Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Olympics Books? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Joe Rantz had an extraordinarily difficult childhood, mostly because:
He had dyslexia.
His family abandoned him multiple times.
He had a crazy uncle.
He lived in the Pacific Northwest: so much rain.
Q. Lopez Lomong was known as ________ because of what he survived as a young boy:
"Hey… you."
Champ
Speedy Gonzalez
A Lost Boy of Sudan
Q. Wilma Rudolph won three gold medals in the 1960 Olympics, even after surviving:
Chicken Pox
Adolescence
Polio and Scarlet Fever
Third Grade
Q. One of the first difficult things Amanda Beard had to cope with was:
Her parents' divorce
She lost her teddy bear
She forgot how to swim
The lack of a personal swimming pool
Q. Magic Johnson had just been diagnosed with what serious illness just before the 1992 Olympics?
Parkinson's Disease
Cancer
AIDS
Syphilis