Q 01/05

Jim Thorpe was a citizen of which Native American nation?

A) Sac and Fox

B) Lakota

C) Navajo

D) Cherokee

Answer · why

A) Sac and Fox

Sac and Fox is the nation Thorpe belonged to through his father Hiram, whose people had been moved from the Great Lakes region to Indian Territory in ...

Q 02/05

At which Olympic Games did Thorpe win his two gold medals?

A) 1904 St. Louis

B) 1908 London

C) 1912 Stockholm

D) 1920 Antwerp

Answer · why

C) 1912 Stockholm

1912 Stockholm, the fifth modern Olympiad, saw Thorpe win two multi-event titles in the same week; Sweden's new Olympic Stadium was built for those Ga...

Q 03/05

In which two events did Thorpe win Olympic gold?

A) Shot put and discus

B) Pentathlon and decathlon

C) 100 metres and long jump

D) Marathon and 10,000 metres

Answer · why

B) Pentathlon and decathlon

Pentathlon and decathlon were his titles, won by wide margins; he also finished fourth in the high jump and seventh in the long jump at the same Games...

Q 04/05

Why was Thorpe stripped of his Olympic titles in 1913?

A) He was not a citizen of the United States

B) He had competed under a false name

C) He had bet on his own Olympic events

D) He had been paid to play semi-professional baseball

Answer · why

D) He had been paid to play semi-professional baseball

He had been paid to play semi-professional baseball, earning as little as two dollars a game in the Eastern Carolina League in 1909 and 1910, which br...

Q 05/05

In which year did the IOC present replica gold medals to Thorpe's children?

A) 1973

B) 1983

C) 1963

D) 1953

Answer · why

B) 1983

In January 1983 the IOC presented replica medals to two of his children, after its October 1982 ruling that the 1913 disqualification had come long af...