The Prince of Pennsylvania - John du Pont Quiz

Answer: Wrestling

John du Pont had competed in and help fund teams in several sports prior to and through the 1980s, but during the 80s he took interest in American wrestling.

He donated money to several colleges to help fund teams and started his own training facility to help the U.S. National team get the training needed to beat eastern block countries.

Answer: Newtown Square

Located on 1,800 acres, the wrestling facility he built was state of the art at the time.

The facility saw several world and Olympic champions train and compete there. It was located within Delaware County in Pennsylvania.

Answer: 1996

Schultz, an Olympic champion who was at the time training for an attempted comeback at the 1996 Olympics, was at his house in January of 1996.

John du Pont drove up to the house, had a short confrontation with Schultz and fired multiple shots at the wrestler.

No motive was ever revealed for the shooting.

Answer: Foxcatcher

John du Pont renamed the farm from Liseter Hall Farms to Foxcatcher Farm after his mother's death.

The wrestling team was called Foxcatcher.

Foxcatcher Farms also had facilities for athletes in swimming, track, and the modern pentathlon.

Answer: Mark Schultz

Carrell played John du Pont in the 2014 film "Foxcatcher" and was nominated for an Academy Award for the role.

Yordanov was a wrestler that trained at the facility, but not until years after it opened.

Both of the Schultz brothers wrestled at Foxcatcher, first Mark who helped to build the stable of athletes at the facility and later Dave.

When Mark left the program, Dave was convinced to join it.

Answer: Modern Pentathlon

John du Pont competed at a high level in both swimming and Modern Pentathlon, though he never quite earned an Olympic berth in either.

He competed in senior level wrestling events after turning 50, but was never able to be competitive with it.

He wrestled in the 1992 Veteran's World Championships in Cali, Colombia and once each year after until 1995.

Answer: Delaware Museum of Natural History

He founded the museum in 1957. Natural history was just one of the many things the wealthy man was interested in when not working with "his" athletes.

The museum didn't open until 1972, taking years to be fully built after he bought the property and declared his intentions.

Answer: True

John du Pont studied several subjects during his collegiate career. He graduated from the University of Miami in 1965. In 1973 he earned his Ph. D. from Villanova.

John du Pont wrote three books about birds. His books are "Philippine Birds", "South Pacific Birds" and "Living Volutes: a Monograph of the Recent Volutidae of the World".

Answer: Stamps

In 1980 John du Pont bought the one of a kind 1856 1c black on magenta stamp of British Guiana.

At the time he paid about $900 thousand for the stamp. When he died his estate sold the stamp for $9.5 million.

He had a large stamp collection which he continued to add to while in prison. He was allowed to purchase, but not allowed to possess the stamps in the prison.

Answer: No

The man died in prison in 2010. He wasn't set to be released until 2026, having been denied parole.

He spent 14 years in prison before his death.