Q 01/05

Eugen Sandow, the Father of Modern Bodybuilding, was born in 1867 in which Prussian city?

A) Danzig

B) Berlin

C) Breslau

D) Königsberg

Answer · why

D) Königsberg

Born Friedrich Wilhelm Müller, he left Prussia in 1885 to avoid military service and became a circus athlete; the city is now Kaliningrad.

Q 02/05

Eugen Sandow's first bodybuilding contest, the Great Competition of 1901, was held at which London venue?

A) The Crystal Palace

B) Alexandra Palace

C) The Royal Albert Hall

D) The Olympia exhibition hall

Answer · why

C) The Royal Albert Hall

So many people turned up that enthusiasts had to be turned away at the doors.

Q 03/05

Which famous author sat on the judging panel of Sandow's 1901 Great Competition?

A) Rudyard Kipling

B) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

C) H. G. Wells

D) Bram Stoker

Answer · why

B) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The winner, William L. Murray of Nottingham, received a gold statue of Sandow sculpted by Frederick Pomeroy.

Q 04/05

The bronze Sandow statue replicated as the Mr. Olympia trophy was originally awarded in 1901 for which placing?

A) Third place

B) First place

C) Second place

D) Best poser

Answer · why

A) Third place

The bronze was the third-place prize in 1901; Steve Reeves received it in 1950 and Frank Zane got the first Olympia replica in 1977.

Q 05/05

Eugen Sandow's stage career was built with the help of which famous Broadway impresario as manager?

A) P. T. Barnum

B) Florenz Ziegfeld

C) George M. Cohan

D) David Belasco

Answer · why

B) Florenz Ziegfeld

The 1936 Oscar-winning film The Great Ziegfeld shows Sandow beginning to display his body at carnivals.