Running
Chicago is angling to host the Olympics in 2016. One of the basic Olympic sports also is one of the activities basic to all other sports in general: running! You need speed for almost any sport… and some of the fastest people ever have been Jewish. Are you ready to see how much you know about Jewish runners? On your marks, get set... go!
1. The Oscar-winning movie Chariots of Fire is the true story of two British athletes, one Jewish, Harold Abrahams, and one Christian, Eric Liddell. Eric would not race on Sunday, so Harold switched races with him. Even in an event he did not train for, the 100-meter dash, Harold still won a _____ medal! a. gold b. silver c. bronze d. brass
2. Canada’s Fanny Rosenfield played basketball, softball, tennis, and ice hockey. After three years of focusing on running, she tied the _____ record in the 100-yard dash in 1925. a. American b. Canadian c. world d. rock
3. Louis Clarke and Gerald Ashworth have something amazing in common. They each won golds and set world records at the Olympics while running the second leg of the American 400 meter _____ team. a. relay b. really c. rally d. royal
4. Poland’s Irena Kirszenstein-Szewinska was the first runner ever to win medals at _____ different Olympics. a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
5. American Abel Kiviat held world records which of these events? a. 600-yard dash b. 1,000-yard dash c. 1 mile run d. all of the above
6. Alvah Myer won the silver medal in the 100-meter dash at the 1912 Olympics in Stocholm, Sweden. That city also is famous for giving out another medal, the _____ Prize. a. Pulitzer b. Nobel c. Door d. Sur
7. Deena Kastor holds American women’s records in the marathon and half-marathon. A marathon is a race that is more than _____ miles long! a. 6/10 b. 6 c. 16 d. 26
8. Lawrence Myers, whose nickname was “Lon,” was the greatest American runner of the 1800s, and was the fastest in all distances from 50 yards to the mile. Back then, the tracks were not made of modern materials, but old, burnt cinders and ____. a. ashes b. sand c. clay d. dirt
9. Allen Tolmich was a hurdler from Detroit. He broke the world record in the 200-meter hurdles one day, then broke that record again— later that very same ____! a. year b. month c. day d. hour
10. Milton Green also tied many world hurdle records, but chose to boycott the 1936 Olympics in Berlin to protest the German leadership of _____. a. Otto von Bismarck b. Adolph Hitler c. Kaiser Wilhelm II d. Kurt Waldheim
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