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22 October 2026 · One hospital for two stars, a baseball bat instead of a ball and eight more stories you won't find on the front page of the record books.

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Quiz questions

  1. In the 2004 Finals the Detroit Pistons beat Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant's Lakers 4-1. Detroit had no single superstar, but someone still had to be Finals MVP. Who was it?

    • Chauncey Billups
    • Ben Wallace
    • Rasheed Wallace
    • Richard Hamilton

  2. This Bosnian forward spent six years in Vitoria and later became one of the Brooklyn Nets' best three-point shooters. Whose path is this?

    • Nikola Mirotić
    • Ersan İlyasova
    • Mirza Teletović
    • Andrés Nocioni

  3. The 2023 World Cup was co-hosted by three Asian countries. The next one, in 2027, will be held in a single country that has never hosted a World Cup before. Which one?

    • Saudi Arabia
    • Qatar
    • China
    • Turkey

  4. All four are among the best point guards of their generation. Three of them were named NBA MVP at least once. Which one never was?

    • Steve Nash
    • Derrick Rose
    • Russell Westbrook
    • Chris Paul

  5. Tal Brody, Mickey Berkowitz and Doron Jamchy are legends of this club, which plays in yellow. Which club is it?

    • Maccabi Tel Aviv
    • Hapoel Tel Aviv
    • Hapoel Jerusalem
    • Maccabi Haifa

  6. This player was born in Akron, in the same hospital as LeBron James, almost four years later. His father was playing in the NBA at the time. Who is he?

    • Kyrie Irving
    • Klay Thompson
    • Stephen Curry
    • Draymond Green

  7. In the autumn of 1979 the Indiana Pacers signed former UCLA star Ann Meyers and invited her to training camp. Why did that make history?

    • She became the first female NBA referee
    • She became the first woman to sign a contract with an NBA team
    • She became the first woman to play in an NBA game
    • She became the first female NBA head coach

  8. In the autumn of 1993 Michael Jordan retired for the first time and soon tried his hand at baseball. Which minor-league team did he play for in 1994?

    • Birmingham Barons
    • Memphis Chicks
    • Nashville Sounds
    • Iowa Cubs

  9. Three of these clubs played in at least one European Cup or EuroLeague final. Which one never did?

    • Žalgiris Kaunas
    • Monaco
    • Fenerbahçe
    • Unicaja Málaga

  10. He won the EuroLeague in 2013, his first season in Piraeus. In 2016 he took Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar to the Final Four, and in 2023 he lost the final with Olympiacos by a single point. Who is he?

    • Dušan Ivković
    • Dimitris Itoudis
    • Georgios Bartzokas
    • Ergin Ataman

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