QUESTIONS BASED ON COMMONWEALTH
GAMES - 2014
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1) Which was the venue of the opening
ceremony of 20th Commonwealth Games
held at Glasgow (Scotland)?
– Celtic Park (The opening ceremony was
held on on 23 July 2014)
2) Which was the venue of the closing
ceremony of 20th Commonwealth Games
held on 3 August 2014?
– Hampden Park
3) What was the motto of these Games? –
People, Place, Passion
4) What was the name of the official mascot
of 20th Commonwealth Games? – Clyde
5) Clyde, the mascot of 20th Commonwealth
Games, represented what?
– The Clyde River, that flows through
Glasgow
6) With the successful completion of 20th
Commonwealth 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)
7) Which city would host the next
Commonwealth Games to be held in 2018?
– Gold Coast City, Australia (The 21st
Commonwealth Games would be held at Gold
Coast City during April 2018)
8) Which country topped the medals tally in
the 20th Commonwealth Games? – England
9) Which are the top 10 countries in the
medals tally of 20th Commonwealth Games?
– England, Australia, Canada, Scotland, India,
New Zealand, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya
and Jamaica
10) How many countries took part in the
Games? – Seventy One (71)
11) How many countries won medals in the
20th Commonwealth Games? – 37
12) Which two athletes won 6 gold medals
each at the 20th Commonwealth Games?
– P. Bezzoubenko of Canada (in Rhythmic
Gymnastics) and E. McKon of Australia (in
Swimming)
13) Who were the fastest athletes of 20th
Commonwealth Games?
– Kemar Bailey-Cole (Jamaica) was the fastest
male athlete and Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria)
was the fastest woman athlete of the Games
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)
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)
16) Which country did not participated in
the 20th Commonwealth 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)
17) What was India’s rank in 20th
Commonwealth Games? – Fifth
18) India won many medals overall in 20th
Commonwealth Games? – 64
19) India won how many gold medals in 20th
Commonwealth Games?
– 15 (It won 30 silver medals and 19 bronze
medals to take its overall tally to 64)
20) India won largest number of gold medals
in which sports at the 20th Commonwealth
Games?
– Wrestling (It won 5 gold medals in
wrestling through Sushil Kumar, Yogeshwar
Dutt, Babita Kumari, Amit Kumar and Vinesh
Phogat)
21) India won how many gold medals in
Shooting at the 20th Commonwealth Games?
– Four (Four gold medal winners for India in
Shooting are – Abhinav Bindra, Apurvi
Chandela, Jitu Rai and Rahi Sarnobat)
22) India won how many gold medals in
Weightlifting at the 20th Commonwealth
Games?
– Three (India’s three gold winners in
weightlifting are – Satish Sivalingam, K
Sanjita Chanu and Sukhen Dey)
23) Who is India’s only gold medal winner in
athletics events at the 20th Commonwealth
Games?
– Vikas Shive Gowda (He won gold medal in
men’s discus throw event with a throw of
63.64 metres)
24) Who won the gold medal in women’s
squash doubles event at the 20th
Commonwealth Games?
– Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa (It was
India’s first gold medal win in squash event
at any Commonwealth Games)
25) Who won India’s lone gold medal in
Badminton event in the 20th Commonwealth
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)
