Uncategorized

A certain sport took South Florida by storm in the 1950s and 60s before falling on hard times around the world. In August 2022, Miami’s Magic City Casino, billed as the last place where it is still played professionally, secured a multi-year broadcast deal with ESPN3 to stream matches between such teams as the Wall Warriors and Rebote Renegades. Stephen Sondheim’s composition “Boca Raton” (from a musical formerly titled Bounce) recalls the bygone moment of this sport’s ascendancy as follows:

A world of seaside sports

And leafy malls

A world of __ __ courts

And concert halls

Name the missing sport. 

Jai Alai

Games

The term “solitaire” technically refers to any tabletop game, using cards or otherwise, that can be played alone. However, thanks in part to the Windows operating system, in the U.S. and Canada the word “solitaire” usually refers to a specific card game. Beyond “solitaire,” what’s the most common name for this specific game in these countries? The name likely derives from a late-19th-century gold rush.

Klondike

Racing & Combat

Give the six or seven words iconically shouted/cried by the man pictured here, after thanking a group of men for “all you’ve done to your bodies.” Your answer must be exact, but can be six or seven words because the very end can be rendered as one word or two.

It's still real to me, dammit