1. Which decathlete was the youngest to win a gold medal in the Olympics?

2. What event involves women competing in seven different track-and-field events in two days?

3. Which film, based on a book of the same name, won the Academy Award for Best Picture for its retelling of British athletes Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams’ experiences at the 1924 Olympic Games?

4. Who won the 400-metre gold medal in the Olympic Games in London in 1908 in the only walkover in Olympic history?

5. Which American athlete won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin?

6. What is the standard distance for Olympic marathons?

7. Who was the first pole-vaulter to clear 20 feet (6.1 metres)?

8. Which woman was a three-time All-American in basketball, won two track-and-field gold medals at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, and won three U.S. Women’s Open titles in golf?

9. Who was the first athlete to run the mile in less than four minutes?

10. Which British athlete won four Olympic medals and set eight world records in middle-distance running and later served in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords?

11. Who was the first British woman to win an Olympic gold medal in track-and-field competition?

12. What is the world’s oldest annual foot race?

13. Usain Bolt is the only man ever to win the 100 meters, 200 meters, and 4 x 100-meter relay in a single Olympics.