As Seen On Jeopardy! : Athletes (2024)

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Can you answer these clues about athletes that appeared on Jeopardy!?

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This baseball great & the number 755 were featured on the Wheaties box in 2002Wheaties Athletes
Often paired with Kerri Walsh Jennings on the beach, she appeared Kerriless on the Wheaties box in 2012Wheaties Athletes
Joan Benoit Samuelson, an Olympic champion of this race, was honored on a box in 1996Wheaties Athletes
This Floridian tennis superstar appeared on a box in 1987, the year she won the first & only Wheaties Champions AwardWheaties Athletes
A 2-time Olympic gold medalist in the heptathlon, she was named for Jacqueline KennedyAthletes Named For
Middle name used by first baseman Willie Aikens; he was born just after another Willie's heroics in the 1954 World SeriesAthletes Named For
Last name of Luke, a player or coach with 3 California NBA teams; he was named for his father's teammate Maurice LucasAthletes Named For
Born in 1958, baseball legend Rickey Henderson was named after this teen idol pop singer of the dayAthletes Named For
In 1887 Margaret & William Alexander named their son, a future hall of fame pitcher, for this presidentAthletes Named For
He led the NBA in scoring 7 straight times, won 5 MVPs (& hit .202 for a minor league team in 1994, but let's not dwell on that)Multi-Sport Athletes
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She was an All-American hoopster, Olympic champ & in 1946, won 13 straight golf titlesMulti-Sport Athletes
A few career highlights: he won the Heisman at Auburn, ran for 221 yards in one game for the Raiders, & was an A.L. all-starMulti-Sport Athletes
"Prime Time", prime time--in 1992, this man here hit .304, with 14 triples for the Braves & picked off three passes for the FalconsMulti-Sport Athletes
Mia Hamm scored 158 international goals in this sport & her charitable foundation is still scoringAltruistic Athletes
This No. 24 driver is taking the fight to childhood cancer not only in the U.S. but in RwandaAltruistic Athletes
Muhammad Ali opened a youth center that teaches confidence & respect in this hometown of hisAltruistic Athletes
The Game Changers Exhibit honors such athletes as this track & field star whose four gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin upset Hitler's dreams to demonstrate Aryan superiorityAfrican-American Athletes
Dominating women's tennis, Althea Gibson broke the color barrier & became the first African-American to win the French & U.S. Open Singles as well as, in 1957 & 1958, this oldest Grand Slam eventAfrican-American Athletes
Say hey! This was used in the 1965 All Star Game by this Giant center fielder; in a 2016 85th birthday message, President Obama called him the greatest living ballplayerAfrican-American Athletes
"Gronk" is all fans need to identify this man who set the Patriots' career touchdown record at age 27Elite Athletes
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