APRIL 2003 TRIVIA QUESTIONS

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Gary Abbott (USA Wrestling)
04/09/2003


1. Name the wrestler who won the most U.S. national championships on the Olympic level.    2. Name the wrestler from the United States who won the most World Cup gold medals.    3. In the 1989 World Freestyle Championships finals at 163 pounds, two of the world's greatest wrestlers met in the gold-medal finals. Name the athletes and who won the match.    4. John Smith won two Olympic gold medals. Name the athletes he beat in the Olympic finals in 1988 and 1992.    5. Bruce Baumgartner won two Olympic gold medals. Name the athletes he beat in the Olympic finals in 1984 and 1992.    6. Who defeated Zeke Jones of the USA in the 114.5 pound gold medal finals at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics?    7. Name the U.S. athlete who lost three matches at the 1991 World Championships, yet claimed a silver medal.    8. Who was named the head wrestling coach of the new program at Utah Valley State College?    9. What year did the United States win its first team title at the Freestyle World Cup? Give yourself extra credit if you can name the head coach of the team.    10. Name the members of the 2002 U.S. Greco-Roman World Team, and the state where they attended high school.    11. Name the members of the 2002 U.S. Women's World Team, and the state where they attended high school.    12. Name the members of the 2002 U.S. Freestyle World Team, and the state where they attended high school.    13. Name the Canadian wrestler who lost in the finals of the 1995 World Championships and the 1996 Olympic Games to wrestlers from the United States at 125.5 pounds.    14. The 1996 U.S. Olympic freestyle team featured a unique combination. On the squad was an athlete who had been coached in college by one of his 1996 Olympic teammates. Name this coach-student combination.    15. Who beat Randy Lewis of Iowa in the NCAA 126 pound finals in 1978?    Tie breaker No. 16: Name all 21 runners-up from the 2002 World Team Trials held in St. Paul, Minn. (seven in freestyle, seven in Greco-Roman, seven in women)    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 (April 30). Go ahead. Give it your best shot...    Send your answers to Gary Abbott at gabbott@usawrestling.org