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Fortnight 12 – Day 6 Questions
Question #1
There have been several players who led NCAA Division 1 men’s basketball in scoring in back-to-back seasons, but only two have ever done so for three seasons in a row. One played for Cincinnati, and the other for LSU. Give the most prominent **nickname** of either one.
(Note: Again, your answer should be one player's nickname, not his real name. You will not get credit for a real name. You have been duly warned.)
Question #2
What is the more common name for the specialist position that is also known as a “headhunter,” “kamikaze,” “flyer,” or “shooter,” and is typically counteracted by a “jammer.”
Question #3
Give the name of the card game “invented” in Victorian England (though probably derived from the French game “Vieux Garcon”) whose near-equivalents include “Black Peter,” “Scabby Queen,” “Jackass” (Trinidad), and “kartu setan” (“devil card” in Indonesian). Uniquely, the game is set up to find a loser rather than a winner, with the losing player left holding an unmatched card at game’s end. To set up this scenario, one card must be removed from a 52-card deck before play begins, and oftentimes that card is the queen of hearts.
Question #4
Complete the list of categories used to measure climbs in cycling, ranging from easiest to most difficult, with either the proper two-word French term or the two-letter French acronym: catégorie 4, catégorie 3, catégorie 2, catégorie 1, ___________.
Question #5
Based on current world record times at the 50m, 100m, and 200m distances in men's or women's swimming, list the four strokes used at the 2021 Olympics in order from fastest to slowest.