Q 01/05
A) 100 metres and 200 metres
B) Heptathlon and long jump
C) High jump and javelin throw
D) Triple jump and 400 m hurdles
Answer · why
She won three golds, one silver and two bronzes across four Games from 1984 to 1996.
Q 02/05
A) Three
B) Four
C) Eight
D) Six
Answer · why
Three gold, one silver and two bronze, spread over four different Olympic Games.
Q 03/05
A) Springfield
B) Rockford
C) East St. Louis
D) Champaign
Answer · why
Her foundation still encourages young people there to pursue athletics and academics.
Q 04/05
A) Jackie Robinson
B) Jackie Bisset
C) Jackie Kennedy
D) Jackie Wilson
Answer · why
She was born into a poor family and found her love of running at nine in a community track programme.
Q 05/05
A) Althea Gibson
B) Babe Didrikson Zaharias
C) Billie Jean King
D) Wilma Rudolph
Answer · why
Sports Illustrated for Women later voted Joyner-Kersee the greatest female athlete of all time, just ahead of Zaharias.
Play the full Jackie Joyner-Kersee Trivia quiz — scored, streaked, and passable to a friend.