QUESTIONS FROM 17TH ASIAN GAMES
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1) 17th Asian Games (XVII Asiad 2014) was hosted at which
city of South Korea? – Incheon (Incheon is the third largest city of South
Korea after Seoul and Busan. It neighbours capital Seoul)
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2) 17th Asian Games at Incheon were officially held between
which dates? – 19 September to 4 October 2014 (However, some events like
football started from 14 September itself)
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3) With the conclusion of these games, South Korea has now hosted
the Asian Games for how many times? – Three times (Seoul (1986), Busan (2002)
and now Incheon (2014))
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4) How many countries took part in 17th Asian Games? – 45
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5) How many sporting events were held at 17th Asian Games? –
36 (439 different events in 36 sports were held in these games)
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6) Approximately how many athletes took part in 17th Asian
Games? – 9,500
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7) The sporting events of 17th Asian Games were held in how
many venues? – 49 (This included venues in host city Incheon and some
neighbouring cities like Seoul and Chungju)
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8) What was the motto of 17th Asian Games? – ‘Diversity
Shines Here’
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9) What were the names of the three official mascots of 17th
Asian Games? – Chumuro, Vichuon and Barame
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10) Chumuro, Vichuon and Barame, the three mascots of 17th
Asian Games represented which animal? – The spotted seal
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11) Which country would host the 18th Asian Games of 2018? –
Indonesia (These games would be hosted in three cities of the country – capital
Jakarta, Bandung and Palembang
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12) Which country was to host the 18th Asian Games
originally? – Vietnam (Originally Vietnamese capital Hanoi was to host these
games but it withdrew due to financial constraints. Then the hosting was
transferred to Indonesia)
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13) Which country topped the medals tally at 17th Asian
Games? – China
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14) The top 5 countries (in medals tally) at 17th Asian
Games are – China, South Korea, Japan, Kazakhstan and Iran )
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15) How many overall medals were won by China in these
games? – 342 (This included 151 gold medals, 108 silver medals and 83 bronze)
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16) By topping in these games, China has now topped the
Asian Games medals tally consecutively for how many times? – Nine
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17) How was named as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of 17th
Asian Games? – Kosuke Hagino, the swimmer from Japan (He won medals in all the
seven events he took part and thus won 4 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 2
bronze medals)
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18) How many cases of doping were reported from 17th Asian
Games? – Six (These four cases involved Tajikistan footballer Khurshed
Beknazarov, Cambodian soft tennis player Yi Sophany, the Malaysian Wushu gold
medallist Tai Cheau Xuen, Iraqi weightlifter Mohammed al Aifuri, Syrian karate
fighter Nour-Aldin al-Kurdi and Chinese athlete Zhang Wenxiu. Tai Cheau and
Zhang Wenxiu were stripped of their gold medals while ban were imposed on other
players)
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19) Who was the chef de mission (Head) of the Indian
contingent at 17th Asian Games? – Adille Sumariwalla
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20) Who held the Indian tricolour in the opening ceremony of
17th Asian Games? – Sardar Singh (Captain of India Hockey team)
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21) What was India’s position in 17th Asian Games? – 8th
(India finished with 57 medals overall, including 11 gold medal, 10 silver and
36 bronze medals)
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22) Which country won the first medal at 17th Asian Games? –
China (It won games’ first gold medal through 4 women shooters in women’s 10m
Air Pistol team event on 20 September 2014)
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23) Who won the first medal for India at 17th Asian Games? –
Shooter Shweta Chaudhary (She won the bronze medal in the women’s 10m air
pistol on 20 September 2014. This was India’s first medal in these games)
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24) Who won the first gold medal for India at 17th Asian
Games? – Jitu Rai (Shooter Jitu Rai won the gold medal in the men’s 50m Pistol
event held on 20 September 2014. This was India’s first gold medal in these
games)
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25) Who won the first silver medal for India at the 17th
Asian Games? – Saurav Ghosal (in men’s squash singles)
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26) What was the important feature of India’s gold medal
wins in these games? – No single sports dominated this time (India won gold
medals in Athletics, Kabaddi, shooting, squash, archery, wrestling, tennis,
boxing and hockey. Thus 11 gold medals were derived from as many as 9 sports)
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27) Indian contingent won the largest number of 2 gold
medals in which two sports? – Kabaddi and Athletics (2 gold medals respectively
in men’s and women’s category in Kabaddi and one gold in women’s discus throw
and women’s 4X400m relay)
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28) What is the name of the Indian boxer who came to
limelight due to the controversy of not accepting her medal after controversial
decision in her bout? – Laishram Sarita Devi (This boxer from Manipur lost a
highly controversial 60 kg semi-final bout against eventual silver medalist
South Korean boxer Park Jina. She later refused to accept her bronze medal in
the medal ceremony. But she later accepted the medal after pressure from the
AIBA and an apparent displeasure of Indian authorities)
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