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1 Puzzles, quizzes, games and much more...

2 Glasgow City Puzzle Fill in the crossword and find the hidden words Famous industry on the Clyde 2. Type of house in Glasgow 3. What did James Watt invent in Glasgow? 4. What name is given to the inhabitants of Glasgow? 2

3 5. Who had big banana feet? 6. Scotland s national football stadium 7. Famous Scottish designer in the Arts & Crafts movement 8. Heart of the city 9. These Lords made enormous fortunes in Glasgow during the 18 th Century 10. The world s tallest cinema 11. The city coat of arms has three 12. Glasgow is the city in Scotland 13. What is the Clyde Auditorium locally known as? 14. The patron saint and founder of the city of Glasgow 15. Famous waterway in Glasgow 16. Nick-name for the Clyde Arc 17. Famous Scottish chef 18. What did women do in the steamie? Which is which? Kibble Palace Finnieston Crane Riverside Museum Kelvingrove Museum A B C D 3

4 History of the Commonwealth Games Fill in the blanks Australia Canada Scotland Wales Empire Nations Twentieth The Commonwealth Games is an international sporting competition involving athletes from the Commonwealth of. The first Commonwealth Games were held in in Hamilton,. They were initially called the British Games. The Games has taken place every years except during 1942 and when they were cancelled due to the Second World War. There are countries which take part in the Commonwealth Games but teams compete as a number of territories and island states take part under their own flag. Britain also sends four separate teams; Scotland, England, and Northern Ireland. A host city is selected for each Commonwealth Games and 18 cities have hosted the Games in 7 countries. Two cities have hosted the Games twice, Edinburgh in and Auckland in. The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games is the Games and is written in Roman numerals as XX. 4

5 Sports Wordsearch There are 17 sports in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, 10 core sports which must be included in the programme and 7 select sports. Find the sports hidden in the grid. AQUATICS ATHLETICS BADMINTON BOXING HOCKEY LAWN BOWLS NETBALL RUGBY SEVENS SQUASH WEIGHTLIFTING CYCLING GYMNASTICS JUDO SHOOTING TABLE TENNIS TRIATHLON WRESTLING A R M O S O U B Y S T R I A T H L O N A E Q G K H Z T I J E S L P R E O G A U Q H O U Y O A R O U B T L Q W E Y R T L U O B Y A O U I O D A P R A A M S D F A A C G H J T K L Z O L X C I N V B N M W S K E I F I I M N B L V C A R W A J O N I Q G W E N I C Y C I N S O W U B U E B R U Y A Y G T E S C I T E L H T A A R O E A M W E I G H T L I F T I N G I S L W O E I D F G H I O C F O O S T I C H E L O R N R U G B Y S E V E N S Z A Y I O S S B G E F O O T B I L L N E T O C H H I C G E S I N N E T E L B A T T B L O S O A O A S L O B O X Y N C I C K U I R A L T G B G T H O C K E Y E K I H J N S U F C N L E F O T Y W R E S T L I N G E Q D K I E B A D N I N T O N S B A L L D S R E X D W E S T L I N G F O L A O E T S U K O S P A U I S W T E N N O S L I F T B S B A D M I N T O N S W I M P O L O E Y D 5

6 Sporty Poems An acrostic poem uses the letters of a word to form the beginning letter of each line of the poem. If you use the word SPORTS, you would have a six lined poem. The first line would begin with the letter S, the second line P and so on. You can start easy with one word for each letter and then try longer lines: Swim Play Or Run Tackle Shoot Smile and wave Pace back and forth Out of the blocks Run as fast as the wind Try to keep going Success, I win! Make your own acrostic poem with the word GAMES G A M E S Write a poem about your favourite sport; football, basketball, rugby, tennis, golf, dancing etc. Swimming in the swimming pool is where I like to "B," wearing underwater goggles so that I can "C." Yesterday, before I swam, I drank a cup of "T." Now the pool is just an "ool" because I took a "P." The Aliens Have Landed at Our School! By Kenn Nesbitt 6

7 Decode Athletics Decode the numbers to identify the words relating to athletics. Key: 1 = a 2 = b 3 = c 4 = d 5 = e 6 = f Key: 1 = a 3 = b 5 = c 7 = d 9 = e 11 = f Can you figure out the key and decode these numbers?

8 Match up term with correct sport 1. Weightlifting grappling hold 2. Swimming butterfly 3. Badminton backspin 4. Gymnastics clay target 5. Shooting velodrome 6. Cycling balance beam 7. Lawn bowls snatch 8. Table tennis shuttlecock 9. Wrestling flyweight 10. Boxing jack The pictures above are the sport pictograms designed for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. They will be printed on merchanise and brochures and will be used to direct visitors to the venues. Design your own pictograms for two of these sports: Gymnastics Shooting Lawn Bowls Wrestling 8

9 Medal Table 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Australia India England Canada Kenya South Africa Malaysia Singapore Nigeria Scotland New Zealand Cyprus Wales Northern Ireland Samoa Jamaica Pakistan Uganda Bahamas Botswana Nauru Cayman Islands Saint Vincent & the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Cameroon Ghana Namibia Sri Lanka Papua New Guinea Seychelles Isle of Man Mauritius Tonga Guyana Bangladesh Saint Lucia Total

