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Remembering Atlanta Quiz

  Naim Suleymanoglu Naim Suleymanoglu established a new world record in the 64-kg weightlifting event at the 1996 Atlanta Games. Jed Jacobsohn/Allsport

1. Which U.S. basketball player took the Olympic Oath on behalf of all athletes at the games?
a. Shaquille O'Neal
b. Cynthia Cooper
c. Teresa Edwards
d. Charles Barkley

2. Which former heavyweight boxing champion lit the Olympic torch to signal the beginning of the games?
a. Evander Holyfield
b. Muhammad Ali
c. George Foreman
d. Riddick Bowe

3. Who set Olympic and world records in the 100 meters?
a. Carl Lewis
b. Leroy Burrell
c. Donovan Bailey
d. Frankie Fredericks

4. Who hit the first home run in Olympic Softball history?
a. Dot Richardson
b. Lisa Fernandez
c. Sheila Cornell
d. Debbie Doom

5. Which swimmer became the first U.S. woman to win four gold medals in one Olympics?
a. Amanda Beard
b. Janet Evans
c. Angel Martino
d. Amy Van Dyken

6. Turkey's 4-foot-11 weightlifter Naim Suleymanoglu made Olympic history by winning his third gold medal, a first for the sport. What is his nickname?
a. Little Big Man
b. Pocket Hercules
c. Turkette
d. Oh Suley Mio

7. Who is the legendary Russian Greco-Roman wrestler who not only won his third Olympic gold medal in Atlanta but also didn't allow an opponent to score against him?
a. Alexander Karelin
b. Oleksander Kolchnysky
c. Ivan Bohdan
d. Anatoly Roshin

8. What was the attraction at Centennial Park when the bomb exploded, rocking the games?
a. Phil Collins
b. Jack Mack and the Heart Attack
c. Dizzy Gillespie
d. Club '80s: A Salute to Music of the 1980s

9. Which American women's gymnast is best remembered for hitting her final vault, despite a badly sprained ankle, in the team competition?
a. Dominique Dawes
b. Dominique Moceanu
c. Shannon Miller
d. Kerri Strug

10. Michael Johnson made history by becoming the first male Olympian to win gold in which two events at the same games?
a. The high jump and the long jump
b. The 100 meters and the 200 meters
c. The 200 meters and the 400 meters
d. The 400 meters and the 800 meters

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