Track and Field (exam 3) questions with
correct answers
In |____, |the |U.S. |Women's |Olympic |squad |consisted |of |only |___ |athletes |competing |in |___ |
events |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1952 |Helsinki, |10, |9
who |broke |the |4-minute |mile |barrier |and |when/where? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Roger |
Bannister, |1956 |Melbourne
which |olympics |were |noteworthy |for |blacks |and |what |three |political |events |that |took |place |
between |1952-56: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1956 |Melbourne, |President |Truman |- |desegregated
|the |Armed |Forces, |Brown |v. |Board |of |Education, |The |Soviet |Union |invaded |Hungary, |Great |
Britain |and |France
which |olympics |did |the |Soviet |Union |invaded |Hungary, |Great |Britain |and |France |causing |
several |countries |to |not |go |to |the |games? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1956 |Melbourne
1st |African |American |woman |to |win |3 |gold |medals |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Wilma |Rudolph
Born |in |Clarksville, |TN; |she |was |the |20th |of |22 |children |- |she |was |born |premature
Diagnosed |with |polio |at |a |very |young |age |- |was |no |cure |and |the |doctors |said |she |would |never
|walk; |eventually |wore |a |leg |brace
At |7, |she |attended |a |segregated |school |and |age |12, |she |was |able |to |walk |normally |without |a |
brace |or |corrective |shoes |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Wilma |Rudolph
Wilma |Rudolph |played |____ |in |high |school |- |was |noticed |by |Tennessee |State |track |coach |____
|- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-basketball, |Ed |Temple
, -In |1956, |at |age |__ |Rudolph |earned |a |spot |on |the |U.S. |Olympic |team |in |____ |(won |____ |in |
relay)
-In |1960 |at |Olympics |in |____, |she |became |the |first |American |woman |to |win |3 |gold |medals |
Upon |return |from |Olympics |- |victory |parade |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-16, |Melbourne, |bronze, |
Rome
because |of |her |success, |gender |barriers |began |to |fall |in |the |Olympics |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-
Rudolph
In |1962, |retired |from |track |- |later |taught, |married |and |had |four |children; |became |a |sports |
commentator |on |national |television |and |co-hosted |a |network |radio |show |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-Rudolph
what |is |the |significance |of |Rudolph's |victory |parade |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-they |wanted |to |
have |two |parades, |one |in |the |black |part |of |town |and |one |in |the |white, |but |she |said |no |and |
everyone |has |to |come |to |one |parade
____ |stars |made |greater |strides |than |any |other |group |during |the |four |years |between |
Olympiads |in |the |1960's |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Black |female
____: |won |silver |medal |in |decathlon |in |____; |had |the |honor |of |carrying |the |American |flag |
during |the |opening |ceremonies |in |____ |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Rafer |Johnson, |Melbourne, |
Rome
Set |a |new |Olympic |record |in |the |decathlon
1984 |Olympics |was |accorded |the |honor |of |lighting |the |torch |above |the |Coliseum |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-Rafer |Johnson
correct answers
In |____, |the |U.S. |Women's |Olympic |squad |consisted |of |only |___ |athletes |competing |in |___ |
events |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1952 |Helsinki, |10, |9
who |broke |the |4-minute |mile |barrier |and |when/where? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Roger |
Bannister, |1956 |Melbourne
which |olympics |were |noteworthy |for |blacks |and |what |three |political |events |that |took |place |
between |1952-56: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1956 |Melbourne, |President |Truman |- |desegregated
|the |Armed |Forces, |Brown |v. |Board |of |Education, |The |Soviet |Union |invaded |Hungary, |Great |
Britain |and |France
which |olympics |did |the |Soviet |Union |invaded |Hungary, |Great |Britain |and |France |causing |
several |countries |to |not |go |to |the |games? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1956 |Melbourne
1st |African |American |woman |to |win |3 |gold |medals |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Wilma |Rudolph
Born |in |Clarksville, |TN; |she |was |the |20th |of |22 |children |- |she |was |born |premature
Diagnosed |with |polio |at |a |very |young |age |- |was |no |cure |and |the |doctors |said |she |would |never
|walk; |eventually |wore |a |leg |brace
At |7, |she |attended |a |segregated |school |and |age |12, |she |was |able |to |walk |normally |without |a |
brace |or |corrective |shoes |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Wilma |Rudolph
Wilma |Rudolph |played |____ |in |high |school |- |was |noticed |by |Tennessee |State |track |coach |____
|- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-basketball, |Ed |Temple
, -In |1956, |at |age |__ |Rudolph |earned |a |spot |on |the |U.S. |Olympic |team |in |____ |(won |____ |in |
relay)
-In |1960 |at |Olympics |in |____, |she |became |the |first |American |woman |to |win |3 |gold |medals |
Upon |return |from |Olympics |- |victory |parade |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-16, |Melbourne, |bronze, |
Rome
because |of |her |success, |gender |barriers |began |to |fall |in |the |Olympics |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-
Rudolph
In |1962, |retired |from |track |- |later |taught, |married |and |had |four |children; |became |a |sports |
commentator |on |national |television |and |co-hosted |a |network |radio |show |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-Rudolph
what |is |the |significance |of |Rudolph's |victory |parade |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-they |wanted |to |
have |two |parades, |one |in |the |black |part |of |town |and |one |in |the |white, |but |she |said |no |and |
everyone |has |to |come |to |one |parade
____ |stars |made |greater |strides |than |any |other |group |during |the |four |years |between |
Olympiads |in |the |1960's |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Black |female
____: |won |silver |medal |in |decathlon |in |____; |had |the |honor |of |carrying |the |American |flag |
during |the |opening |ceremonies |in |____ |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Rafer |Johnson, |Melbourne, |
Rome
Set |a |new |Olympic |record |in |the |decathlon
1984 |Olympics |was |accorded |the |honor |of |lighting |the |torch |above |the |Coliseum |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-Rafer |Johnson
