Paris 2024 Olympic Firsts Quiz

The Summer 2024 Olympics in Paris ended a little while ago on Sunday, August 11th. Congratulations to all athletes who came to these Olympics and competed fairly and to the best of their ability! This GeoFact of the Day quiz highlights medal winners representing countries — and an athlete valiantly competing for the Refugee Team — that have not won a medal previously or have not won a gold medal until Paris 2024. Three Caribbean island countries, three African countries, one European country, one Central American country, and the Refugee Olympic Team are all represented in this post. Quiz answers are listed below — enjoy and good luck!

1)      GRENADA earned bronze medals in men’s javelin throw and men’s decathlon. 2024 is the first Olympic year in which Grenada won more than one medal. Which name is not one of the athletes who won these medals?
A — Lindon Victor
B — Anderson Peters
C — Timothy Conch

2)      BOTSWANA celebrates its first ever gold medal, which was won by Letsile Tebogo. Letsile also earned a silver medal as a teammate on the men’s ___________ team.
A — badminton
B — 4 x 400 meter relay
C — football

3)      ____________ is the home country of Cindy Ngamba, the women’s 75 kg boxer who earned the first ever medal (bronze) on the Refugee Olympic Team.
A — CAMEROON
B — SOMALIA
C — YEMEN

4)      True or false: EL SALVADOR is the Central American country winning its first ever gold medal.

5)      Track athlete Julien Alfred won a gold medal in the women’s 100 meter dash and a silver medal in the women’s 200 meter dash at the Paris 2024 Olympics. She won these first ever medals on behalf of which Caribbean island country?
A — SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
B — SAINT LUCIA
C — TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
D — BARBADOS

6)      Two freestyle wrestlers — Chermen Valiev and Islam Dudaev — won the first ever medals (both bronze) for their country in Southeastern Europe. Which country?
A — ALBANIA
B — GREECE
C — NORTH MACEDONIA
D — MONTENEGRO

7)      David de Pina (Daniel Varela de Pina) won a bronze medal in men’s 51 kg boxing and therefore earned the first ever medal for which island country in Africa? Hint: this country is an archipelago located west of mainland West Africa, and the country’s name translates to green cape in Portuguese.
A — MAURITIUS
B — SEYCHELLES
C — SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE
D — COMOROS
E — CABO VERDE
F — MADAGASCAR

8)      True or false: Thea LaFond competed in women’s triple jump and earned the first ever medal — and a gold one at that — for DOMINICA.























ANSWERS

Question 1:
C . . . . . Timothy Conch

Question 2:
B . . . . . 4 x 400 meter relay

Question 3:
A . . . . . Cameroon

Question 4:
False . . . . . Guatemala

Question 5:
B . . . . . Saint Lucia

Question 6:
A . . . . . Albania

Question 7:
E . . . . . Cabo Verde

Question 8:
True

Capital of Grenada?

What is the national capital of GRENADA? The correct answer is listed further below!
A — Roseau
B — Saint John's
C — Saint George's
D — Havana























ANSWER
C . . . . . Saint George's

Independence Day in Grenada

GRENADA annually celebrates Independence Day on February 7th. This day commemorates the time in 1974 when Grenada achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1974. Happy belated Independence Day, Grenadians!

Grenada Exports

The following items are major exports of GRENADA: beverages, clothing and textiles, cocoa, mace spice and nutmeg, sugarcane, timber (small amounts), and various fruit and vegetables — especially avocados, bananas, citrus fruit, corn (maize), and root crops. According to the International Monetary Fund (data.imf.org), countries and territories buying and importing most of those exports (February 2017 statistics) include Chile (top importer), the United States, Japan, Dominica, Saint Lucia, the Netherlands, Canada, Germany, Barbados, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Poland, Antigua and Barbuda, Finland, Guyana, Jamaica, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Argentina, India, Montserrat, Pakistan, and Suriname.

