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Fortnight 2 – Day 6 Questions

Question #1

Why was the March 4, 1990 West Coast Conference semifinal game between the Loyola-Marymount Lions and the Portland Pilots suspended indefinitely in the first half? (Note: your answer must contain a name.)

Collapse/death of Hank Gathers

Basketball

Question #2

Jack, Steve, and Jeff were brothers who were acquired by the Charlestown Chiefs for the team’s final year (1976) in the Federal League. As enforcers, the brothers took matters to violent extremes, often inspiring bloody brawls on the ice that delighted their fans, including a legendary donnybrook in the championship game against Ogie Ogilthrope and the Syracuse Bulldogs. What was the last name of these bespectacled, be-mulleted, and unfortunately fictional siblings?

Hanson

Hockey

Question #3

Name the punny two-word endurance/obstacle race series co-founded by Will Dean and Guy Livingstone, which was first held in 2010 and contains features like the “arctic enema,” “electroshock therapy,” “funky monkey,” and “Everest.” (The second word of the name was also uttered twice by Cosmo Kramer, just after advising a man behind him in line that “this baby loves the slop!”)

Tough Mudder

Obscure

Question #4

In the 2016 summer Olympics, only four events contained a unit of competition officially called a “set.” Tennis was one, volleyball was two, beach volleyball was three; what was the fourth? (Hint: It doesn’t involve a racket or paddle.)

Archery

Olympics

Question #5

On Oct. 31, 2019, which wrestler defeated Seth Rollins at the WWE Crown Jewel event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to corral the WWE Universal Championship?

The Fiend Bray Wyatt

Racing & Combat