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10 Question Sports Quiz: Amateur Wrestling | Sports Other

This is a quiz on amateur wrestling.

A multiple-choice quiz by wrestlingjunky. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
wrestlingjunky

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
239,913

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
652

Last 3 plays: Guest 131 (7/10), 1995Tarpon (9/10), Guest 216 (1/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. How many pins did Dan Gable have in high school and college combined? Hint

117

100

108

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Question 2 of 10

2. How many national college championships did Dan Gable win as a wrestler? Hint

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Question 3 of 10

3. What was Dan Gable's high school and college combined record? Hint

182-1

181-2

183-0

179-4

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Question 4 of 10

4. How many points did Gable allow in the '72 Olympics? Hint

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the most amount of points you can score at one time in folkstyle wrestling? Hint

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Question 6 of 10

6. Dan Gable hurt his leg before the Olymipic finals. Which leg did he tape? Hint

left

right

both

neither

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is the result of locked hands (clasping)? Hint

nothing

2 points

1 point

warning

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Question 8 of 10

8. Rulon Gardner retired after winning fifth place in the '04 Olympics.

True

False

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Question 9 of 10

9. Fill in the missing high school weight classes in Michigan USA:
103, ___, 119, 125,130, ___, 140, 145, ___,160, ___, ___,215, and heavyweight. Hint

112,135,150,165,170

112,135,152,171,189

115,135,149,172,180

110,135,155,180,200

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Question 10 of 10

10. How many times did the Iowa Hawkeyes win a national championship with Dan Gable as their coach? Hint

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How many pins did Dan Gable have in high school and college combined?

Answer: 108

Dan Gable went to Waterloo West High School and Iowa State University.

2. How many national college championships did Dan Gable win as a wrestler?

Answer: 2

He won it at Iowa State University in 1968 and 1969.

3. What was Dan Gable's high school and college combined record?

Answer: 182-1

He went 64-0 at Waterloo West High School and 119-1 at Iowa State University. He lost his last ever match in college to Larry Owings in the NCAA finals of 1970.

4. How many points did Gable allow in the '72 Olympics?

Answer: 0

He won a gold medal despite a painful knee injury. Nobody was able to score on him in the 1972 Olympics.

5. What is the most amount of points you can score at one time in folkstyle wrestling?

Answer: 7

If he is clasping and you finish a peterson roll, that's three plus three backpoints, and one for screaming totalling up to seven.

6. Dan Gable hurt his leg before the Olymipic finals. Which leg did he tape?

Answer: right

He hurt his left, but taped his right to fool his opponent in the 1972 Olympics.

7. What is the result of locked hands (clasping)?

Answer: 1 point

You are allowed to try to complete a move and if you do, you get the points for the move you did plus you are rewarded 1 point if the other clasps.

8. Rulon Gardner retired after winning fifth place in the '04 Olympics.

Answer: False

He took off his shoes and left them on the mat, a sign of retiring after winning third place in the 2004 Olympics.

9. Fill in the missing high school weight classes in Michigan USA: 103, ___, 119, 125,130, ___, 140, 145, ___,160, ___, ___,215, and heavyweight.

Answer: 112,135,152,171,189

These are not the same in every high school across America.

10. How many times did the Iowa Hawkeyes win a national championship with Dan Gable as their coach?

Answer: 15

They won it 9 years straight from 1978-1986, then again in 1991, '92, '93, '95, '96, and '97.

Source: Author wrestlingjunky

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