February 2003 Trivia Questions

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Gary Abbott (USA Wrestling)
02/11/2003


1. Name the five cities which have hosted the USA Wrestling Junior National Championships.    2. Name USA Wrestling's National Women's Coach.    3. Two U.S. wrestlers have won Olympic bronze medals at 149.5 pounds (68 kg) in Greco-Roman. Name the athletes. Give yourself a bonus if you can name the years.    4. What city will host the 2003 NCAA Div. I Wrestling Championships.    5. Name the three pair of twin brothers who won NCAA Div. I titles for the Univ. of Iowa under coach Dan Gable.    6. Name the U.S. men's freestyle wrestler who won three World titles, but did not win an Olympic gold medal.    7. What year did Michigan State win the NCAA Div. I wrestling team title? Give yourself a bonus if you know who was the coach, and where the NCAA meet was held.    8. Who were the three U.S. wrestlers who won Olympic gold medals in freestyle wrestling at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, Calif.    9. The Univ. of Iowa had five individual NCAA champions at the 1997 NCAA Championships in Cedar Falls, Iowa, March 20-23. Name the five champions.    10. What 1989 Cadet World Greco-Roman Champion from the United States went on to qualify for the 1996 U.S. Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling team?    11. Name the only three-time NCAA Div. I champion from Bloomsburg University.    12. In 1977, a wrestler from Hofstra Univ. won the NCAA Div. I title and was named the Outstanding Wrestler, becoming the only wrestler from Hofstra to win an NCAA crown. Name this athlete.    13.Who was the first three-time NCAA Div. I champion?    14. Name the two husband/wife couples who have competed for the United States at the World Championships in wrestling.    15. Name the two NCAA champion heavyweight wrestlers that competed for North Carolina State?    Each month we will recognize and send a prize to the person with the MOST of the questions correctly answered. The deadline is the end of this month (February 28). Go ahead. Give it your best shot...    Send your answers to Gary Abbott at gabbott@usawrestling.org    Tie breaker: Bonus answers for questions 3 and 7.