Quiz of the Worlds

Test your knowledge of the IAAF World Championships from the eyes of The Armory. Answers, and 10 more questions, coming Saturday.

1. What two graduates of Manhattan College are competing in Daegu? For extra credit, name their events and the countries they will represent. (Hint: Neither is American.)
2. What former U.S. Olympian is competing in the 2011 WC for Israel? (Hint: She used to coach at Columbia and graduated from Duke.) What is her event?
3. What two St. John's graduates are competing in Daegu, in what events and for what countries?
4. What 48-year-old American –- a graduate of Seymour Smith High in Pine Plains, N.Y. – is on the US team?
5. Name the two French pole vaulters who have competed in The Armory in recent years as members of the annual delegation from that country to the New Balance Collegiate Invitational. (Hint: One is the favorite to win the gold medal.)
6. More than 100 athletes representing 37 different countries at this year's World Championships have competed at the Armory in the past decade. How many of those countries can you name?
7. This year's Texas A&M team, which competed at The Armory in February and won the NCAA men's and women's team titles in June, will have athletes representing four different nations in Daegu. Name the athletes and their nationalities.
8. Name the three graduates of Essex County College in Newark, N.J., competing for Jamaica at the WC.
9. In addition to Manhattan and St. John's, name six graduates of other colleges in New York state expected to compete in Daegu.
10. Name the UCLA graduate who will be vaulting for Ireland in Daegu. (Hint: She competed at the Armory in 2010 for the Bruins.)