Quiz
1. On June 19, 1846, the first official version of this sport was played in New Jersey, based on rules that had been drawn up by Alexander Cartwright who also umpired this game. The biggest cup in this sport is the World Series. Since 1903, a team based in America has won every single of the 117 titles. What sport is this where the New York Yankees have 27 wins as the most successful team?
2. Born on June 19, 1903, Lou Gehrig is an American baseball player who was known as ‘The Iron Horse’ for his batting expertise. He played a record 2,130 consecutive games, which he had to break only because a then undiagnosed disease hampered his playing. This was later found to be Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), an incurable neuromuscular illness, which was named after him. In 2014, a challenge went viral that supposedly made one feel what an ALS patient felt like. What challenge was this that causes your body to shut down?
