Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Ghana first competed in 1952 when the country was still known as Gold Coast. Where were the Olympics held in 1952?
2. Ghana boycotted the Olympic Games in 1976, in protest at the participation of which country?
3. Which was the first Olympic Games in which Ghana competed as an independent nation?
4. Alice Annum was the only Ghanian woman to make the final of her event at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. Which event was this?
5. At the Summer Youth Olympics in 2010, one particular sport was restricted to one boys and one girls team from each participating continent. Ghana's boys team won the African qualifying tournament and were thus able to contest which event?
6. Some of the Olympic athletes from Ghana over the years have had names which sound unusual. Which of these was a genuine Ghanaian Olympic competitor?
7. At the 1992 Olympics held in Barcelona, Ghana took a bronze medal in which team event?
8. Apart from a team event bronze medal in 1992, Ghana won three other individual Olympic medals in the 20th century. These were all in the same event. Which event was this?
9. Ghanaian athletes have never competed at the Paralympics.
10. Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong was the first athlete ever to compete for Ghana at the Winter Olympics, when he entered the alpine skiing event in 2010. What was his nickname among the press and supporters?
Source: Author
Rowena8482
This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor
Nightmare before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.
