Rio 2016 quiz: how much do you know about the Paralympic Games?

How are Paralympic sports classified in Rio?

1. Who is the most decorated Paralympian in the history of the Games?

   1. Trischa Zorn of USA

   2. Mike Kenny of Great Britain

   3. Jonas Jacobsson of Sweden

   4. Erin Popovich of USA

2. In 2008 distance swimmer Natalie Du Toit became the first athlete to carry her country’s flag at the opening ceremonies of both the Olympics and Paralympics. Which country did she represent?

   1. Australia

   2. USA

   3. New Zealand

   4. South Africa

3. What is the motto of the Paralympic Games?

   1. "Never Broken by Hardship or Battle"

   2. "World in Motion"

   3. "Spirit in Motion"

   4. "To Conquer is to Live"

4. Which of these sports will not feature in Rio?

   1. Five-a-side football

   2. Seven-a-side football

   3. 11-a-side football

5. In which city did the first official Paralympic Games take place (in 1960)?

   1. Tokyo

   2. New York

   3. Melbourne

   4. Rome

6. Who is the Paralympic mascot, Tom, named after?

   1. Thomas Guttmann, who organised the 1948 Stoke Mandeville Games, a precursor to the Paralympic Games

   2. Tom Jobim, the co-author of the Brazilian song The Girl from Ipanema

   3. Tom Brady, husband of Brazilian super model Gisele Bündchen

   4. Tomé Silva, Brazil's most decorated Paralympian

7. How old was Ellie Simmonds when she won two gold medals for Great Britain in Beijing in 2008?

   1. Nine

   2. 11

   3. 13

   4. 15

8. In 1992, Pál Szekeres became the first athlete to win medals at both the Olympics and Paralympics. In which sport did the Hungarian compete?

   1. Archery

   2. Fencing

   3. 100m butterfly

   4. Powerlifting

9. How many athletes are competing in the Paralympics in Rio?

   1. 889

   2. 1,555

   3. 2,016

   4. 4,350

10. Which country topped the medal table in 2012 with 231 medals, including 95 golds?

    1. Great Britain

    2. USA

    3. Russia

    4. China

Solutions

1:A - She competed in the blind swimming events in seven Paralympic Games, from 1980 to 2004, and won 55 medals – 41 of which were gold, 2:D - Natalia Partyka, the Polish table tennis player, also competed in the Olympics and Paralympics in 2008., 3:C - The motto was "Mind, Body, Spirit" until 2004., 4:C - Although it did feature in the Olympics, with Brazil's men and Germany's women winning gold., 5:D - The first winter Paralympic Games took place in Örnsköldsvik in 1976., 6:B - Vinicius, the Olympics mascot, is named after the other co-author: Vinicius des Moraes., 7:C - She went on to became the youngest recipient of an MBE at the age of 14., 8:B - Szekeres won a bronze medal in the fencing competition at the 1988 Olympics Seoul. After being injured in a bus accident in 1991 he took up wheelchair fencing and went on to win medals at five different Paralympic Games., 9:D - There will be more participants than ever, with Aruba, Congo, Malawi, Somalia, Sao Tome and Principe, and Togo taking part for the first time., 10:D - USA were sixth, below China, Russia, Great Britain, Ukraine and Australia.

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