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Fortnight 13 – Day 5 Questions

Question #1

The Pac-12 defensive player of the year award in football was first given out in 1983, when it was shared by Ricky Hunley and future NFL head coach Ron Rivera (when the conference was known as the Pac-10). To date, only two recipients of the award are no longer living. One died in 2012 in Oceanside, CA, and another died in 2004 near a village called Sperah. Name both.

Junior Seau, Pat Tillman

Football

Question #2

Name the sprinter who in 2021 became the first woman in history, and the second person ever after compatriot Usain Bolt, to win the “sprint double” in two straight Olympics.

Elaine Thompson-Herah

Olympics

Question #3

According to one (likely apocryphal) explanation for the modern name of a certain game, U.S. casinos once offered a promotional ten-to-one bonus if a player’s winning hand consisted of two specific cards: the ace of spades, and one other. Name either of the two cards that could join the ace of spades to form the winning hand.

Jack of Spades, Jack of Clubs

Games

Question #4

Name the Christian bishop who lived from around 496 to 576 CE, was later canonized by the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Church, and now has a commune named after him in the western suburbs of Paris.

Germain of Paris

Soccer

Question #5

Identify both parties whose names have been redacted from the following conversation that took place five months ago, and was very recently released to the public:
 

(Redacted): So here’s what you’re going to do. This stays right here between me and you for about, hmm, 24 hours. You go tell that f---ing toad over there, Vince Tyra, ‘(redacted)’s my guy; I gotta take care of him. I want to pay him for a year.’ OK? Then none of this s--- f---ing happens. Got it?
(Redacted): (redacted)
(Redacted): Got it?
(Redacted): Yeah, I got it. Can we talk?
(Redacted): OK, man. That’s what we got. That’s all I got to say.
(Redacted): (redacted), (redacted), can we talk?
(Redacted): Are you f---ing s----ing me? After all the s--- I did for you? Are you f---ing s----ing me?
(Redacted): Can we talk? I don’t want to f--- your livelihood up, bro.
(Redacted): Take your mask off; I can’t hear you.
(Redacted): I’m sorry. I don’t want to f--- your livelihood up, (redacted)
(Redacted): You did, man. You are.

Chris Mack, Dino Gaudio

Basketball