Coastal Cities

GeoFact of the Day currently has seven country-by-country posts highlighting towns, cities, and communities located next to massive water bodies:

— BARBADOS (↗)
— DOMINICA (↗)
— GHANA (↗)
— GRENADA (↗)
— GUINEA (↗)
— SÉNÉGAL (↗)
— TUNISIA (↗)

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Parishes of Grenada

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Part of the Windward Islands group and located south of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and north of Trinidad and Tobago, GRENADA is administratively divided into parishes named after saints, which is the case for Dominica (previous post) and other Caribbean island countries as well. Located on the main Grenada island, these seven parishes are Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George (Saint George's), Saint John, Saint Joseph, Saint Mark, and Saint Patrick. Saint Patrick includes multiple small islands in its northern extent. In addition, Grenada's northernmost region is considered to be a dependency. Featuring multiple small islands, this dependency is named Carriacou, or Carriacou and Petite Martinique. Grenada's capital, St. George's, is not surprisingly located on the western coast of St. George Parish. More information about this island country can be found in my Grenada post.

Animals Named After Grenada

At least five species are named after GRENADA, a tiny Caribbean island country located about 144 kilometers north of Venezuela's Paria Peninsula (post link). These species are the Grenada Bank Blindsnake, Grenada Groundsnake (Shaw's Dark Ground Snake), Grenada Dove, Grenada Flycatcher bird, and New Grenada Drum (Ethelwynn's Drum) fish. Grenada's name originated from the French word for pomegranate, la grenade. There are plenty of pomegranate trees growing throughout Grenada's main island and smaller islands, and the fleshy fruit is considered a national symbol.

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Coastal Cities of Grenada

Like the island countries Barbados and Dominica featured in my two previous posts, GRENADA is a Caribbean Sea island country ... specifically located in the Windward Islands section of the Lesser Antilles archipelago. This country also has picturesque views of the sea from small coastal towns and cities. Starting north then clockwise on Grenada island, coastal towns and cities include the following: Sauteurs, La Taste, Tivoli, Grenville, Hope Bacolet, Crochu (southeastern coast), Woburn, Grand Anse (southwestern area), Saint George's (Grenada's capital), Woodford (western coast), Grand Roy, Gouyave, Victoria, and Panorama.

GeoFact of the Day's Grenada post (↗)

Grenada Endangered Species

As of August 17th, 2015, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ for the island country of GRENADA in the Caribbean Sea lists 6 critically endangered species and 14 endangered species. The five critically endangered aquatic species living around the 344 square-kilometer country include the Atlantic Goliath Grouper fish, Elkhorn Coral and Staghorn Coral, Hawksbill Turtle, and Smalltooth Sawfish. The only terrestrial critically endangered species is the Grenada Dove. These doves live in the southwestern part of Grenada island and west and south of Saint George's, the capital city of Grenada. Endangered species include the American Eel, Blue Whale, Boulder Star Coral, Green Turtle and Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Grenada Bank Blindsnake, and Nassau Grouper.

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Geography of Grenada

The island country of GRENADA forms the southern edge of the Windward Islands chain in the eastern region of the Caribbean Sea. Being in the Caribbean Sea, Grenada certainly has a risk of hurricanes arriving at its shores once in a while. Unlike some islands that are low-lying, Grenada's terrain is quite mountainous. Located in north-central Grenada, the highest peak is Mount Saint Catherine, which stands at 2,756 feet or 840 meters.

Grenada

Located in the eastern area of the Caribbean Sea, GRENADA is an island country including the main Grenada island and six islands that are part of the Grenadines island chain. Grenada is below St. Vincent and the Grenadines and north of Trinidad and Tobago. The capital is St. George's, which has approximately 30,000 inhabitants. Other towns in Grenada include Constantine, Gouyave, Grand Anse, Grenville, L'Anse aux Epines, Saint Paul, Sauteurs, Tivoli, and Victoria. The currency is the East Caribbean Dollar, and its ISO 4217 currency code is XCD. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Grenada has a total of 20 endangered and critically endangered species. More details are provided in my Grenada Endangered Species post.