March 2016 Runner's Web Trivia

March 2016 Runner's Web Trivia

Read the trivia question and then click on answer or select 'Choice' and 'Check Answer' for multiple choice questions.

1. This funny guy --and a great athlete--once wryly described the decathlon as "nine Mickey Mouse events and a 1500." ....Answer
2. True or False. In some of the earliest track meets, lanes were sometimes separated by ropes or string. ..... Answer

3. Name the runner in the photo above.
4. How many U.S. Cross-Country titles did Lynn Jennings win in her stellar career? .....Answer
5. What former sprint great became Jeremy Wariner's agent? .....Answer
6. Who was the first Canadian woman to break 15:00 for 5K? .....Answer
7. Derek Clayton of Australia ran a 2:08:33 marathon in Antwerp, Belgium in 1969 to set a new world best? How long did his record last? .....Answer
8. The onslaught of Chinese women distance runners in the mid-1990s sent shock waves of controversy and suspicion through the owrld of track and field. Who coached these record-smashers? .....Answer
9. How did Coach Jim "Jumbo" Elliott get his nickname?
1. He worked at the Phialdelphia zoo, cleaning elephant cages;
2. A baseball pitcher for a Philadelphia team named Jim Elliott was nicknamed "Jumbo";
3. He always opted for jumbo-sized sodas on the golf course;
4. Before he became a runner, he played mudget football and was the biggest kid on his team.
10. Who was the first American runner to break the 4-minute mile?
1. Wes Santee of Kansas
2. Jim Beatty of North Carolina
3. Jim Grelle of Oregon
4. Don Bowden of UC-Berkley