10 Medal Table Questions 2010 Delhi Games 1. Which nation won the most medals at the 2010 Delhi Games? 2. How many nations won gold medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games? 3. Which two nations won a total of 33 medals? 4. How many gold medals did Scotland win? 5. Why do Kenya and South Africa both rank 5 th on the medal table? 6. Which nation won one silver and three bronze medals? 7. Which nation won gold and bronze medals but no silver medals? 8. How many nations won five or less total medals at the 2010 Delhi Games? 9. The Ugandan athlete Moses Kipsiro won two medals. 10. The high jumper Levern Spencer from Saint Lucia won which medal? 11. Cameroon won six medals and the Cayman Islands won only one medal, why do the Cayman Islands rank 22 nd and Cameroon 25 th? 12. What medals did Wales win? 13. What colour of medal did the Seychelles win? 14. Which nation won the most silver medals? 15. Which nation won two gold medals and no silver or bronze? 16. How many bronze medals did the Bahamas win? 17. Jamaica ranks on the medal table. 18. How many African nations won gold medals? 19. How many nations only won bronze medals? 20. The athlete Aliann Pompey from Guyana won the medal in the Women s 400m event 10

11 Colour & match sport equipment with correct sport Boxing Rugby Table Tennis Hockey Badminton Swimming Gymnastics A B C D E F 11 G

12 Answers Glasgow City Puzzle 1 s h i p b u i L d i n g 2 t e n E m e n t 3 s T e a m e n g i n e 4 G l a s w e g i a n s 5b i l L l y c o n n o l l y 6h A m p d e n p a r k 7c h a r l e S m a c k i n t o s h 8g e o r G e s q u a r e 9t o b b a c O 10c i n e W o r l d 11 F i s h 12 L a r g e s t 13a r m a d i l l O 14s a i n t m U n g o 15 R i v e r c l y d e 16s q u I n t y b r i d g e 17r a m S e y 18w a s H e d c l o t h e s Which is which? Kibble Palace _C Finnieston Crane _D Riverside Museum _B Kelvingrove Museum A_ 12

13 Answers History of the Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games is an international sporting competition involving athletes from the Commonwealth of _Nations. The first Commonwealth Games were held in _1930 in Hamilton, _Canada_. They were initially called the British _Empire Games. The Games has taken place every _4_ years except during 1942 and _1946 when they were cancelled due to the Second World War. There are _54_ countries which take part in the Commonwealth Games but 71 teams compete as a number of territories and island states take part under their own flag. Britain also sends four separate teams; Scotland, England, _Wales_ and Northern Ireland. A host city is selected for each Commonwealth Games and 18 cities have hosted the Games in 7 countries. Two cities have hosted the Games twice, Edinburgh in _Scotland_ and Auckland in _Australia. The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games is the twentieth Games and is written in Roman numerals as XX. Wordsearch A R M O S O U B Y S T R I A T H L O N A E Q G K H Z T I J E S L P R E O G A U Q H O U Y O A R O U B T L Q W E Y R T L U O B Y A O U I O D A P R A A M S D F A A C G H J T K L Z O L X C I N V B N M W S K E I F I I M N B L V C A R W A J O N I Q G W E N I C Y C I N S O W U B U E B R U Y A Y G T E S C I T E L H T A A R O E A M W E I G H T L I F T I N G I S L W O E I D F G H I O C F O O S T I C H E L O R N R U G B Y S E V E N S Z A Y I O S S B G E F O O T B I L L N E T O C H H I C G E S I N N E T E L B A T T B L O S O A O A S L O B O X Y N C I C K U I R A L T G B G T H O C K E Y E K I H J N S U F C N L E F O T Y W R E S T L I N G E Q D K I E B A D N I N T O N S B A L L D S R E X D W E S T L I N G F O L A O E T S U K O S P A U I S W T E N N O S L I F T B S B A D M I N T O N S W I M P O L O E Y D 13

14 Decode Athletics Answers LONG JUMP JAVELIN DISCUS SPINTER POLE VAULT TRIPLE JUMP HURDLES DECATHLON SHOT PUT FINISH LINE Key 5 = a, 10 = b, 15 = c, 20 = d, 25 = e STEEPLECHASE Match up term with correct sport 1. Weightlifting grappling hold 2. Swimming butterfly 3. Badminton backspin 4. Gymnastics clay target 5. Shooting velodrome 6. Cycling balance beam 7. Lawn bowls snatch 8. Table tennis shuttlecock 9. Wrestling flyweight 10. Boxing jack 14

15 Answers Medal Table Questions 2010 Delhi Games 1. Which nation won the most medals at the 2010 Delhi Games? _Australia 2. How many nations won gold medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games? _23 3. Which two nations won a total of 33 medals? _Kenya & South Africa 4. How many gold medals did Scotland win? _9 5. Why do Kenya and South Africa both rank 5 th on the medal table? _They both won the same number of gold, silver and bronze medals 6. Which nation won one silver and three bronze medals? _Ghana 7. Which nation won gold and bronze medals but no silver medals? Samoa 8. How many nations won five or less total medals at the 2010 Delhi Games? _19_ 9. The Ugandan athlete Moses Kipsiro won two _gold medals. 10. The high jumper Levern Spencer from Saint Lucia won which medal? _bronze 11. Cameroon won six medals and the Cayman Islands won only one medal, why do the Cayman Islands rank 22 nd and Cameroon 25 th? _ranking is by gold medals_ 12. What medals did Wales win? _3 gold, 6 silver & 10 bronze 13. What colour of medal did the Seychelles win? silver 14. Which nation won two gold medals and no silver or bronze? _Uganda 15. Which nation won the most silver medals? England 16. How many bronze medals did the Bahamas win? 3 bronze 17. Jamaica ranks _16 th on the medal table. 18. How many African nations won gold medals? How many nations only won bronze medals? The athlete Aliann Pompey from Guyana won the _bronze medal in the Women s 400m event Colour & match sport equipment with correct sport A. Badminton B. Boxing C. Table Tennis D. Rugby E. Swimming F. Hockey G. Gymnastics 15