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Thanksgiving Day Race history quiz

We now kick off our series looking ahead to the 101st Thanksgiving Day Race. If you recall, last year to celebrate the 100th year, we marked the 100th running with 100 Footprints, a 100-day countdown featuring great moments and great memories in the race’s history.  This year, the race’s theme is Plus One, as in 100-plus-one, and we’ll be featuring different ways people are adding “plus one” to their health and fitness goals. And we’ll be taking “Plus One” look at the race’s rich history with Thanksgiving Day Race history quizzes. Here’s the first. Feel free to go back and look up answers from last year’s 100 Footprints countdown  here. Or just tune in tomorrow for the answers. Your prize? Being a know-it-all, of course! So, without further ado:

1. In its 100 year history, the Thanksgiving Day Race’s length has been relatively consistent — mostly in the 5-7 mile range. When did it first become its current length, 10K (6.2 miles)?

A 1976

B. 1978

C. 1981

D. 1985

2. Which Thanksgiving Day Race champion would go on to win an Olympic gold medal?

A. C. Russell Payne won the Thanksgiving Day Race three times, 1922-24

B. The Flying Parson, Gilbert Dodds, who won the race in 1941, ’43, ’44′. ’46 and ’47

C. Bob Schul, who won in 1957

D. Jack Bacheler, who won in 1963

3. For much of its history, the race course was point-to-point, from Northern Kentucky to downtown Cincinnati. When did it switch to its current format, starting and ending at Paul Brown Stadium?

A. 2000

B. 2001

C. 2003

D. 2006

4. What was the race’s longtime host and sponsor from the 1940s to the 1960s?

A. Skyline Chili

B. The Cincinnati Elks Lodge

C. The Cincinnati Enquirer

D. University of Cincinnati

5. What was the first year in which there was an official women’s winner?

A. 1967

B. 1970

C.. 1975

D. 1980

Again, we’ll be posting the answers tomorrow — but feel free to e-mail my your guesses at

To register for the 101st Thanksgiving Day Race, click, here


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