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Fortnight 4 – Day 3 Questions
Question #1
A 5-by-5 in basketball is a term for accumulating at least five of all five major statistical categories (points, assists, rebounds, blocks, steals) in a single game. The feat is so rare that in NBA history, only two players have done it more than once in their entire careers. Name one of those two players.
Question #2
No woman has won a calendar slam in the four- or five-major era of LPGA golf, but Sandra Haynie won the only two majors contested in 1974, and in 1950 another woman went 3-for-3, taking the Women’s Western Open, the U.S. Women’s Open, and the Titleholders Championship. Name this woman, who was voted one of the ten best athletes of the 20th Century by ESPN and the Associated Press.
Question #3
“He is the player's first opponent in all of his roles and is famous for his weakness and cowardice, considered by critics to be stereotypes of the French people.” This bit of text from Wikipedia refers to what character from the 1984 arcade game Punch-Out!!? (The character also appears in many subsequent editions.)
Question #4
What word can describe both a goaltending technique in ice hockey and a kind of swimming stroke (or, at a metaphorical stretch, a method of floating)?
Question #5
The chemical compound nitromethane was banned in 1957 and subsequently un-banned in 1963 by the governing body of an organization that oversees what sport? (Your answer must be specific.)