Classic Weightlifting & Strongman Legends
Instructions: Flex your memory muscles and recall the mighty strongmen and weightlifting champions who inspired awe with their incredible feats of strength!
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Charles Atlas became famous through his comic book advertisements promising to help 'skinny guys' build muscles. What was his training method called?
ABodybuilding BasicsBPower PumpCMuscle ManiaDDynamic Tension - 2.
Which bodybuilder won the Mr. Olympia title seven times and became a major movie star in the 1980s?
ASergio OlivaBArnold SchwarzeneggerCLou FerrignoDFrank Zane - 3.
The 1977 documentary 'Pumping Iron' brought bodybuilding into mainstream culture and featured which two rivals?
AFrank Zane and Sergio OlivaBBill Pearl and Reg ParkCFranco Columbu and Ed CorneyDArnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno - 4.
Lou Ferrigno, who competed against Schwarzenegger, became famous for playing which TV superhero?
ACaptain AmericaBSpider-ManCSupermanDThe Incredible Hulk - 5.
Which legendary American weightlifter won Olympic gold in 1948 and was known for his incredible pressing strength?
APaul AndersonBTommy KonoCJohn DavisDNorbert Schemansky - 6.
Paul Anderson, known as the 'World's Strongest Man' in the 1950s, won Olympic gold in which weight class at the 1956 Games?
AMiddleweightBLight HeavyweightCSuper HeavyweightDHeavyweight - 7.
Tommy Kono was a versatile Olympic weightlifter who won medals in three different weight classes. How many Olympic gold medals did he win?
A4B1C2D3 - 8.
Jack LaLanne, the fitness pioneer, hosted a television exercise show that ran from 1951 to 1985. What was he often called?
AThe Fitness KingBMr. MusclesCAmerica's TrainerDThe Godfather of Fitness - 9.
Which Soviet weightlifter, known as 'The Strongest Man in History,' set numerous world records in the 1960s-70s?
AVasily AlekseyevBYuri VlasovCDavid RigertDLeonid Zhabotinsky - 10.
The Mr. Olympia competition, the most prestigious bodybuilding contest, was first held in what year?
A1955B1965C1970D1960 - 11.
Steve Reeves, a champion bodybuilder of the 1940s-50s, became a movie star playing which mythological hero?
AZeusBHerculesCAtlasDSamson - 12.
Reg Park, who inspired a young Arnold Schwarzenegger, won the Mr. Universe title how many times?
A2B4C3D5 - 13.
The York Barbell Company, founded by Bob Hoffman, was the center of American weightlifting for decades. In which state was it located?
AOhioBPennsylvaniaCNew YorkDCalifornia - 14.
Which Cuban-born bodybuilder, known as 'The Myth,' won three consecutive Mr. Olympia titles from 1967 to 1969?
AFranco ColumbuBFrank ZaneCLarry ScottDSergio Oliva - 15.
Joe Weider, along with his brother Ben, founded which bodybuilding organization that became the sport's governing body?
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