IDENTIFY THE OLYMPIAN
OLYMPIC GEOGRAPHY
MUHAMMAD ALI
TRACK & FIELD
OLYMPIC SCANDALS
NAME THE YEAR
200
Arguably the greatest basketball player of all time, this athlete led Team USA to two Olympic gold medals
Who is Michael Jordan?
200
The city where Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the Olympic Games in 1936
What is Berlin, Germany?
200
Muhammad Ali's age when he won an Olympic gold medal in 1960
What is 18?
200
In the 1996 Olympic Games, this athlete became the first to win both the 200 and 400-meter races
Who is Michael Johnson?
200
This Canadian sprinter set a world record in the 100-meter race at the 1988 Olympics but was sent home and had his gold medal revoked after testing positive for anabolic steroids
Who is Ben Johnson?
200
The year when Dominique Dawes and Elizabeth Okino became the first Black athletes to compete on the U.S.A. gymnastics team in the Olympics
What is 1992?
400
This athlete and famous sister has four Olympic gold medals
Who is Serena Williams?
400
Sprinter Usain Bolt is from this country
What is Jamaica?
400
Prior to joining the Nation of Islam and changing his name to Muhammad Ali, this was Ali's birth name
What is Cassius Clay?
400
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!!!!
The number of gold medals that runner Jesse Owens won at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin
What is four?
400
This track star was recently suspended from the U.S. Olympic team after failing a drug test and admitting to smoking marijuana
Who is Sha'Carri Richardson?
400
The year when Blacks first competed in the Olympic Games
What is 1904?
600
Known as both a civil rights and women's rights pioneer, this athlete became the first woman to win three gold medals in one Olympic Games in 1960
Who is Wilma Rudolph?
600
Two continents have never hosted an Olympic Games. One is Antarctica; this is the other
What is Africa?
600
The city where Muhammad Ali was born
What is Louisville, Kentucky?
600
The event for which Jackie Joyner-Kersee is most noted
What is the Heptathlon?
600
After winning five gold medals at the 2000 Olympic Games in track and field, this athlete forfeited all medals and prizes in 2007 after admitting to taking performance-enhancing drugs
Who is Marion Jones?
600
The year when sprinter Usain Bolt set a world record in the men's 100-meter, 200-meter, and 4x100-meter relay races at the Olympics
What is 2008?
800
During their medal ceremony at the 1968 Olympic Games, two men displayed a "Black Power" salute, raising a black-gloved fist during the National Anthem to emphasize racial pride. Name either one of these men.
Who are Tommie Smith and John Carlos?
800
The city where Rafer Johnson won a gold medal in the Decathlon in 1960
What is Rome, Italy?
800
The number of times that Ali has appeared on the cover of "Sports Illustrated" magazine
What is 40?
800
The event in which Bob Beamon set an Olympic record in 1968
What is the Long Jump?
800
This boxer was a clear favorite to win a gold medal in 1984, but was disqualified by a referee for throwing a punch after a break was called
Who is Evander Holyfield?
800
The year when U.S. gymnast Gabby Douglas made history as the first woman of color to win a gold medal in the all-around competition at 16 years old
What is 2012?
1000
The first American woman to win a gold medal in women's boxing (at the age of 17), she became the first U.S. boxer (male or female) to win back-to-back gold medals when she defended her title in 2016.
Who is Claressa Shields?
1000
This country has won the most Olympic gold medals in the men's marathon
What is Ethiopia?
1000
After being denied service at a "whites only" lunch counter in his hometown, Ali did this with his Olympic medal in protest
What is threw it in a river?
1000
This athlete won the Olympic decathlon in 1960
Who is Rafer Johnson?
1000
In 1988, this French figure skater pulled off a very dangerous one-foot backflip, which was impressive, but ruled as illegal in competition, and points were deducted, potentially costing her the competition
Who is Surya Bonaly?
1000
The year when Florence Griffith-Joyner, considered the fastest woman of all time, set world records in the 100 and 200-meter races at the Olympics
What is 1988?