Kines 111 - Quiz 5b -
What is the name of the 17 yr old US athlete that won the Gold Medal in the Decathlon in 1948 and later won it again in 1952? - Brad Johnson - Robert Davis - Bill Madison - Bob Mathias
Bob Mathias
Which of the following was NOT an underlying cause of WW II? - Hitler invading Poland - Aggressive spread of totalitarian regimes - Bombing of Pearl Harbor - Japanese invasion of China - Great (world-wide) Depression
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was attacked on ________. - September 11, 1940 - December 11, 1942 - November 11, 1911 - December 7, 1941
December 7, 1941
After IOC president Henri Baillet-Latour died, who became the next IOC president? - Pierre deCoubertin - Avery Brundage - J. Sigfrid Edstrom - Juan Antonio Samaranch - Karl Halt
J. Sigfrid Edstrom
Which of the following Olympic games were known as the "Austerity Games"? - Oslo 1952 - Berlin 1936 - Tokyo 1940 - Helsinki 1952 - London 1948
London 1948
Dutch Warmerdam, from Fresno State, held the world record for the Pole Vault for 17 years and won gold in which Olympics? - Berlin - Helsinki - None of these - London
None of these
Pierre de Coubertin died in 1937, was buried in Lausanne, but his heart is encased in a monument in______. - Much Wenlock - Paris - Olympia - Geneva - The Louvre
Olympia
WW II took place in two theatres, which of following represents those two theatres? - Asian and African - European and Russian - German and Italian - Pacific and European
Pacific and European
The 1944 Olympic Games were held in _____. - London - They were cancelled - Berlin - Paris
They were cancelled
Post-WW II Era saw which 2 countries become global superpowers? - USA and USSR - USA and China - USSR and Japan - USA and Japan
USA and USSR
