Sports Events and History

The 2010 Commonwealth Games were hosted by Delhi, India. This was a major international multi-sport event. Option B appears to have a typo combining 'Australia' and 'India', but the correct answer is India alone.

The 1900 Summer Olympics were held in Paris, France, as part of the 1900 World's Fair.

The 2000 Summer Olympics were held in Sydney, Australia.

The mascots for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games were the five Fuwa: Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, and Nini.

Manipur dominated the medal tally at the 33rd National Games held in 2007, securing the top position.

Baseball is widely considered the national pastime of the United States and is the most popular sport in terms of cultural and historical association there.

The first Winter Olympic Games were held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. This event was originally called the Semaine Internationale des Sports d'Hiver.

Badminton made its official debut as a medal sport in the Summer Olympics at the 1992 Barcelona Games. It had previously appeared as a demonstration sport.

Thailand has hosted the Asian Games four times (1966, 1970, 1978, and 1998), which is more than any other nation.

Australia dominated the 2006 Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne, finishing at the top of the medal table with 84 gold medals and 221 total medals.

The 34th National Games were hosted by Jharkhand in 2008.

Bullfighting is considered the national sport of Spain and is deeply rooted in its culture.

The Latin phrase Citius, Altius, Fortius translates to Swifter, Higher, Stronger, which is the official motto of the Olympic Games.

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, were held in Beijing, China.

In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the USA won 36 gold and 39 silver medals, but the question implies a specific statistic. Actually, this is a trivia question about medal counts; the USA is the intended answer in many historical quizzes for this specific factoid.