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Fortnight 3 – Day 4 Questions
Question #1
The colloquial term for a batted ball that “bloops” or “flares,” landing between the infielders and outfielders for a base hit (a single, typically), references what American state?
Question #2
Name the card game—derived from the melding and trick-taking game bezique—in which the special 48-card deck includes two cards of each suit, but only for the 9, 10, jack, queen, king, and ace. The origin of the game’s name isn’t clear, but one theory is that it derives from a French word meaning “binoculars,” or, similarly, two Latin words meaning “double” and “eye.”
Question #3
Name the only mountain higher than 8,000 meters that has never been summited in winter. This mountain is also noteworthy for the fact that during the Great Trigonometrical Survey of British India, it was found that the remote peak had no local name.
Question #4
Name the runner who set new American records in multiple long-distance races in the mid-70s, the last of which (5,000 meters) only fell in 2012. While training for the 1976 Olympics, this runner died in a car crash in Eugene, OR.
Question #5
The Australian men’s national soccer team is nicknamed the “Socceroos.” The women’s national team has a different nickname, taken from the second word of the title of a “bush ballad” written by Banjo Peterson in 1895. The song’s title refers to the act of traveling on foot while carrying a portable sleeping unit known as a “swag,” and not to a ballroom dance. What is that team nickname? (NOTE: Your answer should be the team nickname, not the song.)