MARCH 2003 TRIVIA ANSWERS

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Gary Abbott (USA Wrestling)
04/09/2003


1. Who were the 2002 ASICS-Tiger High School Wrestlers of the Year? ASICS gave one honor for boys and one honor for girls. Name both winners.  A: Zack Esposito of New Jersey (boys) and Brandy Rosenbrock of Michigan (girls).    2. Who beat Bruce Baumgartner of Indiana State in the NCAA heavyweight finals in 1980?  A: Howard Harris of Oregon State.    3. Who beat Kenny Monday of Oklahoma State in the NCAA 150 pound finals in 1982 and 1983?  A: Nate Carr of Iowa State.     4. Who beat John Smith of Oklahoma State in the NCAA 134 pound finals in 1985?  A: Jim Jordan of Wisconsin.    5. Who beat Kevin Jackson of Iowa State in the NCAA 167 pound finals in 1987?  A: Royce Alger of Iowa.     6. Who beat Kurt Angle of Clarion in the NCAA heavyweight finals in 1991?  A: Jon Llewellyn of Illinois.    7. Who beat Terry Brands of Iowa in the NCAA 126-pound finals in 1991?  A: Jason Kelber of Nebraska.    8. Who beat Zeke Jones of Arizona State in the NCAA 118-pound finals in 1990?  A: Jack Griffin of Northwestern.     9. Iowa State University has had only five coaches since the team was created in 1916. Name the five coaches.  A: Charles Mayser, Hugo Otopalik, Dr. Harold Nichols, Jim Gibbons, Bobby Douglas.    10. What year did Dan Gable win a gold medal at the Freestyle World Championships at 149.5 pounds? Give yourself a bonus if you can name the city that the World meet was held.  A: 1971 in Sofia, Bulgaria.    11. Who was the first U.S. wrestler to win a gold medal in the Greco-Roman World Cup?  A: Greg Gibson, the 1980 champion at 220 pounds in Trelleborg, Sweden.    12. All seven members of the 2002 U.S. Freestyle World Team were NCAA champions. Six of the team members won two or more NCAA titles. Name the team member who was a one-time NCAA champion.  A: Chris Bono at 66 kg/145.5 lbs. Bono was a 1996 NCAA champion for Iowa State. The other team members, and the number of NCAA titles they have, were Stephen Abas (3x), Eric Guerrero (3x), Joe Williams (3x), Cael Sanderson (4x), Tim Hartung (2x) and Kerry McCoy (2x).    13. Where will the 2003 Pan American Games be held?  A: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.    14. What wrestler from Arizona State won the Gorriarian Award for Most Falls at the NCAA Div. I Wrestling Championships, and went on to become an All-Pro in professional football?  A: Curley Culp, who won the Gorriarian Award for Most Falls in 1967, with three falls in 5:47 at heavyweight.    15. What two 1997 NCAA Div. I champions completed their careers as four-time NCAA finalists?  A: Lincoln McIlravy of the Univ. of Iowa and Mark Branch of Oklahoma State. McIlravy won three NCAA titles and was a runnerup once, and Branch won two NCAA titles and was runnerup twice.    Tie breaker: What athlete was a competitor or coach on all three U.S. World Teams that claimed the World Team Title?  A: Rob Eiter. He competed at 48 kg/105.5 lbs. on the 1993 and 1995 U.S. Freestyle World Teams, and was the head coach of the 1999 U.S. Women's World Team.     The fans with the most correct answers in March were David Byrne and Rick Martinez, both who had 13 of the 15 questions correct. Both missed questions number 1 and 11, and both got the tie-breaker wrong. Congrats guys... Let's see who is April's winner.