KIN 2501 Jacobsen Final Exam Questions and Answers (Verified Answers)
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When were the first Modern Olympics created and who was credited for creating them? - (answer)1896;
Pierre de Coubertin
Why were the 1900 Paris Games considered a failure? - (answer)Lasted 5 months
How long was the first marathon race? - (answer)25 miles
When and where was the first Olympic flag and oath created? - (answer)1920; Antwerp, Belgium
When and where were the first Winter Olympics? - (answer)1926; Chamonix, France
What year was the International Sport Federation created? - (answer)1908
Why was the International Sport Federation created? - (answer)Because of the Ireland/Finland problem
When did women first participate in the Olympics and what sport was it? - (answer)1912; swimming
When was the pentathlon created? - (answer)1912 (Stockholm)
How were the 5 sports determined for the pentathlon? - (answer)They were de Coubertin's favorite
sports
Why were the 1916 Games in Berlin cancelled? - (answer)World War I
What year was the Olympic flag flown for the first time? - (answer)1920
Which Games were seen as the most grandiose games in history? - (answer)1936; Berlin
,KIN 2501 Jacobsen Final Exam Questions and Answers (Verified Answers)
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In what year did Jimmy Carter threaten to boycott the Moscow games because USSR took Afghanistan? -
(answer)1976
When were the first women added to the IOC? - (answer)1981
In what year were the games held in a separate year for the first time? - (answer)1994
When was the Salt Lake City scandal? - (answer)2002
When did Title IX become a law? - (answer)June 23, 1972
True or False: Pierre de Coubertin supported women in sport - (answer)False
- Native American
- Track/Field, Football and Baseball
- Won decathlon and pentathlon in 1912
- Icon for Olympics
- Stripped of medals because he was not an amateur - (answer)Jim Thorpe
Who coached football at Carlisle and discovered Jim Thorpe? - (answer)Pop Warner
Who stripped Jim Thorpe of his medals? - (answer)Avery Brundage
- 5th president of IOC
- Believed in amateurism
, KIN 2501 Jacobsen Final Exam Questions and Answers (Verified Answers)
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- Did not support women in sport
- Expelled Tommie Smith and John Carlos - (answer)Avery Brundage
Who returned Jim Thorpe's medals to him? - (answer)Juan Antonio Samaranch
- Real name is James Cleveland
- First African American gold medalist
- Hitler's snub was that he refused to shake his hand
- "Most superlative feat ever accomplished"
- Broke 3 world records and tied another - (answer)Jesse Owens
White Englishman who broke the 4 minute mile barrier - (answer)Roger Bannister
Who won a silver medal in the decathlon and carried the American flag in the opening ceremonies in
Rome? - (answer)Rafer Johnson
Who was the first African American woman to win 3 gold medals? - (answer)Wilma Rudolph
- Won 100 meter race by 7 foot margin
- "World's fastest human"
- Wide Receiver for the Dallas Cowboys - (answer)Bob Hayes
Who raised their fists in the air because of racial inequality? - (answer)Tommie Smith and John Carlos
Who set the world record in long jump at the 1968 Mexico City Games? - (answer)Bob Beamon
Updated (Actual Exam) LATEST VERSION!!
When were the first Modern Olympics created and who was credited for creating them? - (answer)1896;
Pierre de Coubertin
Why were the 1900 Paris Games considered a failure? - (answer)Lasted 5 months
How long was the first marathon race? - (answer)25 miles
When and where was the first Olympic flag and oath created? - (answer)1920; Antwerp, Belgium
When and where were the first Winter Olympics? - (answer)1926; Chamonix, France
What year was the International Sport Federation created? - (answer)1908
Why was the International Sport Federation created? - (answer)Because of the Ireland/Finland problem
When did women first participate in the Olympics and what sport was it? - (answer)1912; swimming
When was the pentathlon created? - (answer)1912 (Stockholm)
How were the 5 sports determined for the pentathlon? - (answer)They were de Coubertin's favorite
sports
Why were the 1916 Games in Berlin cancelled? - (answer)World War I
What year was the Olympic flag flown for the first time? - (answer)1920
Which Games were seen as the most grandiose games in history? - (answer)1936; Berlin
,KIN 2501 Jacobsen Final Exam Questions and Answers (Verified Answers)
Updated (Actual Exam) LATEST VERSION!!
In what year did Jimmy Carter threaten to boycott the Moscow games because USSR took Afghanistan? -
(answer)1976
When were the first women added to the IOC? - (answer)1981
In what year were the games held in a separate year for the first time? - (answer)1994
When was the Salt Lake City scandal? - (answer)2002
When did Title IX become a law? - (answer)June 23, 1972
True or False: Pierre de Coubertin supported women in sport - (answer)False
- Native American
- Track/Field, Football and Baseball
- Won decathlon and pentathlon in 1912
- Icon for Olympics
- Stripped of medals because he was not an amateur - (answer)Jim Thorpe
Who coached football at Carlisle and discovered Jim Thorpe? - (answer)Pop Warner
Who stripped Jim Thorpe of his medals? - (answer)Avery Brundage
- 5th president of IOC
- Believed in amateurism
, KIN 2501 Jacobsen Final Exam Questions and Answers (Verified Answers)
Updated (Actual Exam) LATEST VERSION!!
- Did not support women in sport
- Expelled Tommie Smith and John Carlos - (answer)Avery Brundage
Who returned Jim Thorpe's medals to him? - (answer)Juan Antonio Samaranch
- Real name is James Cleveland
- First African American gold medalist
- Hitler's snub was that he refused to shake his hand
- "Most superlative feat ever accomplished"
- Broke 3 world records and tied another - (answer)Jesse Owens
White Englishman who broke the 4 minute mile barrier - (answer)Roger Bannister
Who won a silver medal in the decathlon and carried the American flag in the opening ceremonies in
Rome? - (answer)Rafer Johnson
Who was the first African American woman to win 3 gold medals? - (answer)Wilma Rudolph
- Won 100 meter race by 7 foot margin
- "World's fastest human"
- Wide Receiver for the Dallas Cowboys - (answer)Bob Hayes
Who raised their fists in the air because of racial inequality? - (answer)Tommie Smith and John Carlos
Who set the world record in long jump at the 1968 Mexico City Games? - (answer)Bob Beamon
