• 1. Name the two-time National Capital Marathon (Ottawa) winner who went on to found PowerBar? ....Answer

• 2. At the Melbourne Olympics, the men's 800M awards ceremony was delayed an hour. Why? ..... Answer

  
  

• 3. Name the lead runner in the photo above. ..... Answer

• 4. The Soviet Union first entered the Olympic Games in what year? .....Answer

• 5. Communist China entered its first games in what year? .....Answer

• 6. The idea of an Olympic Flame burning from the start of the games to the closing was first introduced at what Games? .....Answer

• 7. Which were the first Olympic Games to be televised? .....Answer

• 8. When was the first New York City Marathon run? .....Answer

• 9. What was "Jesse" Owens real first name(s)?
  1. Jessie
  2. J.C.
  3. James Cleveland
  4. Elmer

• 10. Which of the following statements is/are true regarding the 1940 Olympic Games?
  1. They were scheduled to be held in Tokyo
  2. They were cancelled due to the 2nd World War
  3. Tokyo had built a new stadium just for the Games
  4. All of the above

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