Sports Quiz: Olympic Stadium

By Ryan A. Berenz

1. The length of the original Olympic stadium in ancient Greece was based on the stadion, a unit of measurement said to equal 600 feet of which mythical hero?

2. What boxing tournament, organized by promoter Don King and airing on ABC TV in the 1970s, was canceled midway through after the discovery that fighters' records and rankings were falsified?

3. The Indianapolis Hoosiers (1913-14) and Chicago Whales (1915) were the only champions of what short-lived "third major league" baseball organization?

4. With a capacity of 45,000 spectators, a stadium in Lahore, Pakistan, is the largest facility in the world built for what sport?

5. Name the NFL cornerback who became the first Black sports analyst to work on national TV when he joined CBS in 1971.

6. What figure skater was the lone gold medal winner for the United States at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Olympics?

7. What Nacogdoches, Texas, university's athletic teams are nicknamed the Lumberjacks (men) and Ladyjacks (women)?

Answers

1. Hercules.

2. The 1977 United States Boxing Championship Series.

3. The Federal League of Base Ball Clubs.

4. Field hockey.

5. Irv Cross.

6. Peggy Fleming.

7. Stephen F. Austin State University.

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