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Fortnight 3 – Day 8 Questions

Question #1

The author of the controversial classic 'Ball Four,' an umpire whose incorrect call broke up a perfect game with two outs in the ninth inning in 2010, and a major league pitcher who later became a U.S. senator from Kentucky all share(d) what name?

Jim

Baseball

Question #2

If Diana Taurasi plays on her fifth Olympic basketball team in 2020, as appears likely, she’ll have a chance to become America’s all-time leading Olympic scorer in women’s basketball. Name the player she’ll overtake, who represented the U.S. from 1996 to 2008 and also holds the team Olympic record for rebounds and blocks.

Lisa Leslie

Basketball

Question #3

Alexy Pjitnov, an employee of the Dorodnitsyn Computing Centre of the Academy of Science of the Soviet Union, invented what game in 1984? He chose the name by combining a Greek numerical prefix with the name of his favorite sport.

Tetris

Games

Question #4

“Out of this confusion, however, rises the peregrine.” These words, published in 1869, come from a book called '______: Its Claims, History, and Practice' by Gage Earle Freeman and Francis Henry Salvin. Fill in the blank with the missing word.

Falconry

Obscure

Question #5

“Minimum interference - maximum benefit” is the stated philosophy behind what system, first codified by the IFAB in 2018 and first used that summer in Russia? Whether this ideal has been met is, at the time of writing, a matter of some contention. (Note: Any of the common names for this system are acceptable.)

VAR

Soccer