February 2003 Trivia answers

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Gary Abbott (USA Wrestling)
03/09/2003


1. Name the five cities which have hosted the USA Wrestling Junior National Championships.  A: Iowa City, Iowa; Cedar Falls, Iowa; Warrensburg, Mo.; St. Paul, Minn.; Fargo, N.D.    2. Name USA Wrestling's National Women's Coach.  A: Terry Steiner    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.  A: Jim Martinez in 1984 and Rodney Smith in 1992.    4. What city will host the 2003 NCAA Div. I Wrestling Championships.  A: Kansas City.    5. Name the three pair of twin brothers who won NCAA Div. I titles for the Univ. of Iowa under coach Dan Gable.  A: The Banach twins, Ed and Lou; the Brands twins, Terry and Tom; the Steiner twins, Troy and Terry.    6. Name the U.S. men's freestyle wrestler who won three World titles, but did not win an Olympic gold medal.  A: Lee Kemp, who won World titles in 1978, 1979, 1982. Kemp was on the 1980 U.S. Olympic team that did not compete due to boycott.    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.  A: Michigan State won the NCAA team title in 1967. The coach was Grady Peninger, and the NCAA Championships were held at Kent State Univ.    8. Who were the three U.S. wrestlers who won Olympic gold medals in freestyle wrestling at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, Calif.  A: Robert Pierce (123 pounds), Jack Van Bebber (159.5) and Pete Mehringer (191.5 pounds).    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.  A: Jessie Whitmer (118 lbs.), Mark Ironside (134 lbs.), Lincoln McIlravy (150 lbs.), Joe Williams (158 lbs.) and Lee Fullhart (190 lbs.).    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?  A: Jason Gleasman of New York.    11. Name the only three-time NCAA Div. I champion from Bloomsburg University.  A: Rick Bonomo, who was the 118-pound champion in 1985, 1986 and 1987.    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.  A: Nick Gallo, the 126 pound champion.    13.Who was the first three-time NCAA champion?  A: Earl McCready of Oklahoma State, who won heavyweight titles in 1928, 1929 and 1930.    14. Name the two husband/wife couples who have competed for the United States at the World Championships in wrestling.  A: Mark and Kristy Schultz and Townsend and Tricia Saunders.     15. Name the two NCAA champion heavyweight wrestlers that competed for North Carolina State?  A: Tab Thacker (1984) and Sylvester Terkay (1993).    The fan with the most correct answers in February was Dennis F. Thompson who had 14 of the 15 questions correct. His only missed question was No. 10 (he picked Brandon Paulson instead of Jason Gleasman). Congrats Dennis... Let's see who is March's winner.