Q 01/05

Carl Lewis won his last Olympic gold, aged 35, at which city's Games?

A) Barcelona

B) Seoul

C) Atlanta

D) Sydney

Answer · why

C) Atlanta

Atlanta: the world-record holder and the reigning world champion both came in nursing hamstring injuries, and Lewis's third-round jump was enough to b...

Q 02/05

Carl Lewis became a UN Goodwill Ambassador in 2009 for the agency fighting what?

A) Hunger

B) Illiteracy

C) Malaria

D) Landmines

Answer · why

A) Hunger

Hunger: the Food and Agriculture Organization named him when more than a billion people were undernourished, and he helped launch its petition urging ...

Q 03/05

About how many long-jump competitions in a row did Carl Lewis win over ten years?

A) 6

B) 20

C) 65

D) 200

Answer · why

C) 65

65 in a row over ten years, one of the longest unbeaten runs the sport has seen; it took a world-record jump by a rival at the 1991 World Championship...

Q 04/05

Carl Lewis makes a cameo in Speed Zone, the 1989 third film in which comedy series about an illegal cross-country race?

A) Smokey and the Bandit

B) The Cannonball Run

C) The Gumball Rally

D) Death Race

Answer · why

B) The Cannonball Run

The Cannonball Run trilogy ended with Speed Zone, in which every regular driver is arrested before the start and the sponsors have to scrape together ...

Q 05/05

Which sister of Lewis took long-jump bronze at the 1983 World Championships?

A) Evelyn

B) Carla

C) Carol

D) Cleveland

Answer · why

C) Carol

Their parents ran a local athletics club; brother Cleveland played pro soccer.