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Fortnight 12 – Day 4 Questions
Question #1
Starting with the 2009-10 NHL season, two players have led the NHL in assists for a single season more than once. One player managed it three times, from 2009-10 through 2011-12, and another won in 2016-17 and again in 2020-21. One player is retired after spending 17 seaons with the same NHL team, and one is active, having played six seasons to date with the same NHL team. Name either player.
Question #2
China’s Yang Qian defeated Russia’s Anastasia Galashina for the first gold medal of the Tokyo 2021 Olympics while holding what two-word piece of equipment? (Note: Your answer must include both words.)
Question #3
Only one player born outside the United States has won a WNBA MVP award, and this Australian has done it three times, tying her with Lisa Leslie and Sheryl Swoopes for the most all-time. Name her.
Question #4
Give the common two-word nickname for the 134-foot by 68-foot “Word of Life” mural, painted on the facade of a library in Indiana.
Question #5
The long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus) is a North American shorebird that populated the western shore of San Francisco Bay before local flocks declined and then eventually disappeared by the early 20th century. The bird has two other prominent names, both of which compare it to a manmade object. The first object is a sickle (as in "sicklebird"); what is the second object?