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LIT CAMP Book Quiz Week IV

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This Olympian changed his name to Muhammad Ali.

a)

Carl Lewis

b)

Jim Thorpe

c)

Bob Beamon

d)

Cassius Clay

2.

This Olympic athlete suffered from polio as a child and she could barely walk.

a)

Wilma Rudolph

b)

Alyson Felix

c)

Aileen Riggin

d)

Mildred Didrikson

3.

Please check the names of the two Olympic athletes who bowed their heads and raised their fists to protest for civil rights for black Americans.

a)

Tommie Smith

b)

Jesse Owens

c)

Jim Thorpe

d)

John Carlos

4.

This Olympian developed a new high jump technique.

a)

Bob Beamon

b)

Cassius Clay

c)

Dick Fosbury

d)

John Carlos

5.

What was Muhammad Ali's religion?

a)

Christian

b)

Jewish

c)

Buddhist

d)

Muslim

6.

This Olympic athlete won three gold medals in the 1960 Rome Olympics.

a)

Wilma Rudolph

b)

Betty Robinson

c)

Cassius Clay

d)

Billy Mills

7.

She was the youngest gymnast to win an Olympic medal.

a)

Mary Lou Retton

b)

Olga Korbut

c)

Nadia Comaneci

d)

Wilma Rudolph

8.

This track Olympic runner was known as "Lightning Bolt."

a)

Carl Lewis

b)

Usain Bolt

c)

Mark Spitz

d)

Ben Johnson

9.

The first American (USA) Olympic athlete to win a gymnastics medal in the Olympics was

a)

Olga Korbut.

b)

Mary Lou Retton.

c)

Wilma Rudolph.

d)

'Babe' Didrikson.

10.

Which country hosted the 2000 'Millennium Games?'

a)

Turkey

b)

Greece

c)

France

d)

Australia

11.

This USA Olympic athlete was known as the 'Baltimore Bullet.'

a)

Mark Spitz

b)

Greg Louganis

c)

Michael Phelps

d)

Jim Thorpe

12.

This country has the world's most advanced earthquake-warning system.

a)

Japan

b)

China

c)

South Korea

d)

Mexico

13.

Ani, Kana, and Fumiya helped to save many lives from a deadly _____.

a)

tornado.

b)

hurricane.

c)

wildfire.

d)

tsunami.

14.

What can be the effect of an earthquake in the ocean?

a)

tsunamis

b)

tornadoes

c)

typhoons

d)

hurricanes

15.

The two damaged nuclear power plants leaked this into the air.

a)

smoke plumes

b)

toxic radiation

c)

oxygen

d)

carbon dioxide

16.

Reusing and refurbishing is ________ times more efficient than recycling.

a)

twenty

b)

five

c)

ten

d)

seven

17.

Alex Lin convinced this state to pass e-waste legislation.

a)

New Hampshire

b)

Rhode Island

c)

Hawaii

d)

Texas

18.

This California teenager successfully opposed a mining company from building natural gas pipeline in the ocean and through her hometown.

a)

Erica Fernandez

b)

Margie Richard

c)

Julia Bonds

d)

Debby Tewa

19.

What does Erica Fernandez strive to become with her education?

a)

U.S. President

b)

Governor of California

c)

judge

d)

environmental lawyer

20.

Which is NOT one of the three parts of Olympic gymnastics?

a)

team event

b)

individual competition

c)

individual all-around

d)

individual dual event