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Fortnight 11 – Day 8 Questions

Question #1

This screenshot, taken from Inside the NBA on Monday, May 24, features one player presenting an award to another. In fact, these two teammates finished first and second in voting for this award. Name the award AND either one of the two players.

 

(Note: Again, your answer should consist of an award AND a player name.)

 

Sixth Man of the Year, Jordan Clarkson or Joe Ingles

Basketball

Question #2

Of the 28 colleges with alumni that have collectively scored at least 30 total points in Super Bowl history, two of the colleges are currently FCS schools, and in both cases, just one person accounts for all 30+ Super Bowl points. One of the schools was Division II at the time the key player attended, and one was Division I-AA, essentially the same classification as the current FCS. Name either *school*.

(Note: By this definition of scoring, touchdown passes don’t count—don't pick a quarterback.)

(Note 2: Your answer should be a school, not a player.)

Mississippi Valley State, South Dakota State

Football

Question #3

Fill in the blank with the word that complete this Wikipedia excerpt: “Disputes are settled by using a straightedge to touch the two points at the ends of the horseshoe, called "heel calks". If the straightedge does not touch the stake at any point, the throw is classified as a ______.” 

Ringer

Games

Question #4

Give the most common six-letter name of the soccer-like, five-on-five sport pictured here. It is occasionally translated as "indoor soccer" in the U.S. but there a few distinctions, such as this sport's "low-bounce" ball, and the lack of walls surrounding the court.

 

Futsal

Obscure

Question #5

In 2017, Brittany Force became the second woman to win an NHRA Top Fuel championship. The first, known as the “first lady of drag racing,” won three times—in 1977, 1980, and 1982—and was the first woman ever to receive a Top Fuel dragster license from the NHRA. Who was she?

Shirley Muldowney

Racing & Combat