Famous Athletes and Inventors

Question 1

When Jesse Owens was young, he loved to run.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

Who asked George Washington Carver to teach at Tuskegee Institute?

Accepted Answer

Booker T Washington

Question 3

Jesse Owens won ________ Olympic gold medals.

Accepted Answer

four

Question 4

George Washington Carver encouraged local farmers to grow other crops such as vegetables, peanuts, and sweet potatoes.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

The first successful airplane was invented by the Wright brothers.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

George Washington Carver was known as the " ___________ doctor."

Accepted Answer

plant

Question 7

In 1999, ________ was named " America's Athlete of the Century."

Accepted Answer

Jim Thorpe

Question 8

George Washington Carver taught at Moody Institute.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

When he was young, George Washington Carver loved to go to the woods and study ____________?

Accepted Answer

plants

Question 10

George Washington Carver was the first African American to graduate from _________ State University.

Accepted Answer

Iowa

Question 11

Orville and Wilbur Wright opened their own ______ shop?

Accepted Answer

bike

Question 12

The first successful airplane was tested at _______________, North Carolina.

Accepted Answer

Kitty Hawk

Question 13

George Washington Carver found over 300 uses for the _________________?

Accepted Answer

peanut

Question 14

After their successful flights, the Wright brothers started their own _________ company.

Accepted Answer

airplane

Question 15

Jim Thorpe became the first president of the American Professional Football Association.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

George Washington Carver paid his way through college by doing other student's ___________?

Accepted Answer

laundry

Question 17

__________ Wright was the first person to successfully pilot an engine-powered plane.

Accepted Answer

Orville

Question 18

While attending college, ______ was known as the " Buckeye Bullet."

Accepted Answer

Jesse Owens

Question 19

The school record for the __________ was broken Jim Thorpe?

Accepted Answer

high jump

Question 20

Jim Thorpe played football against the future President __________?

Accepted Answer

Dwight Eisenhower

Question 21

George Washington Carver became Director of _____________at Tuskegee Institute.

Accepted Answer

Agriculture

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