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Thursday Trivia Game (2007): ScriptOhio won

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Jim Thorpe won the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockhom, Sweden. After King Gustav V presented the gold medals and told Thorpe he was "the greatest athlete in the world", Thorpe famously replied "Thanks, King."

Which man, who would later become a famous general, finished fifth in the pentatlon at those Olympics?
 
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OSUBuckeye4Life;854217; said:
Patton
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Correct. Patton received a low score in the shooting event, which dropped him to 5th overall. From my recollection of a visit to the Patton museum at Fort Knox, Ky, he maintained that he received that low score because one of his shots went directly through a previously scored hole from one of his earlier shots. If that shot had been scored, he would have received a medal. But it wouldn't have been a Gold Medal, as some web sites suggest. Thorpe won 4 of the 5 events.

edit - as BKB pointed out, these were actually 2 different 'pentathlon' events.

Last question coming right up.
 
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After the Olympics, Thorpe returned to Carlisle to play football. Which other future general, who would be injured in his next game, competed against Thorpe on the football field in 1912?
 
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