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What are the five types of ergogenic aids? |
Nutritional, pharmacological, physiological, natural, and mechanical |
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Give three benefits of ergogenic aids |
- Increased athletic potential - Improve physical appearance - Cope with stress |
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What Canadiansprinter was strippedof his gold medal atthe 1988 SummerOlympics after apositive drug test? |
Ben Johnson |
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Name the 2 illegalways to increase youraerobic capacity byincreasing the numberof RBCs |
- Blood packing (increasing RBC concentration by placing RBCs in a centrifuge and restoring them after through transfusion) - Erythropoietin: hormone that initiates the synthesis of hemoglobin |
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What country ran agovernment-sponsored steroidprogram in the late70s and early 80s? |
East Germany |
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Name 2 legal waysthat have been shownto increase yournumber of RBCs. |
- Training in high altitude (the Sweet Spot) - Eating food rich in iron |
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The _______ ate human hearts to improve their performance in battle, while _______ warriors took hallucinogenic mushrooms. |
Aztecs; Norse |
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What year wasthe world's firstanabolic steroidmade? |
1935 |
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What year were anabolic steroids banned by the IOC? |
1975 |
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What doesWADAstand for? |
World Anti-Doping Agency |
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Who was the first athlete to die as a result of an overdose of trimethyl, heroin, and strychnine |
Arthur Linton |
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This kind of steroid is used therapeutically in medicine to induce bone growth, stimulate appetite, and induce male puberty |
anabolic-androgenic steroids(AAS) |
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Define the term castrato |
Man castrated beforepuberty, retainspre-pubescent voiceand growth plates donot close |
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The practice continued until the year ______, when this Pope decided to halt this wrongful practice |
1903; Pope Pius X |
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This drug was prominently used at the 1936Berlin Olympics |
Benzedrine |
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1968 Olympic Games was the first time an athlete wasdisqualified for failing a drug test. Who was this athlete? |
Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall |
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Who invented blood packing? |
Dr. Björn Ekblom |
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East Germany’s state-sponsored dopingsystem was called |
State Plan 14.25 |
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Who needed to undergo a sex change operation due to his (formerly her) overuse of steroids? |
Heidi/Andreas Krieger |
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What year did EPO emerge/become known? |
1987 |
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What is the name of the first WADA president? |
Dick Pound |
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Which of these substances/activities are not banned by WADA? a) EPO b) blood doping c) caffeine d) hGH |
c (caffeine could actually decrease performance) |
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During the 1961 season, this baseball athlete was busted for having a jar of androstenedione in his locker |
Mark McGwire |
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What year did the ancient Olympic Games begin? They were held every ___ years |
776 BC; 4 |
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Who was initially allowed to compete in the Olympic Games? |
Free Greek men |
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Name three of the original Olympic events |
Running (various distances), Boxing, Wrestling |
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What were the winners of the Olympic Games given? |
Olive branches and large sums of money |
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Who ended the Olympic Games in393 AD? |
Theodosius, the Christian Byzantine Emperor |
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What year were the Games held as a part of the Paris World Fair (that flopped horribly)? |
1900 |
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What Olympic Gamesdid the United Statesalong with more than60 countries boycottafter the invasion ofAfghanistan? |
1980 Olympics in Moscow |
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Which RomanEmperor promotedbloodsports bybuildingamphitheatres forthese fightsthroughout theEmpire? |
Julius Caesar |
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The end of both the Gladiators and the ancient Olympic Games can be traced back to which event? |
In AD 404, Christian Saint Telemachus was stoned to death as he tried to separate two combatants during a match. Then-emperor Emperor Honorius banned gladiatorial contests, and the creed of Christianity stopped these bloody combats |
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The largest Mayan court is called |
Great BallCourt at Chichen Itza |
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The largest Aztec court is found in |
Tenochtitlan, modern day Mexico |
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Physical education classes were first reportedin Italy in what year? |
1420 |
