*TOP QUETIONS OF COMMONWEALTH 2014

1)Which was the venue of the opening ceremony of 20thCommonwealth
Games held at Glasgow (Scotland)? – Celtic Park(The opening ceremony
was held on on 23 July 2014)
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2)Which was the venue of the closing ceremony of 20thCommonwealth
Games held on 3 August 2014? – Hampden Park
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3)What was the motto of these Games? – People, Place, Passion
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4)What was the name of the official mascot of 20thCommonwealth Games? – Clyde
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5)Clyde, the mascot of 20thCommonwealth Games, represented what? – The
Clyde River, that flows through Glasgow
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6)With the successful completion of 20thCommonwealth Games, Scotland
has now hosted these Games for how many times? – Three(Scotland hosted
its first Commonwealth Games in 1970 in Edinburgh and then in 1986
also in Edinburgh)
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7)Which city would host the next Commonwealth Games to be held in
2018? – Gold Coast City, Australia
(The 21stCommonwealth Games would be held at Gold Coast City during April 2018)
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8)Which country topped the medals tally in the 20thCommonwealth Games? – England
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9)Which are the top 10 countries in the medals tally of
20thCommonwealth Games? – England, Australia, Canada, Scotland,
India, New Zealand, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Jamaica
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10)How many countries took part in the Games? – Seventy One (71)
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11)How many countries won medals in the 20thCommonwealth Games? – 37
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12)Which two athletes won 6 gold medals each at the 20thCommonwealth
Games? – P. Bezzoubenko of Canada(in Rhythmic Gymnastics) and E.
McKon of Australia(in Swimming)
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13)Who were the fastest athletes of 20thCommonwealth Games? – Kemar
Bailey-Cole (Jamaica)was the fastest male athlete and Blessing
Okagbare (Nigeria)was the fastest woman athlete of the Games
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14)Who was the only Gold medal winner in these games to be caught for
doping charges? – Chika Amalaha(The women weightlifter of Nigeria who
won gold in women's 53 kg weightlifting event. Her gold medal was
consequentially taken back)
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15)Which tiny Pacific island nation won it's first-ever medal in
Commonwealth Games in form of a Gold Medal? – Kiribati(David Katoatau
won Gold medal for his country Kiribati in 105 Kg men's weightlifting
event)
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16)Which country did not participated in the 20thCommonwealth Games as
it withdrew its membership of Commonwealth in 2013? – Gambia(Gambia
withdrew as the member of Commonwealth countries on 7 October 2013 and
hence did not send its contingent to these games)
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17)What was India's rank in 20thCommonwealth Games? – Fifth
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18)India won many medals overall in 20thCommonwealth Games? – 64
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19)India won how many gold medals in 20thCommonwealth Games? – 15(It
won 30 silver medals and 19 bronze medals to take its overall tally to
64)
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20)India won largest number of gold medals in which sports at the
20thCommonwealth Games? – Wrestling(It won 5 gold medals in wrestling
through Sushil Kumar, Yogeshwar Dutt, Babita Kumari, Amit Kumar and
Vinesh Phogat)
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21)India won how many gold medals in Shooting at the 20thCommonwealth
Games? – Four(Four gold medal winners for India in Shooting are –
Abhinav Bindra, Apurvi Chandela, Jitu Rai and Rahi Sarnobat)
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22)India won how many gold medals in Weightlifting at the
20thCommonwealth Games? – Three(India's three gold winners in
weightlifting are – Satish Sivalingam, K Sanjita Chanu and Sukhen Dey)
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23)Who is India's only gold medal winner in athletics events at the
20thCommonwealth Games? – Vikas Shive Gowda(He won gold medal in men's
discus throw event with a throw of 63.64 metres)
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24)Who won the gold medal in women's squash doubles event at the
20thCommonwealth Games? – Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa(It was
India's first gold medal win in squash event at any Commonwealth
Games)
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25)Who won India's lone gold medal in Badminton event in the
20thCommonwealth Games? – P. Kashyap(He defeated Singapore's Derek
Wong by 21-14, 11-21, 21-19 to become the first Indian man to win
badminton gold at the Games for 32 years)
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