• 1. 
    Which decathlete was the youngest to win a gold medal in the Olympics?

  • Bob Mathias
  • Rafer Johnson
  • Caitlyn Jenner
  • Daley Thompson
  • 2. 
    What event involves women competing in seven different track-and-field events in two days?

  • decathlon
  • pentathlon
  • biathlon
  • heptathlon
  • 3. 
    Which film, based on a book of the same name, won the Academy Award for Best Picture for its retelling of British athletes Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams’ experiences at the 1924 Olympic Games?

  • The Natural
  • A Hard Road to Glory
  • Chariots of Fire
  • Unbroken
  • 4. 
    Who won the 400-metre gold medal in the Olympic Games in London in 1908 in the only walkover in Olympic history?

  • Ray Ewry
  • Wyndham Halswelle
  • Mel Sheppard
  • Paavo Nurmi
  • 5. 
    Which American athlete won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin?

  • Jesse Owens
  • Jim Brown
  • Edwin Moses
  • Joe Louis
  • 6. 
    What is the standard distance for Olympic marathons?

  • 40,235 metres (25 miles)
  • 48,280 metres (30 miles)
  • 42,195 metres (26 miles 385 yards)
  • 35,770 metres (22 miles 400 yards)
  • 7. 
    Who was the first pole-vaulter to clear 20 feet (6.1 metres)?

  • Bob Richards
  • Cornelius Warmerdam
  • Don Bragg
  • Sergey Bubka
  • 8. 
    Which woman was a three-time All-American in basketball, won two track-and-field gold medals at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, and won three U.S. Women’s Open titles in golf?

  • Louise Suggs
  • Joyce Wethered
  • Kathy Whitworth
  • Babe Didrikson Zaharias
  • 9. 
    Who was the first athlete to run the mile in less than four minutes?

  • Jack Lovelock
  • Paavo Nurmi
  • Roger Bannister
  • Sebastian Coe
  • 10. 
    Which British athlete won four Olympic medals and set eight world records in middle-distance running and later served in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords?

  • Steve Ovett
  • Sebastian Coe
  • Daley Thompson
  • Harold Abrahams
  • 11. 
    Who was the first British woman to win an Olympic gold medal in track-and-field competition?

  • Denise Lewis
  • Mary Rand
  • Ann Packer
  • Vernicha James
  • 12. 
    What is the world’s oldest annual foot race?

  • London Marathon
  • Boston Marathon
  • Transpacific Race
  • Rome Marathon
  • 13. 
    Usain Bolt is the only man ever to win the 100 meters, 200 meters, and 4 x 100-meter relay in a single Olympics.

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  • false
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