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Fortnight 2 – Day 3 Questions

Question #1

“Everyone in the world hates ______, including myself.” Fill in the blank to complete the 2012 quote from Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen, which came just days after he said he “loved” the same person—a comment which resulted in the team suspending him for five games.

Fidel Castro

Baseball

Question #2

The eighth-ranked national team in test cricket is actually a multi-national squad that represents 15 Caribbean territories, including sovereign countries like Jamaica and dependencies like the U.S. and British Virgin Islands. What is this team called?

West Indies

Obscure

Question #3

The owner of “Yuki’s Diffusion,” a Seattle beauty salon founded in the late ‘70s and still operating today, is the father of the most decorated winter Olympian in American history. What is Yuki’s last name?

Ohno

Olympics

Question #4

Name the martial art (with roots in the Angolan ritual combat performance Engolo, among other African traditions) which is believed to have been developed by the slaves of Portugese colonists in the 16th century. It was outlawed in the late 19th century, and persists today with elements of music, dance, and acrobatics.

Capoeira

Racing & Combat

Question #5

The pharmaceutical company that developed the drug Aspirin, owns the drug’s trademark in more than 80 countries, and remains its largest manufacturer, has its headquarters in what European city?

Leverkusen

Soccer