2009 Advent Calendar Quiz - Day 5

Hey All,

Firstly, the bio for Q#3’s winner:

Q#3 Winner – Christophe F. – Bio

I was born in Montreal and I lead a perfectly quiet and normal life until I met Vern, in Guelph, while we were both Biophysics graduate students. That's where I found my competitive edge. Sure, Vern could jump higher, could bench press more, could finish his degree faster, heck, he was even a better pool player (What was the final tally after years of daily games in the grad lounge?... something like 98-54 (games won) in favor of V). But I relished my own (few) little victories against him. For example, I got a higher (Vern Note: and more complex) degree and could stomp him on one or two riddles (haha). And more recently, I ran a faster 10km and half marathon than he (hihi)...

And I even recently moved to Germany, to do research at a MaxPlanck Institute and to be in a timezone more favorable to get an early crack at the daily advent riddle thing ;)

Question #4 - Answer

Last night’s question was more about a great story than a crazy challenge. Bo Kimble, of Loyola Marymount University is pictured. In brief, he and teammate

Hank Gathers, a 6’7” power forward, were the core of the team. Gathers was a solid performer, progressing to become the NCAA Men’s Division 1 scoring and rebounding le

ader – an amazing thing to do given that both are very different skills. Sadly, tragedy struck in 1990, when at 23, Hank collapsed during a game, and could not be resuscitated despite rapid and continued CPR. It was confirmed following death that Hank suffered from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

As a tribute to his teammate, Bo Kimble shot the first of his free throws in each game of the 1990 NCAA Championship tournament with his left hand despite being a right handed shooter. The connection was that Gathers was also right

handed, but as he was a weak shooter, had previously experimented with shooting with his left hand. Bo made every left handed shot he took in the tournament, and despite being a #11 seed and not having their best player, advanced to the Elite Eight, a mere three games from the championship. Sidenote, they lost to my favourite basketball team of all time, UNLV.

Read more for yourself here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Gathers

Q#4 Winner – Christopher Hamade

Answering within 13 minutes was Chris Hamad

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Stay tuned for a bio of Chris, who was also last year's overall winner ---- he is your target!

And now, time to get your thinking caps on ….

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Suggest a suitable picture to replace the “x” in the image provided.