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Re: 24-Hour Quiz
Edwin Moses
Edwin Moses
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Re: 24-Hour Quiz
The OJ reference belongs in the prison thread - oh no, wait, he didn't go to prison for killing his wife!Comment
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Re: 24-Hour Quiz
The sum of the guesses by responders to the Board was as follows:
Carl Lewis - 4
Jesse Owens - 2
Michael Johnson - 2
Flo-Jo - 1
Ben Johnson - 1
Marion Jones - 1
Bob Beamon - 1
Pre - 1
Bruce Jenner - 1
OJ - 1
Edwin Moses - 1
And the right answer was none of the above.
It was Jackie Joyner-Kersee!
The guy who wrote the story described this as the "most surprising result" of the survey. And the President of the company that conducted the survey said "That's one I really can't figure out."
To be perfectly honest, I would have guessed wrong on this quiz myself. But I was delighted by the fact that there was such a high level of public awareness of someone in our sport.Comment
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she totally deserves to be #1 person in t&f.Comment
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Do you think the poll results are ... honest? I've worked in TV, and you would not believe how often the results from polls are altered for a particular result.Comment
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Totally agree!
Personally, before finding out who 'the' T&F athlete was in the poll results, I would have said Carl Lewis or Marion Jones. (Michael Johnson is always saying how much more famous he is in Europe, compared to US). Although I would have liked JJK to be "most favourite", I wouldn't have guessed that she'd be more favoured than Marion (in things like this, I wouldn't see Carl Lewis is the most likable T&F american athlete).
Great for Jackie - highest ranked woman and highest ranked T&F athlete. And, above all, AMAZING athlete!Comment
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