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QUESTION:
How many gold medals did China
win in the Sydney 2000 Olympic games?
a) 26
b) 27
c) 28
d) 29
e) 999
ANSWERS:
A) Come on, it's much more than
that. But isn't that the exact number of votes
that the US president won by?
B) NO, but that is the number
of Kangaroo "Jozi" dumplings that
were eaten at the games!
C) You get the gold medal in the
trivia event! Correct, China earned 28 gold,
16 silver, and 15 bronze medals at the 2000
Olympics. This put China in third place over
all, next to Russia and the USA. China was in
second place for the first two-thirds of the
games, however the later events favored Russia
athletes. These results are consistent with
China's recent trend of onward and upward. Of
course most of the medals were still won by
females--this just proves you can't defeat Chinese
women.
D) Maybe next time, but kudos
for being overly patriotic! Sort of like a goalie
that knows he is going to miss the ball - he
might as well dive and over do it! Try again.
e) Wrong, but that is how many
China will win at the 2008 Beijing Olympics,
especially if "Da Shan" is a judge.
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