Quiztime Commonwealth Quiz

1. Where are the 2006 Commonwealth Games to be held?
Melbourne (2006 Winter Olympics - Turin)
2. Which British city hosted the 1970 and 1986 commonwealth games?
Edinburgh
3. What was the previous name for what is now The Commonwealth Games?
British Empire Games
4. In which country did the Commonwealth Games take place in 1998?
Malaysia
5. How many gold medals did the Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe win at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester?
Six
6. The Commonwealth Games have been held in seven different countries around the world, which country has hosted the games the most times?
Canada - Hamilton, Vancouver, Edmonton and Victoria
7. Which British athlete became the first to be Commonwealth, European, Olympic, World Champion and world record holder simultaneously?
Daley Thompson
8. Which athlete won the Heptathlon at the Commonwealth Games in 1998?
Denise Lewis
9. Which British swimmer won gold medals at the 1983, 1985, 1987 and 1989 European Championships, Commonwealth Golds in 1982 and 1986 and Olympic gold in 1988?
Adrian Moorhouse
10. Which British city is bidding to stage the Commonwealth Games in 2014?
Glasgow
11. Which member of the royal family is the president of the Commonwealth Games Federation?
Prince Edward
12. Which British athlete won gold in the women’s javelin at the 1990 Commonwealth Games?
Tessa Sanderson
13. Which British athlete successfully defended her Commonwealth Games 10,000m title in 1990?
Liz McColgan
14. Which Commonwealth golfer won his only Open championship at Lytham in 1963?
Bob Charles - New Zealand
15. In which country did the first ever Commonwealth Games take place in 1930?
Canada
16. Who dead heated with the Scot Allan Wells for the gold medal in the 200m at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane?
Mike McFarlane
17. Which country made it's final appearance in the Commonwealth Games in 1994?
Hong Kong
18. The commonwealth games were held in Wales in which year?
1958
19. How many gold medals did England win at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester?
54
20. Which heavyweight has held the British, European, Commonwealth, and Australian titles?
Joe Bugner

21. Which commonwealth country voted against becoming a republic in 1999?
Australia
22. Which island seceded from the Federation of Malaysia, becoming an independent republic within the Commonwealth in August 1965?
Singapore
23. Which country became a Republic in January 1950, but chose to remain within the Commonwealth?
India
24. What does the acronym CSIRO stand for?
Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research
25. Name the two Commonwealth countries that are islands in the Mediterranean Sea?
Cyprus, Malta
26. In which part of the Commonwealth might you tune into Penguin Radio?
Falkland Islands
- The sheep forms part of the emblem of which Commonwealth country? The Falkland Islands
27. Stewart Island is the third largest island in which Commonwealth country?
New Zealand
28. What is the nearest commonwealth member to the UK?
Malta
29. What major country left the British commonwealth in May 1961 after becoming a republic?
South Africa
30. Which commonwealth country possesses three of the world's ten largest islands?
Canada (Baffin, Victoria, Ellesmere)
31. In which Commonwealth country is Waitangi Day the National Day?
New Zealand
32. Which commonwealth country has three time zones ranging from 8 hours to 10 hours ahead of GMT?
Australia
33. Which was the first country to leave the Commonwealth?
Ireland in 1949
34. Of which Commonwealth country in the Caribbean is St George's the capital?
Grenada
35. In which commonwealth country are there airports with the codes "Ccu", "Bom" And "Del"?
India
36. Which country and member state of the commonwealth did France cede to England under the Treaty of Paris in 1763?
Canada
37. In which decade of the 20th century did Kenya join the Commonwealth?
Sixties - 1963
38. Which Commonwealth country has only one land border - with Senegal?
The Gambia
39. The British Commonwealth is made up of how many nations?
53
40. Which colony left the Commonwealth in June 1997 and is unlikely ever to return?
Hong Kong

Tiebreaker - How many countries competed in the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester?
72