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Question 1: At major championships, the women's equivalent of the decathlon is the seven-event ________; prior to 1980 it was the five-event pentathlon.
Steeplechase (athletics)High jumpLong jumpHeptathlon

Question 2: This began when King ________ told Jim Thorpe, "You, sir, are the World's Greatest Athlete" after Thorpe won the decathlon at the Stockholm Olympics in 1912.
Gustaf VI Adolf of SwedenGustaf V of SwedenCharles XV of SwedenOscar II of Sweden

Question 3: The world record holder is a Czech decathlete Robert Změlík, who achieved 7897 points at a meeting in Ostrava, ________ in 1992.
Czechoslovak Socialist RepublicCzech and Slovak Federal RepublicCzechoslovakiaCzechoslovak Republic (1918–1938)

Question 4: ________ Theodosius I officially put an end to the game in AD 393 by closing down all the sanctuaries including Olympia.
Byzantine EmpireRoman EmperorRoman EmpireWestern Roman Empire

Question 5: Seventeen-year-old ________ emerged as the then decathlon winner, banishing the myth that decathlon was a game for the old and the experienced.
Gerald FordDwight D. EisenhowerBob MathiasRafer Johnson

Question 6: The 1912 Olympic decathlon has become legend because of the presence of ________.
Pete HenryJim ThorpeGeorge HalasRed Grange

Question 7: In 1984, at the Los Angeles Olympic Games, Great Britain’s ________ missed the world record by one point on then-used 1962/77 tables.
Sebastian CoeSteve OvettLinford ChristieDaley Thompson

Question 8: [7] However, in 2001 the IAAF approved scoring tables for women's decathlon; the current world record holder is Austra Skujytė of ________.
SwitzerlandDenmarkPolandLithuania

Question 9: [1] The decathlon is contested mainly by male athletes, while female athletes contest the ________.
Long jumpSteeplechase (athletics)HeptathlonHigh jump

Question 10: The decathlon is an athletic event consisting of ten ________ events.
Cross country runningMarathonTrack and field athleticsHalf marathon
















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