Sunday, May 15, 2016

15 May, 2016: Day 77

Question 1:
One of the greatest baseball players of all time was banned from the game for life after he and seven other players accepted bribes to throw a game in what year? Answer: 1919.


I already knew the answer beforehand, but I went though it to verify if I could find it. To find the answer type seven baseball players scandal to come across a Wikipedia article on the incident, which contains a the year it took place.

Question 2:
A Nagoya University study found that birds start singing in the spring when the days are what? Answer: longer.


Please see Day 39 for the explanation.

Question 3:
In 1578, a high lama of the Gelug school was given the name "Dalai Lama.” What does the Sino-Mongolian translation of "dalai" mean in English? Answer: ocean.


Please see Day 28 for the explanation.

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