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Fortnight 7 – Day 8 Questions

Question #1

In the 1981 film Escape to Victory, players from Ipswich Town were used as extras, and two of them stood in for Michael Caine and Sylvester Stallone during the sports scenes. Which actor, playing Corporal Luis Fernandez, did not require a stand-in?

Pele

Soccer

Question #2

What word, taken from a dialectical German (or perhaps Norwegian) word for “mound” or “hillock,” got a major bump in athletic prominence starting in 1992?

Mogul

Olympics

Question #3

In order to “shoot the moon” in a well-known card game, how many penalty cards must a player collect by the time all tricks in a single deal are taken?

14 (all hearts plus the queen of spades)

Games

Question #4

In a happy ending for one prominent defendant, the 4th District Court of Appeal in Florida ruled in August 2020 that legal privacy protection, at least in terms of video surveillance footage, extended to the inside of what Jupiter, FL institution? (Note: You're answering with the name of the institution, NOT the defendant.)

Orchids of Asia Day Spa

Football

Question #5

There are three players in NBA history who have won more than 1,000 regular season games. Tim Duncan is third on the list, with 1,001 wins. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar holds down the top spot with 1,074 wins, and has played the second-most games in league history. Name the player who reverses Abdul-Jabbar’s accomplishments: First in regular season games played, second in wins.

Robert Parish

Basketball