KIN 2501 Jacobsen Final exam
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questions with answers |\ |\
When were the first Modern Olympics created and who was
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credited for creating them? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1896; Pierre
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de Coubertin
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Why were the 1900 Paris Games considered a failure? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Lasted 5 months
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How long was the first marathon race? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔25 miles |\
When and where was the first Olympic flag and oath created? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1920; Antwerp, Belgium|\ |\ |\ |\
When and where were the first Winter Olympics? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔1926; Chamonix, France |\ |\ |\
What year was the International Sport Federation created? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1908 |\ |\
Why was the International Sport Federation created? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Because of the Ireland/Finland problem
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,When did women first participate in the Olympics and what sport
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was it? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1912; swimming
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When was the pentathlon created? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔1912 (Stockholm) |\
How were the 5 sports determined for the pentathlon? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔They were de Coubertin's favorite sports
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Why were the 1916 Games in Berlin cancelled? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔World War I |\ |\ |\
What year was the Olympic flag flown for the first time? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1920 |\ |\
Which Games were seen as the most grandiose games in history?
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- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1936; Berlin
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In what year did Jimmy Carter threaten to boycott the Moscow
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games because USSR took Afghanistan? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔1976
When were the first women added to the IOC? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔1981 |\
In what year were the games held in a separate year for the first
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time? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1994
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, When was the Salt Lake City scandal? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔2002
When did Title IX become a law? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔June
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23, 1972
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True or False: Pierre de Coubertin supported women in sport -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔False |\ |\
- Native American
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- Track/Field, Football and Baseball
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- Won decathlon and pentathlon in 1912
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- Icon for Olympics
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- Stripped of medals because he was not an amateur - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Jim Thorpe |\ |\
Who coached football at Carlisle and discovered Jim Thorpe? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Pop Warner |\ |\ |\
Who stripped Jim Thorpe of his medals? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Avery Brundage |\
- 5th president of IOC
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- Believed in amateurism
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- Did not support women in sport
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questions with answers |\ |\
When were the first Modern Olympics created and who was
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credited for creating them? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1896; Pierre
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de Coubertin
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Why were the 1900 Paris Games considered a failure? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Lasted 5 months
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How long was the first marathon race? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔25 miles |\
When and where was the first Olympic flag and oath created? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1920; Antwerp, Belgium|\ |\ |\ |\
When and where were the first Winter Olympics? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔1926; Chamonix, France |\ |\ |\
What year was the International Sport Federation created? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1908 |\ |\
Why was the International Sport Federation created? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Because of the Ireland/Finland problem
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,When did women first participate in the Olympics and what sport
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was it? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1912; swimming
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When was the pentathlon created? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔1912 (Stockholm) |\
How were the 5 sports determined for the pentathlon? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔They were de Coubertin's favorite sports
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Why were the 1916 Games in Berlin cancelled? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔World War I |\ |\ |\
What year was the Olympic flag flown for the first time? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1920 |\ |\
Which Games were seen as the most grandiose games in history?
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- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1936; Berlin
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In what year did Jimmy Carter threaten to boycott the Moscow
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games because USSR took Afghanistan? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔1976
When were the first women added to the IOC? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔1981 |\
In what year were the games held in a separate year for the first
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time? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1994
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, When was the Salt Lake City scandal? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔2002
When did Title IX become a law? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔June
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23, 1972
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True or False: Pierre de Coubertin supported women in sport -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔False |\ |\
- Native American
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- Track/Field, Football and Baseball
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- Won decathlon and pentathlon in 1912
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- Icon for Olympics
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- Stripped of medals because he was not an amateur - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Jim Thorpe |\ |\
Who coached football at Carlisle and discovered Jim Thorpe? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Pop Warner |\ |\ |\
Who stripped Jim Thorpe of his medals? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Avery Brundage |\
- 5th president of IOC
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- Believed in amateurism
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- Did not support women in sport
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