With the 2008 Olympic Games drawing ever nearer, the 2008 Olympic Games quiz organized by China Cultural Centre in Malta has been formally launched on its newsletter, issue April. The Olympic Games is the greatest and most significant sports event which offers an arena for people from different countries, with different languages and beliefs to have a fair play.

Are you ready? Together with us, become involved in this year's Beijing Summer Olympics through our quiz. May be you happen to be experts on Olympic knowledges, may be this happens to be where your interest lies, come to join us to test your competitive mettle! What you get will  be more than correct answers.

All of our members and friends are invited to participate in this quiz with total 30 questions below. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET (see behind the quiz and the sheet can be duplicated) with a single line through the centre. Please send back the ANSWER SHEET by post before June 1st, 2008 to China Cultural Centre in Malta, 173 Melita Street, Valletta, VLT 1127. Several fine Olympic-related prizes will wait for you.The lucky prize winners will be announced on our newsletter and notified by mail, email or phone call.

30 QUESTIONS

1. When was the original Olympiad fisrt held?

A 776 B.C. B 1776 B.C. C 1698 D 1896

2. The ancient Olympic sports were mainly set to meet the need of ______.

A farming B war C sacrifice D entertainment

3. Who is best known as the founder of the International Olympic Committee and the Father of the Modern Olympic Games?

A Evangelis Zappas B Jacques Rogge

C Pierre de Coubertin D Juan Antonio Samaranch

4. According to the Olympic Chapter, the Olympic Spirit requires mutual understanding with a spirit of ____, ____ and ____.

A friendship, fair play and solidarity

B solidarity, friendship and fair play

C friendship, solidarity and fair play

D friendship, fair play and assistance

5. The five interlocking rings on the Olympic flag from left to right are ____, ____, _____, _____ and _____ in colour, which represent unity among the nations of Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, and Europe.

A yellow blue black green red

B green blue yellow black red

C blue yellow black green red

D black blue yellow green red

6. What's the official Olympic Motto?

A Hand in Hand, Heart to Heart B Citius, Altius, Fortius

C Altius, Fortius, Citius D Heart to Heart, Hand in Hand

7. Which country's team always enters last in the parade of nations at the opening ceremony of the Olylmpic Games?

A Greece B the host nation C Rome D the host nation of last Olympics

8. It is known that a fire must be kept burning throughout the celebration of the Olympics and is extinguished at end of the closing ceremony of the Games. According to the modern convention, the Olympic Flame which should be collected from _____ will be moved to the host nation via a _____ system.

A Athens torch relay

B the capital of the host nation marathon

C the host city marathon

D Olympia torch relay

9. Who was the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 seven times at the Olympics?

A Nadia Comaneci B James Connelly

C Mark Spitz D Abebe Bikila

10. Through which year were the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics held in the same year? But later they were rescheduled so that they are held in alternate even-numbered years. For example, the Winter Olympics were held in 1994 and the Summer Olympics in 1996. The Winter Olympics were next held in 1998, and the Summer Olympics next occurred in 2000.

A 1982 B 1986 C 1990 D 1992

11. The first Olympic-style games for athletes with a disability were held in Rome in _____. According to the official agreement that the Summer Paralympics must be held in conjunction with the Olympic Games in the same host city and using the same facilities, the Summer Paralympics Games take place _______ after the closing of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

A 1952 one month B 1960 three weeks

C 1978 one month D 1986 three weeks

12. When was the first time the Olympic Games moved to Asia?

A 1964 B 1976 C 1988 D 1992

13. Which athlete from which country broke the Olympic record with a time of 12.88 seconds in the men's 110m hurdles final of the 28th Olympic Games?

A Dayron Robles Cuba B Colin Jackson Briton

C Allen Johnson USA D Liu Xiang China

14. At the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympics, Mr. Liu Qi, president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG), took over the Olympic flag, which meant from that very moment the Olympic Games entered a Beijing Olympiad. What was the date that day?

A July 29, 2003 B August 29, 2003

C August 28, 2004 D August 29, 2004

15. What is the serial number of Beijing 2008 since the Olympics Games started in 1896?

A 17 th B 21th C 29 th D 47 th

16. There are total _____ Beijing-based venues for the 2008 Olympic Games, including _____ newly-constructed venues.

A 30 12 B 31 11 C 35 14 D 37 13

17. The centerpiece of the 2008 Summer Olympics will be the Beijing National Stadium, nicknamed the ______.

A Bird's Nest B Aquatics Centre

C Green Garden D Olympic Green

18. Besides Beijing, how many other cities of China will also hold some events of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games?

