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The Great Retro Olympics!: Decathlon photo

Forget the tension of the “real” Olympics; we have our own dramatic competition going on right here with the Great Retro Olympics! During last week’s Opening ceremony quiz, heavy favorite welkstar emerged with only a silver medal, while HarassmentPanda seemingly came out of nowhere to earn a gold. Who knows what could happen in today’s challenge?! Audiences around the world can’t wait to find out!

Today’s event is the Decathlon. And just like the physical version -- with its exhausting dashes, hurdles, and long jumps -- this quiz deals with running and jumping in retro videogames. Do you know your double jumps from your wall jumps?

Just leave your answers in the comments and check my community blog tomorrow (8/13) for the results. And make sure to check back over the next two weeks for the remaining events. The epic competition is just getting started!

  • August 14: Gymnastics – Questions about special moves
  • August 19: 200 meter freestyle – Questions about water stages
  • August 21: Fencing – Questions about weapons
  • August 24: Closing ceremony – Questions about videogame endings

Lace up those mental running shoes and ... good luck!

The Great Retro Olympics!
Category: Decathlon
Number of questions: 20
Difficulty: Normal

1. What item does Scrooge McDuck use as a pogo stick to jump higher in DuckTales?

2. Jerry wants to win the High Jump event in the Olympics. What item from The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening could help him accomplish that lofty goal?

3. What famous term did Sega coin to explain why Sonic the Hedgehog could run so fast?
a. Hyper Mode
b. Mode 7
c. Blast Processing
d. Super FX

Match the challenging jump with the NES game it is from?

4. A Boy and His Blob
5. Faxanadu
6. Rygar
7. Wizards and Warriors

8. There was a disaster at the zoo! Thinking he was still in his Atari videogame, Pitfall Harry tried to jump on the head of one of the animals and was eaten alive! What kind of animal was it?

9. True of False: You can jump in Burgertime.
a. True
b. False

10. Place Mario in the correct position so that when he jumps straight up he will discover a hidden beanstalk.

11. If Jumping Flash was a real animal (not a robot), what would its favorite food be?

12. Name the character! “I am fast like Sonic, but horribly annoying. Instead of golden rings, I collect balls of yarn. Oh, did I also mention I was horribly annoying?”
a. Whiskers
b. Izzy
c. Bubsy
d. Aero

13. From where he is standing, which of the green blocks can Mike Jones not successfully jump to?

What kind of jump can you perform in the following games?

14. Crash Bandicoot (PlayStation)
15. Earthworm Jim (Genesis)
16. The Lost Vikings (Super NES)
17. Ninja Gaiden (NES)

18. RUN! How much time does Samus have to escape the Ceres Space Colony at the beginning of Super Metroid?
a. 30 seconds
b. 1 minute
c. 3 minutes
d. 5 minutes

19. What button -- when held in conjunction with the jump button -- makes Mario perform a high back flip jump in Super Mario 64?

20. The boots that allow Link to run faster in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past are named after what mythical creature?

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27 comments | showing # 1 to 27

SWE3tMadness's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 15:01
SWE3tMadness
Wait, for 19, is the d. arrow pointing at the analog stick or the Z-button on the back of the controller?
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 15:01
Samit Sarkar
That anchor leg by Jason Lezak absolutely blew my mind.
bbrigg1's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 15:07
bbrigg1
@SWE
Z
SWE3tMadness's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 15:16
SWE3tMadness
Thanks! (Not like it's going to help my score any. This is a tough event for me. :/ )

1.B
2.A
3.C
4.D
5.B
6.C
7.A
8.D
9.B
10.C
11.B
12.D
13.c
14.B
15.B
16.D
17.C
18.A
19.D
20.B
galagabug 's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 15:19
galagabug
mike jones! (who?)
Harukai's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 15:20
Harukai
1)b
2)a
3)c
4)d
5)b
6)a
7)c
8)d
9)b
10)c
11)d
12)c
13)c
14)b
15)a
16)d
17)c
18)a
19)d
20)d
DanlHaas's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 15:24
DanlHaas
1.b
2.a
3.c
4.c
5.b
6.a
7.d
8.d
9.b
10.d
11.d
12.c
13.c
14.b
15.c
16.d
17.a
18.b
19.d
20.d
J03yyz's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 15:27
J03yyz
1.b
2.d
3.c
4.b
5.a
6.c
7.d
8.d
9.b
10.d
11.b
12.c
13.c
14.c
15.b
16.d
17.a
18.c
19.d
20.b
pendelton21's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 15:52
pendelton21
1. B
2. A
3. C
4. D
5. B
6. C
7. A
8. D
9. B
10. D
11. D
12. C (lol)
13. C
14. C
15. B
16.D
17. A
18. B
19. D
20. D
Chad Concelmo's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 15:53
Chad Concelmo
@SWE3tMadness,
What bbrigg1 said. :)
Fusiontr's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 17:41
Fusiontr
1.B
2.A
3.C
4.D
5.B
6.C
7.A
8.D
9.B
10.D
11.D
12.C
13.C
14.C
15.B
16.D
17.A
18.B
19.D
20.D
DarkAnubisPwnr's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 18:11
DarkAnubisPwnr
1.b
2.a
3.c
4.d
5.b
6.c
7.a
8.d
9.b
10.b
11.d
12.b
13.c
14.b
15.b
16.d
17.a
18.c
19.d
20.a
Kinji's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 18:31
Kinji
I totally failed this time... although if my guesses are good I'm gonna act like I knew them all.
1. b
2. a
3. c
4. b
5. a
6. c
7. d
8. d
9. b
10.d
11.b
12.c
13.c
14.c
15.b
16.a
17.a
18.c
19.d
20.d
GoS-CPT-Stewart's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 20:37
GoS-CPT-Stewart
1. B
2. A
3. C
4. D
5. A
6. C
7. B
8. D
9. B
10. D
11. D
12. C
13. C
14. B
15. B
16. D
17. A
18. B
19. D
20. D
Sontra's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 20:40
Sontra
Some I know I got wrong and embarassed. Others I know I got right and am proud. Yay for neutrality.

