Kines 111 Quizzes

What is name of the owner of Squaw Valley that was able to convince the IOC of having the games in CA? Alex Cushing Knud Jensen Bruce Branson Walter Cronkite

Alex Cushing

Which of the following is true about "The black gazelle"? A)She survived polio , scarlet fever and won gold medals in track and field B)Her real name was Wilma Rudolph C)All of these are true D)She was welcomed home by a parade and this was the first ever desegregated event in her town

All of these are true

Which of the following events brought a lot of controversy to the Winter Olympics starting in 1936? A)Biathlon B)Skeleton C)Bobsleigh D)Alpine Skiing

Alpine Skiing

There was a lot of problems with the Germans hosting the Olympics, numerous countries expressed their concerns about what was going on in Germany at the time. Who was charged with going to Germany to inspect what was really going on and report to the rest of the world? A) Avery Brundage B) Louis Zamperini C) Joseph Goebbels D) Douglas MacArthur

Avery Brundage

The other candidate city for the 1936 Olympic Games, (that we discussed in class at length) was which of the following cities? A) Tokyo B) Barcelona C) Athens D) Chicago

Barcelona

Who won the gold medal for the men's long jump? Bob Beamon Dick Fosbury Carl Lewis Al Oerter

Bob Beamon

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? Robert Davis Bob Mathias Brad Johnson Bill Madison

Bob Mathias

Which of the following was NOT an underlying cause of WW II? A)Hitler invading Poland B)Aggressive spread of totalitarian regimes C)Japanese invasion of China D)Bombing of Pearl Harbor E)Great (world-wide) Depression

Bombing of Peal Harbor

A young attorney named, Thurgood Marshall won a famous court case known as____. Brown vs Board of Education Plessy vs Ferguson Jim Crow vs State of Alabama Roe vs Wade

Brown vs Board of Education

The individual the created the torch relay is______. A) Carl Diem B) Theodar Lewald C) Joseph Goebbels D) Adolf Strauss

Carl Diem

The Polular Front Party in Spain was made up of______. A)Anarchists and Communists B)Nationalists and Socialists C)Communists and Socialists D)Fascists and Nationalists

Communists and Socialists

The Cold War nearly escalated into full scale war when the USSR was trying to build a missile base in_____. Jamaica Crimea Ukraine Belize Cuba

Cuba

Pearl Harbor was attacked on ________. A)November 11, 1911 B)December 11, 1942 C)December 7, 1941 D)September 11, 1940

December 7, 1941

The Nationalists in Spain were led by _________. A) Francisco Franco B) Sergio Garcia C) Benito Vasquez D) Jose Maria Padron

Francisco Franco

The Olympic Project for Human Rights was started at San Jose State University, by _____. Bob Beamon John Carlos Harry Edwards Tommie Smith Lee Evans

Harry Edwards

Hans Gunnar Liljenwall was the first person to be disqualified from the Olympics for doping. Which of the following describes the reason for his disqualification? A)He drank a couple of beers before competing in the pistol shooting event B)He was the first person to test positive for testosterone C)He used amphetamines D)He had too much coffee and his caffeine levels were too high E)He was a man trying to compete as a woman

He drank a couple of beers before competing in the pistol shooting event

The North Vietnamese were led by ______. Henry Kissinger Joseph Stalin Kim Jung Il Kim Jung Un Ho Chi Minh

Ho Chi Minh

What is the name of the supply line used by the Viet Cong in neighboring Laos and Cambodia to give their troops an advantage? Laos Lane Guerrilla Gate Ho Chi Minh Trail Cambodian Channel

Ho Chi Minh Trail

Rosa Parks' courage caused all of the following except_____. Implementation of Jim Crow Laws Her being taken to jail The year long boycott of the Montgomery bus system Leading Martin Luther King Jr. to prominence

Implementation of Jim Crow Laws

After IOC president Henri Baillet-Latour died, who became the next IOC president? Pierre deCoubertin Avery Brundage Juan Antonio Samaranch J. Sigfrid Edstrom Karl Halt

