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ANSWER KEY 1. c 2. b – He never wrestled until attending CCNY. 3. c – His book entitled Isometrics went through multiple printings. 4. c – His bout with Habibi is a legend. 5. c – Kinyon and Blubaugh had multiple scoreless ties before Blubaugh finally scored a takedown. 6. a – True, Fletcher even won the 1952 trials, but Evans beat him in the training camp. 7. a – True, Smith pinned Hodge with his legendary whizzer, but was ruled ineligible because he had coached a high school team. 8. a – True, Gable allowed no points at the Munich Olympics. 9. a – McCann lost a match to a Finnish wrestler. 10. d – Seger lost to both and won a bronze medal at each Olympics. He was perhaps the toughest postal worker in the history of Germany. 11. d – At the 1924 Olympics, countries were allowed two wrestlers per weight and Newton finished second to Reed. 12. b 13. c – At the age of six VanBebber was run over by a wagon and his chest was crushed. 14. a – Mehringer was a Hollywood extra and stunt man and played one of the Gipper's Notre Dame teammates. 15. b – False, Bill Rosado won a bronze at the 1981 world championships. Weaver also won silver in 1979. 16. b – False, legendary Pennsylvania heavyweight Mike Dorizas won a silver medal in the javelin for Greece at the 1908 Olympics. 17. a – True, Lewis had one less black mark than Andersson by pinning all of the rest of is opponents. 18. a – True, Noel Loban of Great Britain and Clemson won a bronze at 90-kilos and Joe Atiyeh of Syria and LSU won a silver at 100-kilos. 19. b – False, Dennis Koslowski won a bronze medal in 1988 and a silver medal in 1992 in the 100-kilo weight class. 20. b – Blatnick won five, three in Division II (first twice and second once) and two in Division I (third and sixth). 21. c – 1972 Gold Medalist Wayne Wells was born in Texas. 22. a – Kendall Cross never even made a world team. 23. c – Tom Brands won a world championship in 1993, but failed to medal in 1995. 24. b – False, John Peterson never medaled at an NCAA tournament. 25. d – John Smith in 1988, Glen Brand did in 1948 and Schultz and Pearce did it the year before they won the Olympics. By: Jairus K. Hammond 30 | NATIONAL WRESTLING HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM THE GOLD STANDARD