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Fortnight 10 – Day 3 Questions

Question #1

Among the players known as the “Great Eight,” a group that won two championships together in the mid-’70s, were players with the last names Concepcion, Perez, and Morgan. What was the more common nickname of their dynasty?

The Big Red Machine

Baseball

Question #2

Of the 11 universities with a basketball program currently in the Big East conference, only two are not affiliated with Catholicism. One is a public university, and one was chartered as North Western Christian University by abolitionist Disciples of Christ members who wanted a university away from the "pernicious influences of slavery," but has no current religious affiliation. Name both.

Connecticut, Butler

Basketball

Question #3

In a Gamedaily.com article titled “Characters we wish we could kill but can’t,” the authors wrote that “almost everyone we talked to, including dog lovers, wanted to kill the annoying canine from” what game?

Duck Hunt

Games

Question #4

In 2021, the following cities share a specific sports commonality: ‘S-Hertogensbosch, Netherlands, Stuttgart, Germany, Halle, Germany, Berlin, Germany, Bad Homburg, Germany, Birmingham, U.K., Nottingham, U.K., Eastbourne, U.K., Santa Ponsa, Spain, Newport, RI (USA). Name the city that has most prominently been left off this list.

London (Wimbledon also accepted)

Country Club

Question #5

Fill in the blank with the only missing player in this chronological list running from 1969 to the present: Ron Yary, ________, Jake Long, Eric Fisher.

Orlando Pace

Football