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Quiz about Rebecca Adlingtons Beijing Olympics

Rebecca Adlington's Beijing Olympics Quiz

This quiz is all about Rebecca Adlington's success at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. I hope you enjoy it.

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

Author
poshprice

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
295,632

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. What country did Rebecca Adlington swim for? Hint

United States

Italy

Australia

Great Britain

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Question 2 of 10

2. How many gold medals did Adlington win at the 2008 Beijing Olympics? Hint

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Question 3 of 10

3. On what day did Rebecca Adlington win her very first Olympic gold medal? Hint

August 11, 2008

August 24, 2008

August 17, 2008

August 8, 2004

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Question 4 of 10

4. In which event did Rebecca Adlington win her second Olympic gold medal? Hint

Women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay.

Women's 100-meter freestyle.

Women's 100-meter breaststroke.

Women's 800-meter freestyle.

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Question 5 of 10

5. Before the 2008 Beijing Olympics, what had the Mayor of Mansfield, Tony Eggington, promised to buy Rebecca Adlington if she returned home with an Olympic gold medal? Hint

A pair of Jimmy Choo shoes

A new dress

A box of chocolates

A new pair of swimming goggles

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who was Rebecca Adlington's coach during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games? Hint

Her mother, Kay

Emma Patrick

Bill Furniss

Her dad, Steve

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Question 7 of 10

7. Rebecca Adlington's parents were unable to be present at the Beijing Olympics to watch their daughter win her first gold medal. Why was this? Hint

They had been taken ill

They had been unable to take time off from work

They had been unable to afford the trip

They had been swindled by a fraudulent website offering tickets to the Olympics

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Question 8 of 10

8. During the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Rebecca Adlington won the women's 400-meter freestyle final by just 0.08 seconds. Who won the silver medal? Hint

Joanne Jackson

Katie Hoff

Federica Pellegrini

Bronte Barratt

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Question 9 of 10

9. Before Rebecca Adlington won her first gold medal, the last British woman to claim gold in the swimming pool did so in 1960. Who was this woman? Hint

Sarah Hardcastle

Hayley Lewis

Jenny Thompson

Anita Lonsbrough

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Question 10 of 10

10. What was Rebecca Adlington affectionately nicknamed by her teammates, after her double-gold medal win at the 2008 Beijing Olympics? Hint

Lady Adlington

Dame Rebecca Adlington

The Speedster

Princess Becks

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What country did Rebecca Adlington swim for?

Answer: Great Britain

Rebecca Adlington was born in Mansfield, England, on February 17, 1989. She is a British swimmer.

2. How many gold medals did Adlington win at the 2008 Beijing Olympics?

Answer: 2.

During the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Rebecca Adlington won gold medals in both the women's 400-meter freestyle and the women's 800-meter freestyle.

3. On what day did Rebecca Adlington win her very first Olympic gold medal?

Answer: August 11, 2008

She won the women's 400-meter freestyle, with a time of 4:03.22. During the heats for this event, she also broke the Commonwealth record with a time of 4:02.24.

4. In which event did Rebecca Adlington win her second Olympic gold medal?

Answer: Women's 800-meter freestyle.

On August 16, 2008, it was the women's 800-meter freestyle that provided Rebecca Adlington with her second gold medal of the Beijing Olympics. She also broke the world record in the process, finishing with a time of 8:14.10.

5. Before the 2008 Beijing Olympics, what had the Mayor of Mansfield, Tony Eggington, promised to buy Rebecca Adlington if she returned home with an Olympic gold medal?

Answer: A pair of Jimmy Choo shoes

Rebecca Adlington was indeed promised a pair of Jimmy Choo shoes if she made it back to Mansfield with an Olympic gold medal. Moreover, the swimming pool where she learned to swim had also promised to rename the baths after her.

6. Who was Rebecca Adlington's coach during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games?

Answer: Bill Furniss

Bill Furniss was Rebecca Adlington's swimming coach prior to, and during the Beijing Olympics and coached her at the Nova Centurion club in Nottingham.

7. Rebecca Adlington's parents were unable to be present at the Beijing Olympics to watch their daughter win her first gold medal. Why was this?

Answer: They had been swindled by a fraudulent website offering tickets to the Olympics

Unfortunately, like hundreds of other people, Rebecca Adlington's parents had been tricked into buying tickets from a fraudulent website and were unable to be in Beijing for their daughter's first gold medal win. However, they were there to see her win her second gold medal of the games.

8. During the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Rebecca Adlington won the women's 400-meter freestyle final by just 0.08 seconds. Who won the silver medal?

Answer: Katie Hoff

It was Katie Hoff from the United States who took the silver medal in the women's 400-meter freestyle, and another British swimmer, Joanne Jackson, took the bronze medal.

9. Before Rebecca Adlington won her first gold medal, the last British woman to claim gold in the swimming pool did so in 1960. Who was this woman?

Answer: Anita Lonsbrough

In 1960, Great Britain's Anita Lonsbrough won a gold medal in the 200-meter breaststroke. During the 1984 Olympic Games, another Briton, Sarah Hardcastle won a silver medal in the 400-meter freestyle and a bronze medal in the 800-meter freestyle. Jenny Thompson is an American swimmer, who during the Barcelona Olympics, won a silver medal in the 100-meter freestyle and gold in both the 4x100-meter freestyle and the 4x100-meter medley. Hayley Lewis is an Australian swimmer, who won a bronze medal in the 400-meter freestyle and a silver in the 800-meter freestyle in Barcelona in 1992.

10. What was Rebecca Adlington affectionately nicknamed by her teammates, after her double-gold medal win at the 2008 Beijing Olympics?

Answer: Dame Rebecca Adlington

Following the final of the 800-meter freestyle, Rebecca Adlington's teammate, Cassie Patten, joked on BBC televison that if the Queen was watching then she should make Rebecca Adlington a dame.

Source: Author poshprice

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