Q 01/05

Who won the men's race at the 2024 New York City Marathon?

A) Abdi Nageeye

B) Evans Chebet

C) Albert Korir

D) Bashir Abdi

Answer · why

A) Abdi Nageeye

Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands won the 2024 men's race in 2:07:39, pulling away from Evans Chebet in the final mile through Central Park.

Q 02/05

How many runners finished the first New York City Marathon in 1970?

A) 127

B) 55

C) 500

D) 350

Answer · why

B) 55

Just 55 runners finished the inaugural race, run as several loops of Central Park's Park Drive with a $1 entry fee and a budget of about $1,000.

Q 03/05

Who won the New York City Marathon men's race in both 2017 and 2019?

A) Geoffrey Kamworor

B) Wilson Kipsang

C) Stanley Biwott

D) Lelisa Desisa

Answer · why

A) Geoffrey Kamworor

Geoffrey Kamworor, a multiple world half-marathon champion, won the men's race in 2017 and returned to win again in 2019.

Q 04/05

Who was the only woman to enter the first New York City Marathon in 1970?

A) Kathrine Switzer

B) Grete Waitz

C) Nina Kuscsik

D) Miki Gorman

Answer · why

C) Nina Kuscsik

Nina Kuscsik was the lone woman among the inaugural entrants; a stomach virus forced her out before the finish, but she returned to win the race in 19...

Q 05/05

The 'NYC Six' protested a 1972 rule requiring women to start how long before the men?

A) One hour

B) Five minutes

C) Thirty minutes

D) Ten minutes

Answer · why

D) Ten minutes

The AAU rule made women start ten minutes before the men; the protesters sat at the line for those ten minutes, then ran with the men, and the rule wa...