Q 01/05

In 2017, Phelps raced a computer-generated version of which shark?

A) Great white

B) Thresher

C) Oceanic whitetip

D) Tiger

Answer · why

A) Great white

Great white: the computer-generated shark, its pace based on real sharks, beat the 28-time Olympic medallist over 100 metres, even with Phelps wearing...

Q 02/05

What treatment left the purple circles on Phelps's shoulders and back at the Rio 2016 Olympics?

A) Cupping

B) Acupuncture

C) Kinesio taping

D) Cryotherapy

Answer · why

A) Cupping

Cupping pulls the skin up into cups with heat or a pump, rupturing tiny capillaries; athletes use it for recovery, and Phelps was the most prominent a...

Q 03/05

Greg Harden, who counselled Phelps, famously mentored which NFL quarterback?

A) Tom Brady

B) Peyton Manning

C) Drew Brees

D) Aaron Rodgers

Answer · why

A) Tom Brady

Tom Brady, whom Harden began counselling as a college quarterback, later wrote the foreword to Harden's 2023 book, Stay Sane in an Insane World.

Q 04/05

In which city was Phelps born?

A) Annapolis

B) Philadelphia

C) Baltimore

D) Washington, D.C.

Answer · why

C) Baltimore

Baltimore is where Phelps was born; in 2015 he left his hometown club and moved to Arizona to keep training under his longtime coach.

Q 05/05

In which year was Phelps born?

A) 1985

B) 1987

C) 1989

D) 1991

Answer · why

A) 1985

Phelps was born on June 30, 1985, the youngest of three children; his mother Debbie was a middle-school principal and his father Fred a Maryland state...