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Test Your Knowledge: The 2004 Summer Olympics

Test your knowledge of the 2004 Summer Olympics with this engaging quiz that covers various aspects, including the events, athletes, and cultural significance of the games.

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1 What is the motto of the 2004 Summer Olympics?

2 Liu Xiang wins gold in the ________, equalling Colin Jackson's 1993 world record time of 12.91 seconds.

3 [10] It features contributions from Sting, Lenny Kravitz, Moby, Destiny's Child, and ________.

4 What proceeded the 2004 Summer Olympics?

5 He is the first person to accomplish this feat at the Olympics since ________ in 1924.

6 Greek athlete Fani Halkia comes out of retirement to win the ________.

7 Which of the following titles did the 2004 Summer Olympics have?

8 What does the following picture show? For the first time the Olympic Flame toured the world. The mascots were based on this clay model at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Participating nations.

9 In most other countries presenting the broadcast, there was no ________ of the ceremony.

10 [13] ________ launched its own Olympic website, NBCOlympics.com.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • after previously competing at the 2004 games in Athens, Brooklyn-bred Erinn Smart and her brother Keeth are again part of the U. S. Olympic fencing team at Beijing.
  • the 2008 film Forever the Moment is based on the real life story of South Korea's women's handball team which won silver at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and is also the first film to revolve around the sport of handball.
  • the Nigeria women's national basketball team became the first African team ever to win an Olympic game in women's basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
  • Seteng Ayele was the oldest track and field athlete at both the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.
  • Itoro Umoh-Coleman was one of two Hephzibah High School graduates to play on the Nigerian women's national basketball team in the 2004 Summer Olympics.
  • sprint canoer Thomas Zereske's life was commemorated by the dedication of his former teammate Christian Gille's gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the C-2 1000 m event.
  • Czech decathlete Roman Å ebrle, world record holder and 2004 Olympic winner, was injured in January 2007 when a javelin which had been thrown 55 metres pierced his shoulder.
  • Harvard medical graduate Brenda Taylor reached the 2004 Olympic final in the 400-meter hurdles.
  • 2004 Olympic gold medalist Rhi Jeffrey left competitive swimming just four months before the U.S. Olympic Trials for Beijing.
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