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Fortnight 8 – Day 6 Questions
Question #1
A certain Dutch word came into English in the late 15th century through William Caxton’s translation of a literary cycle of fables called Reynard the Fox. In Dutch, the word signifies a color, and in the fables it was used as the name of the bear. What’s the word?
Question #2
There are six players who own the one and only Masters title for their home nation. With apologies to the greater U.K., Sandy Lyle (Scotland) and Ian Woosnam (Wales) are two of them; name three of the other four players. Incidentally, these four one-time titles were all won between 2000 and 2013. (Again, your answer should consist of three players' names, not their countries.)
Question #3
Frank Jobe, a Greensboro, NC native who spent the bulk of his life in California, was a pioneering orthopedic surgeon who rubbed elbows with some of the biggest athletes of the day. Which athlete is he most commonly associated with today?
Question #5
Give the name of the only Canadian (and one of only five men ever) to have won both the Indianapolis 500 and a Formula One world championship. He would have become only the second man to complete the Triple Crown of Motorsports (or one definition of it, anyway) if he had won the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but the history of Le Mans itself dates back to pre-Roman times, and perhaps he was preternaturally unsuited to an ancient city.