1) B
2) D
3) A
4) C
5) B
6) A
7) D
8) D
9) F
10) B
11) D
12) D
13) C
14) B
15) A
16) D
17) C
18) C
19) D
20) D
Clockwork-Zombie's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 21:24
Clockwork-Zombie
1. b
2. d
3. c
4. d
5. b
6. a
7. c
8. d
9. b
10. c
11. a
12. c
13. c
14. a
15. b
16. d
17. c
18. b
19. d
20. d
miquonranger03's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 21:58
miquonranger03
Gahhh! I am a child of the 90's! However, I can still answer most of the questions...
HarassmentPanda's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 22:02
HarassmentPanda
This one was definitely tricky. I think I nailed them all, but I had to get the Wizards and Warriors one by process of elimination. If I'm right about the jump questions.... you're just mean.

1. b.
2. a.
3. c.
4. b.
5. a.
6. c.
7. d.
8. d.
9. b.
10. d.
11. d.
12. c.
13. c.
14. a
15. a
16. a
17. a
18. b.
19. d.
20. d.
j00zt1n's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 22:07
j00zt1n
1) b
2) a
3) c
4) b
5) a
6) c
7) d
8) d
9) b
10) d
11) d
12) c
13) c
14) c
15) a
16) d
17) b
18) c
19) d
20) d

A couple tricky ones in there... I'm holding out for a silver.
NihonTiger90's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 23:11
NihonTiger90
1.) b
2.) a
3.) c
4.) b
5.) a
6.) c
7.) d
8.) d
9.) b
10.) d
11.) d
12.) c
13.) c
14.) a
15.) a
16.) a
17.) a
18.) b
19.) d
20.) d
welkstar's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 23:47
welkstar
I'm a favorite to win? You have no idea how ridiculously happy I am right now! That totally made my day. Anyway, this one was a little tougher than the first, but I think I did alright.

1. B
2. A
3. C
4. B
5. A
6. C
7. D
8. D
9. B
10. D
11. D
12. C
13. C
14. B
15. A
16. A
17. A
18. B
19. D
20. D
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/12/2008 23:59
Dexter345
1. b
2. a
3. c
4. d
5. c
6. a
7. b
8. d
9. b
10. d
11. d
12. c
13. c
14. a
15. a
16. d
17. a
18. c
19. d
20. d
Batthink's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/13/2008 00:01
Batthink
1.(b), 2.(a), 3.(c), 4.(d), 5.(c), 6.(b), 7.(a), 8.(a), 9.(b), 10.(c), 11.(d), 12.(c), 13.(c), 14.(c), 15.(a), 16.(d), 17.(b), 18.(b), 19.(c), 20.(d).
SalvaPot's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/13/2008 00:50
SalvaPot
1.-b
2.-a
3.-c
4.-d
5.-b
6.-c
7.-a
8.-d
9.-b
10.-b
11.-d
12.-c
13.-c
14.-b
15-.a
16.-d
17.-a
18.-c
19.-d
20.-d
randombullseye's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/13/2008 06:29
randombullseye
I want to play too. A couple of these were tricky.

1 B
2 A
3 C *laughs*
4 B
5 A
6 C
7 D
8 D
9 FALSE
10 B
11 D
12 C
13 C
14 B
15 A
16 A Only the red beard viking could jump. Trick question!
17 A
18 B
19 D
20 D
HarassmentPanda's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/13/2008 09:31
HarassmentPanda
@ randombullseye

His name is Erik the Swift! Show some respect.

@NihonTiger

Either you're a copycat or we just kicked ass!
Mentok the Mindtaker's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/13/2008 11:38
Mentok the Mindtaker
1 B
2 B
3 C
4 B
5 D
6 A
7 C
8 D
9 B
10 B
11 A
12 C
13 C
14 A
15 B
16 D
17 C
18 C
19 D
20 B
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