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Fortnight 9 – Day 3 Questions

Question #1

In game two of the 2015 NBA Finals, Steph Curry broke the record for most missed three-pointers in a Finals game, shooting an abysmal 2-15 from deep. Name the player who held the record before him, on the strength of an 0-11 performance in a Finals game seven.

John Starks

Basketball

Question #2

A popular shedding-type card game—variants of which include Switch, Mau Mau, and Uno—allegedly derives its name from a U.S. military discharge category reserved for the mentally unfit. What’s the game?

Crazy Eights

Games

Question #3

What injury do former NHL players Clint Malarchuk and Richard Zednik most famously have in common?

Sliced carotid artery (any reference to the throat being slashed will be accepted)

Hockey

Question #4

At the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, there were five events in the freestyle skiing program. One was moguls; name two of the other four. (Keep in mind that freestyle skiing is distinct from alpine and cross-country skiing.)

Aerials, Halfpipe, Ski cross, Slopestyle

Olympics

Question #5

“Genius! Genius! Genius! There, there, there, there, there, there! Goaaaaaaaal! Goaaaaaaal! I want to cry, oh holy God, long live football! What a goal! REDACTED! REDACTED! It is to cry for, excuse me! REDACTED, in a memorable run, in the best play of all times! Cosmic kite, which planet did you come from, to leave so many REDACTED behind, for the REDACTED to be a clenched fist crying for REDACTED? … Thank you, God, for football, for REDACTED, for these tears, for this REDACTED.”


Name the two teams involved in the match that produced the above translated commentary from Uruguayan journalist Victor Hugo Morales. (As you may have noticed, certain proper nouns have been redacted.)

Argentina, England

Soccer