J. Sigfrid Edstrom

The winner of the 1936 Marathon was a guy from ____ but was made to run for _______. A)Korea; Japan B)Korea; China C)Japan; Russia D)Hong Kong; China

Korea; Japan

What is the name of the filmmaker that made the movie about the olympics of 1936 A) Leni Riefenstahl B) Richard Strauss C) Carl Diem D) Joseph Goebbels

Leni Riefenstahl

Which of the following Olympic games were known as the "Austerity Games"? Berlin 1936 Oslo 1952 London 1948 Helsinki 1952 Tokyo 1940

London 1948

Luz Long was a competitor of Jesse Owens in which of the Track and Field events? A) 200 m B) 100 m C) Long Jump D) High Jump

Long Jump

Which of the following was NOT an event positively impacted at the 1968 Olympics? Long Jump All of the above were positively impacted Marathon Javelin High Jump

Marathon

All of the following are/were members of the Nation of Islam except__. Malcolm X Muhammad Ali Martin Luther King Jr Louis Farrakhan

Martin Luther King Jr

Dutch Warmerdam, from Fresno State, held the world record for the Pole Vault for 17 years and won gold in which Olympics? None of these Helsinki Berlin London

None of these

Pierre de Coubertin died in 1937, was buried in Lausanne, but his heart is encased in a monument in______. Geneva Olympia The Louvre Much Wenlock Paris

Olympia

WW II took place in two theatres, which of following represents those two theatres? German and Italian Pacific and European Asian and African European and Russian

Pacific and European

In the Vietnam War, the US was in support of _____. North Vietnam South Korea China South Vietnam

South Vietnam

1956 Games in Melbourne had many boycotts, they were due to all of the following EXCEPT____ All of these were the reasons for boycotts Egypt's seizure of the Suez Canal The Chinese invasion of Tibet Hungary being invaded by USSR

The Chinese invasion of Tibet

What is the name of the German legislation that gave Hitler dictatorial power? A) Transfer of Trust B) The Authorization of Authority C) The Enabling Act D) The Third Reich

The Enabling Act

Which of the following would start in Spain preventing the People's Olympiad from being staged in 1936? A) The Spanish Inquisition B)The Spanish Civil War C)The Spanish American War D)The Spanish Flu

The Spanish Civil War

Which of the following is NOT true about the Paralympics? A)They originated from games in England for injured WWII veterans B)The game must now be held in the same host city as the Olympic Games C)People with prosthetic limbs are allowed to compete D)The games are designed for people with mental disabilities

The games are designed for people with mental disabilities

Knud Jensen, a cyclist from Denmark, brought about what change for the Olympics? The use of instant replay The need for testing poles in the pole vault The need for a special award for sportsmanship The need for drug testing

The need for drug testing

The 1944 Olympic Games were held in _____. A)They were cancelled B)Paris C)London D)Berlin

They were cancelled

Which of the following was NOT a reason for the antiwar movement in the US? My Lai Massacre Tlatelolco Massacre Popularity of TV broadcasts The photograph of Viet Cong officer being executed Use of Agent Orange and Nepalm

Tlatelolco Massacre

The attempt to prevent communism from spreading was known as the _______. Truman Doctrine Nixon Nix'em Kennedy Plan Emancipation Proclamation

Truman Doctrine

Bob Mathias is from _______. Olympia, New Hampshire Bristol, Connecticut Sydney, Australia Tulare, California

Tulare, California

Post-WW II Era saw which 2 countries become global superpowers? USA and USSR USSR and Japan USA and China USA and Japan

USA and USSR

What is the name of the Royal Lao Army General that helped the US CIA disrupt the operations of the North Vietnamese? Moua Yang Vang Pao Chang Kao Yang Xiong

Vang Pao

What famous newsman did the broadcast for the games in Squaw Valley and Rome? Tom Brokaw Peter Jennings Howard Cosell Sam Donaldson Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite

The final torchbearer for the Tokyo games was given the honor because he________. A)Had won the Olympic Marathon in 1948 B)Won the first Olympic medal for Japan C)Designed the Japanese flag D)Was born in Hiroshima on the day it was bombed

Was born in Hiroshima on the day it was bombed