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Fortnight 13 – Day 6 Questions
Question #1
Below is a chronological list of the NFL teams that have held the record for most Super Bowl losses since Super Bowl I in 1967. Identify the missing team, and note that the years listed coincide with the year the Super Bowl was played, i.e. the Kansas City Chiefs lost Super Bowl I in January 1967, even though the bulk of the season took place in 1966:
1967: Chiefs
1968-1973: Multiple teams tied at one
1974-1989: Vikings
1990-2013: Multiple teams tied at four
2014-2017: _______
2018-present: Multiple teams tied at five
Question #2
This image from 1972, depicting the moments after what is sometimes called “the goal of the century,” came in the final game of what alliterative “series," which has also been called the “Super Series”?
Question #3
When journalist Dave Meltzer predicted that a Ring of Honor wrestling event couldn’t sell 10,000 tickets, Cody Rhodes and The Young Bucks teamed up to stage an independent event called “All In” that eclipsed the mark. Their success led to the formation of what organization in 2018, which is now the second-largest wrestling promotion in the world, behind WWE? (Name or acronym are both acceptable.)
Question #4
Name the golfer who won three consecutive U.S. amateur championships, won at least two professional majors each in the ‘80, ‘90s, and 2000s, and captained the U.S. team in the 2015, 2017, and 2019 Solheim Cups.
Question #5
Among the substances that can be found on a typical MLB pitcher’s mound are whitened hard rubber, various kinds of soil (usually a clay and sand mix), ground limestone chalk (rarely), a small canvas bag, and what substance that goes inside the bag (and for which it’s named)?