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Fortnight 8 – Day 8 Questions

Question #1

The highest-scoring player in NBA history to be born with the first name “Lloyd” (75th on the overall list) ended his professional career with what other first name?

World (B. Free)

Basketball

Question #2

The term “solitaire” technically refers to any tabletop game, using cards or otherwise, that can be played alone. However, thanks in part to the Windows operating system, in the U.S. and Canada the word “solitaire” usually refers to a specific card game. Beyond “solitaire,” what’s the most common name for this specific game in these countries? The name likely derives from a late-19th-century gold rush.

Klondike

Games

Question #3

Since the first women’s World Cup in 1991, the United States has been defeated by five different nations across the years (if you count eliminations by penalty kicks). Name the only two that are not in Europe.

Brazil, Japan

Soccer

Question #4

Of the eight regions currently represented in the American side of the bracket at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, PA, name the one that is not listed here: New England, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest, West. (AST researchers were unable to determine whether this region uses the term “homes plate.” Probably not, though.)

Great Lakes

Baseball

Question #5

What was the eschatological group nickname given to Harry Stuhldreher, Don Miller, Jim Crowley, and Elmer Layden?

The Four Horsemen

Football