History of Physical Education

Question 1

What was the Miracle on Ice?

Answer 1

The USA vs. USSR in a hockey battle. The USA had young college players against the USSR’s greatest hockey stars. The USA won

Question 2

Jesse Owens

Answer 2

A black runner in the Berlin Olympic Games at the beginning of Hitler’s reign. Hitler snubbed him.

Question 3

Usain Bolt

Answer 3

The fastest man on earth, Track and Field

Question 4

Michael Phelps

Answer 4

The most decorated olympian of all time, a swimmer

Question 5

The 4-minute mile

Answer 5

Roger Bannister, a runner, broke the world record. No one believed it was possible.

Question 6

Who was the most decorated olympian of all time?

Answer 6

Michael Phelps, a swimmer

Question 7

Roger Bannister

Answer 7

The four-minute mile

Question 8

Nadia Comaneci

Answer 8

First Gymnast to score a perfect 10, thirteen years old, from Romania (Gymnastics)

Question 9

First Gymnast to score a perfect 10

Answer 9

Nadia Comaneci

Question 10

Battle of the Sexes

Answer 10

Tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobbi Riggs. Billie Jean King won

Question 11

Wayne Gretzky

Answer 11

50 goals in 39 games, hockey, an unbreakable record

Question 12

Wilma Rudolph

Answer 12

A black female track and field star. Against all Odds

Question 13

Dick Fosbury

Answer 13

Track and Field, revolutionized high jumping

Question 14

World Series 1989

Answer 14

An earthquake hits, baseball

Question 15

Blue Jays – back to back world series wins in…?

Answer 15

1992-93, baseball

Question 16

Who invented basketball?

Answer 16

James Naismith

Question 17

The Jamaican Bobsled Team

Answer 17

Bobsledding; had never seen snow before. Maybe won?

Question 18

When did the Olympics begin, first time and second?

Answer 18

776 b.c., and 1886

Question 19

Kurt Browning

Answer 19

First quad, figure skating

Question 20

Eddie Feigner

Answer 20

The King and his Count, softball

Question 21

Lance Armstrong

Answer 21

Tour de France (cycling) won, but was later found to be on a lot of drugs

Question 22

Bob Beamon

Answer 22

Track and field, long jump record

Question 23

Jackie Robinson

Answer 23

Breaks the color barrier, baseball

Question 24

Ben Johnson 1988 Seoul Corea

Answer 24

track and field

Question 25

Man in Motion world tour

Answer 25

Wheelchair athlete

Question 26

Terry Fox

Answer 26

Tried to run across Canada, but died. Steve Fanoigh finished it

Question 27

Steve Nash

Answer 27

Canadian basketball superstar

Question 28

Terrorism at the 1972 Olympics

Answer 28

Athletics

Question 29

Pierre de Coubertin

Answer 29

Restarted the Olympics

Question 30

Canada Double Hockey Gold

Answer 30

In Salt Lake city

Question 31

Friedrich Ludwig John

Answer 31

Turnverein (gymnastics union) and physical education

Question 32

Harlem Globetrotters

Answer 32

Basketball

Question 33

Canda hosts the Olympics when and where?

Answer 33

1976, 1988, 2010,

Calgary

Question 34

Summit Series

Answer 34

Canada vs. USSR 1972, Hockey