George Patton was a 1912 Olympian

Questions:

1. When was the last year an American man won the Olympic marathon?  

2. How old was Simone Biles during her first Olympic competition?  

3. Which of these famous boxers won Olympic gold medals: Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Sugar Ray Leonard, George Foreman and Mike Tyson?

4. Name the only U.S. state to hold both a Summer and a Winter Olympic Games?  

5. Which Olympic events are exclusively for women and not men? 

Fun Facts:

Before 1960, the longest women’s track race was the 800 meters (half mile). The women’s marathon was not included in the Olympics until 1984. One reason for excluding longer distance races was the persistent myth that running such distances could cause a woman’s uterus to fall out.

In 1976, the Olympics took place in Montreal, Canada. It was the only time where the host country did not win a single gold medal.

Before leading the U.S. Army in World War II, George S. Patton participated in the modern pentathlon at the 1912 Olympics, competing in shooting, fencing, running, swimming and equestrian events. He narrowly missed winning a medal.

In 1992, the USA Olympic basketball “Dream Team” won their games by an average of 44 points.

Great Britain is the only country to have won at least one gold medal in every Olympics since 1896.

Michael Phelps has won 28 Olympic medals. If he were a country, he would rank in the top 20% of all nations in total Olympic medals won.

Kosovo has three gold medals, all in women’s judo.

American Thomas Hicks won the marathon at the 1904 St. Louis Games by consuming a mixture of egg whites, strychnine and brandy during the race. This concoction would be prohibited today.

The gold medals in Paris are made of 1.5 percent gold and 98.5 percent silver and weigh more than a pound.

The 1900 Olympic Games featured a pigeon shooting competition using live birds. The gold medalist was from Belgium. Since then, only clay pigeons have been used.

Monaco has participated in 21 Summer Games without winning a single medal.

Answers:

1. 1972 (Frank Shorter, the best U.S. finish since then was silver in 1976 and 2004)

2. 19 years old (She was good enough when she was 15, but the minimum age was 16.)

3. Everyone except Tyson (Ali in 1960, Frazier in 1964, Foreman in 1968, Leonard in 1976)

4. California (Summer Games in Los Angeles in 1932 and 1984 and Winter Games in Squaw Valley in 1960)

5. Synchronized swimming, softball, rhythmic gymnastics, heptathlon, balance beam.