January 2003 Trivia Questions
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Gary Abbott (USA Wrestling)
01/14/2003
1. Name the Olympic champion who was the college coach for 2000 Olympian Jim Gruenwald. 2. What was Brandon Slay's seeding at the 2000 U.S. National Championships (the same year he won an Olympic gold medal)? 3, Name the three U.S. wrestlers who won gold medals at the 1991 Freestyle World Championships in Varna, Bulgaria. 4. Name the two U.S. women wrestlers who have won a gold medal, a silver medal and a bronze medal at the Women's World Championships. 5. Who are the only U.S. twin brothers to win World gold medals in the same year? 6. Where was the first NCAA Wrestling Championships held? (Give yourself a bonus if you know what year.) 7. Who is the only wrestler who is a member of the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame? 8. Who was the head coach of the 1972 U.S. Olympic team, which included gold medalists Dan Gable, Wayne Wells and Ben Peterson? 9. What three wrestlers have won the James E. Sullivan Award, presented annually to the best amateur athlete in the United States each year? 10. What two World Champion wrestlers were members of a youth wrestling club in Ann Arbor, Mich. that was coached by 1980 Olympian Mark Johnson? 11. Who won the first Olympic gold medal for the United States in Greco-Roman wrestling? 12. What year did Penn State won the NCAA Div. I team title? (Give yourself a bonus if you know who coached the team, and where the event was held.) 13. Who defeated Dan Gable in Gable's final college wrestling match? 14. How old was Chris Campbell when he won the bronze medal at 198 pounds at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain? 15. Who did Cael Sanderson of Iowa State defeat in the 2002 NCAA Div. I Championships finals, his final college match? This allowed Sanderson to complete his career 159-0. Last month, we offered a prize to the first person to answer all 15 questions correctly. Well, nobody even tried!!! (Were they that hard?) So, from now on, we will reward the person who answers the MOST of the questions correctly. The deadline is the end of this month (January 31). Go ahead. Give it your best shot... Send your answers to Gary Abbott at gabbott@usawrestling.org Tie breaker: The bonus questions from questions 6 and 12.