Caught in the Act Trivia Quiz

Answer: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger won his first Mr. Olympia title in 1970 at the age of 23, and went on to win another five consecutive titles. He retired from bodybuilding in 1975, but came out of retirement in 1980 to capture his seventh and final Mr. Olympia title.

Schwarzenegger had a successful foray into movies and became a bona fide action star in the 1980s. His first appointment in politics came in 1990 when he became chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. He was Governor of California from 17 November 2003 to 3 January 2011.

Because of his past use of performance enhancing drugs, he stirred up some controversy when he called for a youth ban on steroids. When questioned about his past he explained that it was common and legal in the bodybuilding community at the time. During one interview he said, "No, I have no regrets about it, because at that time, it was something new that came on the market, and we went to the doctor and did it under doctor's supervision."

In 2005, Schwarzenegger signed a bill into law that made it illegal for high school athletes to take certain dietary supplements (Ephedra, Synephrin and DHEA). In addition to signing a pledge vowing not to take anabolic steroids, the students must also vow not to take banned supplements.

Answer: Floyd Landis

Years of lies and deceit took its toll on Floyd Landis, and in 2010 he wanted to clear his conscience. By this time, he not only lost his credibility, but his career, life savings and marriage. In a series of e-mails to cycling and anti-doping officials, he confirmed his drug use and implicated other cyclists and trainers.

He admitted using red blood cell booster erythropoietin (EPO), testosterone, human growth hormone, female hormones, frequent blood transfusions, and an experiment with insulin.

Answer: 1st and 2nd place finishers were disqualified for positive drug tests and that boosted her to gold

Russian cross-country skiers Olga Danilova and Larisa Lazutina, who placed 1st and 2nd in the 5km pursuit, both tested positive for darbepoetin, a red blood cell booster. In February 2004, the International Olympic Committee stripped them of their medals and awarded 3rd place finisher Beckie Scott the gold in June 2004. Both Danilova and Lazutina received a two-year ban by the International Skiing Federation.

Answer: Terry Newton

Terry Newton made over 300 appearances in Super League and played for Leeds Rhinos, Wigan Warriors, Bradford Bulls and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. Until his death, he played in every Super League season since its inception, and made 15 international appearances for Great Britain.

With a career that spanned 14 years, Newton hoped to revive it when he joined Wakefield in 2009. He explained in his autobiography that taking human growth hormone was an attempt to refresh his aging body. Depressed after his suspension, Newton hanged himself, leaving behind a wife and two daughters.

Answer: Ben Johnson

Ben Johnson had become Canada's top male sprinter in 1984, and by 1987 he had set a world record in the men's 100m. He won gold at the Seoul Olympics in 1988, beating arch rival Carl Lewis. Three days later he was disqualified when stanozolol was detected in his urine sample. Later dubbed as the dirtiest race in history, five of the eight 100m finalists that day would be caught in drug scandals during their careers, including gold medalist Carl Lewis. At the 1989 Dubin Inquiry, Johnson admitted to using steroids since 1981. He had both world records from 1987 and the Olympics rescinded.

Ben Johnson staged a comeback in 1991 but did not regain his former speed. Incredulously, he tested positive again for banned substances in 1993 and was banned for life from the sport by the International Association of Athletics Federations.

Answer: Petr Korda

Petr Korda claimed he didn't knowingly take steroids and that the positive test was a result from eating too much nandrolone-fattened veal. Scientists countered that he would have needed to eat 40 calves a day for 20 years to reach the level they had found in his blood. After his one-year ban Korda retired and did not return to tennis.

Answer: Shane Mosley

In 2003, EPO (erythropoietin, a red blood cell booster) was not a banned substance in the state of Nevada where Mosley fought De La Hoya. Technically, Mosley was not doing anything illegal, and his win over De La Hoya was never contested.

Although implicated in the BALCO steroids scandal, Mosley maintained that he never knowingly took the designer steroids nicknamed "the clear" and "the cream". He claimed he was misled about their legality by laboratory founder Victor Conte, and filed a defamation lawsuit against him. The lawsuit was dropped in 2010.

Mosley has accepted that he took performance enhancing drugs and has agreed to undergo stringent drug testing in his effort to remain clean.

Answer: Lyle Alzado

Lyle Alzado played for the Denver Broncos, Cleveland Browns, and the Los Angeles Raiders, with whom he won a Super Bowl in 1984. He became one of the first professional athletes in the United States to admit using anabolic steroids and human growth hormone, coming clean in a 1991 story for "Sports Illustrated". He started taking steroids in 1969, and continued even after his retirement from football in 1986.

After his retirement, Alzado did some part-time colour commentating for NBC, and appeared in several television shows and movies. He was diagnosed with brain lymphoma in 1991 and died the following year. Although there is no medical link between steroid use and brain lymphoma, Alzado was convinced that his steroid abuse cost him his life.

Answer: Jose Canseco

After a 16-year career that included many highlights and awards, Jose Canseco retired from baseball in 2002. In his book "Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big", an unapologetic Canseco justified the use of steroids throughout his career. He touted himself as the Godfather of steroids for introducing performance enhancing drugs to many baseball players. He also claimed to be the most knowledgeable steroid layman in the world.

In 2010, Canseco changed his tune about steroids. In an interview, he called them overrated and blamed them for ending his career prematurely, for his financial problems, and for his sterility. He said his two major regrets were getting involved with steroids and for writing a book against Major League Baseball.

Answer: Marion Jones

Marion Jones had long been under suspicion for using performance enhancing drugs. When she missed a random drug test in high school, attorney Johnny Cochran managed to get her ban from the sport overturned.

Jones' denials continued through the years until 2007, when she finally admitted to using performance enhancing drugs prior to the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. She had taken EPO (erythropoietin, a red blood cell booster) from speed coach Trevor Graham and the steroid nicknamed "the clear" (tetrahydrogestrinone)from BALCO.

Her admission had huge repercussions, as she had denied any steroid use to two grand juries in previous investigations. As a result, she had all five of her Sydney Olympic medals stripped (women's 100 m, 200 m, 4×100 m relay, 4×400 m relay, long jump), as well as her two medals from the 2001 World Championships (women's 100 m and 200 m). In January 2008 Marion Jones was sentenced to 6 months in prison for perjury relating to her steroid use and for her involvement in a cheque fraud scam. She served her time between March and September 2008.