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"Some people say they know they can't believe, Jamaica they got a bobsled team."

A multiple-choice quiz by UNDRTKR. Estimated time: 2 mins.

Author
UNDRTKR

Time
2 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
113,918

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

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8521

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Question 1 of 10

1. What happens to Derice when he is trying out for the Olympics as a sprinter? Hint

He gets a shin splint.

He is tripped.

He runs the wrong way.

He is disqualified for a false start.

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Question 2 of 10

2. What sport does Sanka Coffie participate in? Hint

swimming

pole vaulting

push cart derby

long distance running

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Question 3 of 10

3. What comedian plays washed up former Olympian Irving Blitzer? Hint

Eugene Levy

Jim Belushi

Steve Wright

John Candy

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Question 4 of 10

4. The team needed to earn money to get to the Olympic trials. Which is not a way they tried to earn money? Hint

singing on the street

selling kisses

selling their blood

arm wrestling for money

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Question 5 of 10

5. How did they get the bulk of their money? Hint

Sanka won a push cart derby.

Derice got a second mortgage on his house.

Yul Brenner started boxing.

Junior sold his car.

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Question 6 of 10

6. Yul Brenner carries a picture of his dream home. What is the picture of? Hint

Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch

Buckingham Palace

The Taj Mahal

The White House

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is Sanka cooking on the hot plate in the room that is stinking it up? Hint

fish

bananas

cabbage

chitterlings

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Question 8 of 10

8. What bobsled team is Derice most impressed with? Hint

The Canadian Team

The Russian Team

The Swiss Team

The German Team

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Question 9 of 10

9. What does Sanka kiss for good luck before a race? Hint

an egg

a chicken's foot

a rabbit's foot

a rock

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Question 10 of 10

10. Irv tells Sanka why he cheated during the Olympics.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What happens to Derice when he is trying out for the Olympics as a sprinter?

Answer: He is tripped.

He is tripped by a man who will be his team mate on the bobsled team.

2. What sport does Sanka Coffie participate in?

Answer: push cart derby

He is the self-proclaimed fastest push cart driver in all of Jamaica.

3. What comedian plays washed up former Olympian Irving Blitzer?

Answer: John Candy

Irv was an Olympic bobsledder but he was stripped of his medals for cheating.

4. The team needed to earn money to get to the Olympic trials. Which is not a way they tried to earn money?

Answer: selling their blood

None of them sold blood for money.

5. How did they get the bulk of their money?

Answer: Junior sold his car.

Junior sold his car because he felt responsible for Derice and Yul not making it into the Olympics as sprinters.

6. Yul Brenner carries a picture of his dream home. What is the picture of?

Answer: Buckingham Palace

Sanka laughs at him for thinking he could live in a palace.

7. What is Sanka cooking on the hot plate in the room that is stinking it up?

Answer: bananas

Yul tells him the 'nanas are stinking up the room.

8. What bobsled team is Derice most impressed with?

Answer: The Swiss Team

He even has his team count off like they do.

9. What does Sanka kiss for good luck before a race?

Answer: an egg

He has a lucky egg.

10. Irv tells Sanka why he cheated during the Olympics.

Answer: false

He tells Derice.

Source: Author UNDRTKR

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