Q 01/05

How many Olympic medals did Michael Phelps win in total?

A) 28

B) 30

C) 32

D) 34

Answer · why

A) 28

He won them across four Games, from Athens 2004 to Rio 2016; he left Sydney 2000 empty-handed.

Q 02/05

How many of Phelps's Olympic medals were gold?

A) 23

B) 25

C) 27

D) 29

Answer · why

A) 23

Thirteen of them came in individual events, also an all-time record.

Q 03/05

How many gold medals did Phelps win at the 2008 Beijing Olympics?

A) 5

B) 6

C) 7

D) 8

Answer · why

D) 8

It beat a single-Games record that had stood since 1972.

Q 04/05

In which city was Phelps born?

A) Annapolis

B) Philadelphia

C) Baltimore

D) Washington, D.C.

Answer · why

C) Baltimore

He grew up in the Rodgers Forge neighbourhood of nearby Towson, and a street in the city was renamed The Michael Phelps Way in 2004.

Q 05/05

In which year was Phelps born?

A) 1985

B) 1987

C) 1989

D) 1991

Answer · why

A) 1985

He is the youngest of three children; his mother was a middle-school principal and his father a state trooper.

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