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Quiz about 2020 Tokyo Olympics Highlights 1

2020 Tokyo Olympics Highlights #1 Quiz

Interesting highlights of Tokyo Olympics held from July to August 2021 featuring new events and surprise medal winners.

A multiple-choice quiz by sw11. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
sw11

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
406,316

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which small nation won their first ever Olympic medal (bronze in shooting)? Hint

Monaco

San Marino

Belize

Liechtenstein

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Question 2 of 10

2. Philippines won their first gold medal in Olympic history in what event? Hint

Taekwondo

Weightlifting

Judo

Archery

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Question 3 of 10

3. Majlenda Kelmindi won the first gold medal for Kosovo at Rio 2016. Kosovo won two gold medals in what same event at Tokyo 2020? Hint

Taekwondo

Judo

Shooting

Fencing

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Question 4 of 10

4. Skateboarding was the new event introduced at the Tokyo Olympics. What nation won the first two gold medals in the street event for men and women? Hint

USA

Japan

Brazil

Canada

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Question 5 of 10

5. Turkmenistan became the last ex-Soviet country to win their first Olympics medal, in what event? Hint

Rowing

Weightlifting

Cycling

Archery

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Question 6 of 10

6. The sport of 3x3 basketball was a new event at the Tokyo Olympics. Which were the two countries that won the men and women titles? Hint

Belgium and USA

Russian Olympic Committee and USA

Latvia and USA

Serbia and Russian Olympic Committee

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which country successfully defended the men's rugby sevens title they first won at 2016 Rio? Hint

Australia

New Zealand

Fiji

Argentina

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Question 8 of 10

8. Mixed 4x100 medley relay was a new swimming event. What nation won this exciting event for the first time? Hint

China

USA

Australia

Great Britain

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Question 9 of 10

9. Flora Duffy won the first ever gold medal in the women's triathlon event for what island country? Hint

Barbados

Virgin Islands

St. Kitts and Nevis

Bermuda

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Question 10 of 10

10. Table tennis mixed doubles event was included for the first time. What nation won this event? Hint

Chinese Taipei

China

Japan

South Korea

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which small nation won their first ever Olympic medal (bronze in shooting)?

Answer: San Marino

Female trap shooter Alessandra Perilli won a bronze medal, the first ever Olympic for her country. She then partnered Gian Marco Berti to win the second medal, a silver in mixed trap shooting event.

2. Philippines won their first gold medal in Olympic history in what event?

Answer: Weightlifting

Philippines first participated in 1924 Games at Paris. Hidilyn Diaz won the gold in the women's 55 kg category in weightlifting. She won a silver medal in 53 kg weight division in 2016 Rio Olympics.

3. Majlenda Kelmindi won the first gold medal for Kosovo at Rio 2016. Kosovo won two gold medals in what same event at Tokyo 2020?

Answer: Judo

Kosovo won two golds from Judo: Distria Kraniqi in women's 48 kg weight class and Nora Gjakova in women's 57 kg weight class. At the 2016 Rio, Majlenda Kelmindi won the women's 52 kg weight class

4. Skateboarding was the new event introduced at the Tokyo Olympics. What nation won the first two gold medals in the street event for men and women?

Answer: Japan

Yuto Horigome won the gold medal in the men's event. Momiji Nishiya (born 2007) became the youngest person at the age of 13 to win a gold medal in the women's event.

5. Turkmenistan became the last ex-Soviet country to win their first Olympics medal, in what event?

Answer: Weightlifting

Polina Guryeva won the silver medal in women's 59 kg weight class in weightlifting. Turkmenistan first participated in the 1966 Games at Atlanta.

6. The sport of 3x3 basketball was a new event at the Tokyo Olympics. Which were the two countries that won the men and women titles?

Answer: Latvia and USA

Latvia won the men's event beating ROC 21-18 in the gold medal match. USA defeated ROC in the women's event 18-15 to win the gold.
ROC = Russian Olympics Committee.

7. Which country successfully defended the men's rugby sevens title they first won at 2016 Rio?

Answer: Fiji

Fiji defeated New Zealand 27-12 to win the gold medal. Argentina beat Great Britain 17-12 in the bronze medal match.

8. Mixed 4x100 medley relay was a new swimming event. What nation won this exciting event for the first time?

Answer: Great Britain

Great Britain won with a world record time of 3 min. 37.58 sec. China won the silver and Australia the bronze. Caeleb Dressel, the 100m free gold medallist, was the anchor swimmer for the USA team. He was chasing the seven women swimmers from other teams, but failed to help his team win a medal. The Americans finished fifth in the event.

9. Flora Duffy won the first ever gold medal in the women's triathlon event for what island country?

Answer: Bermuda

Flora Duffy (born 1987) is a world class triathlete. She won 2016 and 2017 ITU World Triathlon Series, the 2015 and 2016 ITU Cross Country World Championships.

10. Table tennis mixed doubles event was included for the first time. What nation won this event?

Answer: Japan

Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito of Japan upset Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen of China 4-3 in the best of seven to win the gold medal. China dominated the table tennis event since it was introduced in 1988 Seoul Olympics. They won 24 out of 28 golds from 1988 to 2016.

Source: Author sw11

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