Q 01/05
A) Los Angeles
B) Munich
C) Amsterdam
D) Berlin
Answer · why
The host nation still topped the medal table with 101 medals, but Owens was the most successful individual athlete of the Games.
Q 02/05
A) Five
B) Three
C) Four
D) Two
Answer · why
He set an Olympic record in every individual event he entered, and a world record in the relay.
Q 03/05
A) Alabama
B) Mississippi
C) Tennessee
D) Georgia
Answer · why
His birthplace, the tiny community of Oakville, opened a memorial park and museum in his honour in 1996.
Q 04/05
A) Gary, Indiana
B) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
C) Detroit, Michigan
D) Cleveland, Ohio
Answer · why
His father and older brother found work in a steel mill, while young Jesse delivered groceries and worked in a shoe repair shop.
Q 05/05
A) He was named after a preacher
B) He chose it for a school play
C) A teacher misheard his initials
D) His coach gave him the nickname
Answer · why
His thick Southern accent did the trick on his first day at a new school in the North, and the name stuck for life.
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