Swimming
It’s summer, and that means it’s time to make a splash— in the swimming pool! But these guys already did. They are the some of the best swimmers ever, with Olympic gold to prove it, and they are all Jewish! So dive in to our Jewish swimmers quiz, and see if you sink or swim!
1. The man considered the greatest swimmer ever is Mark Spitz. In 1972, he won seven gold medals in one Olympics, in Munich, Germany — that’s the most anyone has ever one in any Olympics, in any sport! But what is his nickname? a. Mark the Ark b. Mark the Shark c. Mark the Spark d. Marky Mark
2. That same Olympics, Keena Rothhammer won gold and bronze medals in freestyle swimming when she was how old? a. 15 b. 20 c. 25 d. 30
3. Still at that same Olympics, Andrea Gyarmati won silver and bronze; Eva Szekely had won a swimming gold in 1952. What did they have in common? a. They were Hungarian b. Eva was Andrea’s coach c. Eva was Andrea’s mom d. All of the above
4. Odessa-born Lenny Krayzelburg, who now lives in the US, set records and won gold medals in the one style of swimming where you lie on your back, called the: a. front crawl b. backstroke c. sidestroke d. nose dive
5. Charlotte Epstein is responsible for having ___ included in Olympic swimming for the first time in 1920. a. women b. diving boards c. Americans d. chlorine
6. Dara Torres has won nine Olympic medals and set world records, but she is is best known for another kind of endurance— she is the only US swimmer to compete in __ Olympics… so far! a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5
7. What was special about Anthony Ervin’s gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics? a. It was his first b. He sold it for chairty c. He shared it in a tie d. All of the above
8. A world-record setter before WWII, Frenchman Alfred Nakache set another record only a year after surviving: a. Auschwitz b. pneumonia c. a car accident d. heart surgery
9. Austrian Paul Neumann (no relation to Paul Newman!) won a gold medal in 1896, at the first Olymics since ancient times. It was held in the same country the ancient ones were, which is: a. Germany b. Greenland c. Greece d. Guatemala
10. Because Alfred Hajos-Guttmann was in the first modern Olypmics, he was the first swimmer and the first Hungarian to win Olymic gold. But he later became Hungarian champ at: a. sprints and hurdles b. discus c. soccer d. all of the above
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