A 4 B 5 C 6 D 7

19. Which city of China will hold the sailing event of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games?

A Beijing B Qingdao C Tianjin D Shanghai

20. Beijing, as the host city of the 2008 Summer Olympics, is also a tourist destination with a collection of six World Cultural Heritage Sites, including the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, ________ , __________ , the Peking Man Site and the Ming Tombs.

A the Summer Palace, the Temple of Heaven

B the China Millennium Monument, the Qianmen Gate

C the Qianmen Gate, the Temple of Heaven

D the Summer Palace, the China Millennium Monument

21. What is the Olympic slogan of Beijing 2008?

A One World, One Dream

B Green Olympics and People's Olympics

C New Beijing, New Olympics

D Hand in Hand, Heart to Heart

22. What are the three concepts of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games?

A Green Olympics, High-tech Olympics and People's Olympics

B Green Olympics, Smiling Olympics and High-tech Olympics

C People's Olympics, Cultural Olympics and Green Olympics

D High-tech Olympics, Green Olympics and People's Olympics

23. The mascots of Beijing 2008 are ______, each representing one color of the Olympic rings.

A Giant Panda Panpan B the Five Fuwa(literally "good-luck dolls")

C Swallow Nini D Fish Beibei

24. The 2008 Olympic Torch Relay, with the theme "Journey of Harmony", will last ____ days, carrying the torch ______ km – the longest distance of any Olympic torch relay (though most of it is by air).

A 130 137,000 B 121 71,300 C 180 210,000 D 148 152,000

25. The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games will commence at 08:08:08 pm CST (12:08:08 UTC) on ____, __ 2008.

A August 24 B September 24 C August 8 D September 8

26. The programme for the Beijing 2008 Games is quite similar to that of the Athens Games held in 2004. The 2008 Olympics will see the return of __ sports, and will hold ____ events, one event more in total than in Athens.

A 302 30 B 301 30 C 302 28 D 301 28

27. Which team won the most gold medals in China's Olympic history?

A Chinese Table Tennis Team

B Chinese Diving Team

C Chinese Badminton Team

D Chinese Gymnastics Team

28. The victory medals of Beijing Olympic Games are 70mm in diameter and 6mm in thickness. On their obverse side, the medals adopt the standard design prescribed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) – a drawing that represents the winged _____ and Greek Panathinaikos Arena, while on their reverse side, the medals are inlaid with jade with the Beijing Games emblem engraved in the metal centerpiece.

A Nike, goddess of victory B Angel C Ares D Zeus

29. When and where was the Malta Wushu (Chinese Martial Art) Association founded?

A 1996 the headquarters of Maltese Olympic Committee

B 2001 the headquarters of Malta Judo Federation

C 2005 the headquarters of Maltese Olympic Committee

D 2007 the headquarters of Malta Judo Federation

30. Which Olympics was the first Games Malta participated?

A the 1916 Berlin Olympic Games

B the 1924 Paris Olympic Games

C the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games

D the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games

The CCC 2008 Olympic Games Quiz                                               ANSWER SHEET   Name­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­____________                         Age_____________ Occupation_____________             Email________________ Mail Address________________________________________ Telephone Number____________________________   1. [A] [B] [C] [D]          11. [A] [B] [C] [D]           21. [A] [B] [C] [D] 2. [A] [B] [C] [D]          12. [A] [B] [C] [D]           22. [A] [B] [C] [D] 3. [A] [B] [C] [D]          13. [A] [B] [C] [D]           23. [A] [B] [C] [D] 4. [A] [B] [C] [D]          14. [A] [B] [C] [D]           24. [A] [B] [C] [D] 5. [A] [B] [C] [D]          15. [A] [B] [C] [D]           25. [A] [B] [C] [D] 6. [A] [B] [C] [D]          16. [A] [B] [C] [D]           26. [A] [B] [C] [D] 7. [A] [B] [C] [D]          17. [A] [B] [C] [D]           27. [A] [B] [C] [D] 8. [A] [B] [C] [D]          18. [A] [B] [C] [D]           28. [A] [B] [C] [D] 9. [A] [B] [C] [D]          19. [A] [B] [C] [D]           29. [A] [B] [C] [D] 10. [A] [B] [C] [D]         20. [A] [B] [C] [D]          30. [A] [B] [C] [D]

China Cultural Centre reserves the right to make final decisions about winners or other issues that might arise during the quiz.