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Fortnight 5 – Day 5 Questions

Question #1

Jeannette Lee rose to the rank of no. 1 women’s pool player in the world in the 1990s, won dozens of WPBA events, and took home a gold medal for the U.S. at the 2001 World Games. What was her arthropod-ic nickname?

The Black Widow

Games

Question #2

“By the late 1870s, however, ______ had been eclipsed by another fashionable game, lawn tennis, and many of the newly created ______ clubs, including the All England Club at Wimbledon, converted some or all of their lawns into tennis courts.”

What one word fills in both blanks from this Wikipedia excerpt?

Croquet

Country Club

Question #3

When Steve Fisher took over as interim head coach of the Michigan Wolverines prior to the 1989 NCAA tournament, he defied expectations by leading his team to a national championship. Michigan's opponent in the title game had a three-point lead with under a minute left in overtime when the Wolverines went on a closing spree to secure the title, and it would be too harsh to call the loss a choke. Who coached the losing team in that game?

P.J. Carlesimo

Basketball

Question #4

Name either one of the two soccer clubs who compete in the Athens rivalry known as “the derby of the eternal enemies.”

Olympiacos, Panathinaikos

Soccer

Question #5

On May 11, 2020, news broke that Sebastian Vettel would be leaving what F1 racing team after six years? Vettel won four consecutive titles with Red Bull between 2010 and 2013, but did not manage to add a fifth with this team.

Ferrari

Racing & Combat