. They have galleries in London, Liverpool, and St Ives.

From Quiz London Olympics 2012

Answer: Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina)

In the bronze medal match, Del Potro defeated Djokovic 7-5, 6-4. Murray won the gold after crushing Federer, who won the silver, 6-2, 6-1, (6-4). In the semis, Federer defeated Del Potro 3-6, 7-6, 19-17 and Murray defeated Djokovic 7-5, 7-5.

From Quiz London 2012 - Artistic Gymnastics

Answer: The Flying Squirrel

Although Jordyn Wieber had been the dominant name in the years leading up to the London Olympics and the holder of several national and international titles, Gabby Douglas had been lurking quietly in the background. Douglas actually scored higher than Wieber in the AT&T American Cup all around finals in 2012, but was not officially entered into the competition and so her scores did not count.

From Quiz London 2012: An Eventful Two Weeks

Answer: 1

The medal Kirani James won for Grenada (400m run) is their first medal ever, and of course also their first gold medal ever. Other countries that never won gold before didn't win gold in London 2012 either.

From Quiz The Checkered Flag

Answer: Ethiopia

That was one impressive event. Not only did Dibaba win the gold at this event which saw the crowd roar itself hoarse for the entire 10,000 metres, she broke the world record into the bargain. Second and third went to the runners from Kenya. Dibaba, with an impressive number of world winning races to her credit is known among her compatriots as the "Baby Faced Destroyer".

From Quiz London 2012

Answer: Michael Phelps

Michael Phelps became the greatest Olympic athlete of all time with a total of 28 Olympic medals won in his Olympic career. He retired for good after the 2016 Olympics in Rio.

From Quiz Team Eggheads at the Olympics

Answer: The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins's series of books that began with "The Hunger Games," has done for archery what the Twilight Series did for vampires. Jennifer Lawrence, the actress who portrayed the character of Katniss in the movie version of "The Hunger Games," trained with USA Olympian Khatuna Lorig, who came in fourth in the 2012 Olympics. (Question and additional information submitted by jerico54)

From Quiz What Went On Where?

Answer: Hampton Court Palace

The time trials took place on road courses laid out on the roads of South-West London and Surrey, encompassing the boroughs of Richmond upon Thames, Kingston upon Thames and Elmbridge. Each event took place over a single lap of the course, with the men's event totalling 44km, and the women's 29km, starting on the main driveway of Hampton Court Palace, a former home of Henry VIII. The finish line of both courses was on Hampton Court Road, outside the grounds of the palace itself, with the medal ceremonies in front of the palace's famous Tudor style gatehouse.

From Quiz WAG at the 2012 Olympic Games

Answer: Hannah Whelan

It is a requirement that all gymnasts land feet first for them to get any score at all. Therefore, if a gymnast lands on her hands first or any other body part she would be credited with a zero because the vault would be considered invalid. At the 2008 Olympics, gymnasts lost an automatic .8 points off their scores if they fall but still land feet first. At the 2008 Olympics Hannah Whelan fell on vault and got a score of 13.5 (that means she would've gotten a 14.3 without the fall). However, in 2012 she did not meet the requirement of falling feet first and so was given a score of zero as the vault was considered invalid. Because of it she finished dead last in the All-Around final when she actually qualified in 17th position out of 24 finalists.

From Quiz London 2012 - The Pin Badge Perspective

Answer: Beijing & Peking

There are nine handover badges in total, including four stamps and two busses (one Olympic and one Paralympic). The other three badges are numbers eight, nine and sixteen in the catalogue. There are also two handover badges depicting the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, and one badge with the banner 'See you in Rio', the host of the subsequent Summer Games in 2016.

From Quiz London Olympics 2012

Answer: Wang Yihan (China)

Liu Xuerei defeated Yihan to win the gold medal. Nehwal won the bronze medal in spite losing the first set as her opponent Wang Xin retired due to an injury. In the semis, Xuerei defeated Xin while Yihan defeated Nehwal.

From Quiz The Checkered Flag

Answer: 0

Of the three medal winners in this engrossing event, only two seconds all up separated first and third place winners. Both Nicola Spirig of Switzerland and Lisa Norden hit the line in the same time of 1:59.48. The judges had to go to a photo to decide the winner, and the gold was eventually given to Spirig by one-one hundredth of a second. Australia's Erin Densham who led for most of the third leg of the race was beaten in the last fifty metres of the run. She came in two seconds later to take the bronze in one of the most thrilling of finishes to take place during the Games.

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