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Fortnight 7 – Day 5 Questions

Question #1

Released in 1989, the first NES version of Tecmo Bowl included 12 teams (which were identified only by city due to licensing issues). Most teams had two running plays and two passing plays in their offensive playbook, with the exception of two teams that offered three passing plays and only one running play. Name either one of the teams with three passing plays.

San Francisco, Miami

Football

Question #2

What last name is shared by the Russian gold medalist in the 50m and 100m men’s freestyle at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics, and the 2020 AIG Women’s Open Championship winner (who holds dual U.S. and German citizenship, but whose paternal grandparents come from Bulgaria)?

Popov

Country Club

Question #3

The “Intercontinental Derby” is actually contested between two soccer clubs based in the same city, but on opposite sides (European and Asian) of the Bosphorous Strait. Together, the two clubs are the most successful in their country's history. Name either one.

Fenerbahce SK, Galatasaray SK

Soccer

Question #4

Name the athlete whose middle name, “Bean,” is derived from his father’s nickname, “Jellybean.”

Kobe Bryant

Basketball

Question #5

What piece of sporting equipment is known formally by a compound word whose first part stems from its back-and-forth motion, reminiscent of a component of old looms, and whose second part derives from the similarity of one part—in its original non-synthetic form, which is far less common recreationally but still used in major competitions—to the epidermal growths of a certain animal?

Shuttlecock

Obscure