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Jesse Owens won ____ Olympic gold medals.
a) four
b) three
c) five
d)

Jim Thorpe played football against the future President ____.
a) William McKinley
b) Dwight Eisenhower
c) Theodore Roosevelt
d)

The school record for the ____ was broken by Jim Thorpe.
a) high jump
b) hurdles
c) relay
d)

In 1999, ____ was named America's Athlete of the Century.
a) George Washington Carver
b) Jim Thorpe
c) Jesse Owens
d)

While attending college, ____ was known as the Buckeye Bullet.
a) Jesse Owens
b) Jim Thorpe
c) George Washington Carver
d)

Jim Thorpe became the first president of the American Professional ____ Association.
a) soccer
b) track
c) football
d)

When Jesse Owens was young, he loved to ____.
a) sleep
b) run
c) play football
d)

How many awards were given to honor Jesse Owens by US presidents?
a) four
b) one
c) three
d)

What does the US Track and Field Association give each year to an outstanding athlete?
a) money
b) The Jesse Owen's Athlete of the Year
c) Buckeye Bullet Award
d)

Who was chosen for the US Olympics Games in 1912 in Stockholm, Sweden?
a) Jim Thorpe
b) Jesse Owens
c) Billy Sunday
d)

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