Steem Decathlon #1 D9E02 "Baby Needs a new pair of Shoes!" - Theme - 'NBA Picks and Trivia" - Nicknames

Welcome to Day 9 of the 1ST SteemIt Decathlon! Contest: Baby Needs a new pair of Shoes

Showtime in the NBA is playing out big time. Unfortunately I don't watch most of these players during the 82 game long season so I don't know the nicknames when the announcers say them.

So time for NBA picks with a nickname contest!!!!

If you have not participated in The SteemIt Decathlon check out and upvote the following Blog posts:

	https://steemit.com/steemit/@richatvns/introduction-steemit-decathloncontest
https://steemit.com/steemusa/@richatvns/faqs-for-the-steemit-decathlon-contest-where-the-steem-community-competes-for-recognition

Upcoming

We will cater to the MLB sports Fans later in the week. to bring those fans out of the SteemIt woodwork.

The techie show off.

And Curate this!
Ok that's enough on previews....

1. Every participant must complete all the tasks in this list for their entry to be valid.
2. If you violate any of the instructions in this list your entry will not be valid.
3. You can only have 1 entry.
4. upvote and resteem this post, and follow me before you put your entry in, so we can get your friends invited, build the reward pool, and so you know when the next event winners are announced.
5. You must make your entry prior to the first game of your picks start. Entries completely close at: 3:15 PM est Sun. 4/22/2018
6. DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWERS TO THE TRIVIA HERE (automatic disqualification)
7. Setup a Blog Post with the following Title:
   "Steem Decathlon #1 D9E02 "Baby Needs a new pair of Shoes!" - Theme - 'NBA Picks and Trivia" - Nicknames Entry"
8. And set the first tag #steemdecathlon

In the post you will make a list of your 5 picks, (labeled q1 to q5) followed by the answers to the 8 Trivia Questions (labeled q6 to q13).....

To start you need to pick 5 games from list of games this sunday and monday

a1 Boston	b1 Milwaukee	1:00 PM
a2 Golden State	b2 San Antonio	3:30 PM
a3 Toronto	b3 Washington	6:00 PM
a4 Cleveland	b4 Indiana	8:30 PM
a5 Houston	b5 Minnesota	8:00 PM
a6 Oklahoma City	b6 Utah	10:30 PM

Choose 5 game winners (Q1-Q5) use the code to represent them

For Example:
Q1) B1
Q2) a2
Q3) b3
Q4) a5
Q5) b6

Answer the following 8 questions Q6-Q13

Q6) Was known for dressing Dapper and his game was so smooth the called him "the Glide"
a) Jordan
b) Chamberlain
c) Cousy
d) Frazier
e) Thomas

q7) He always delivered giving him the Nickname Mailman
a) Malone
b) Russel
c) Malone
d) Jordan
e) Bird

q8) His game was anything but Tiny
a) Webb
b) Archibold
c) Walton
d) Ewing
e) Hawkins

q9) He used to soar above the Rim like a Hawk
a) Erving
b) Jordan
c) Hawkins
d) Wade
e) Payton

q10) The Glove, Red, Goose, The Admiral, Rodman - which of the following is not a player listed here.
a) Auerbach
b) Tatum
c) Robinson
d) Payton
e) Worm

q11) Pistol Pete
a) Maravich
b) Lebron
c) West
d) Anthony
e) O'Neil

q12) Which Johnson was know for ceral
a) Earvin
b) Gus
c) Larry
d) Vinnie

q13) Dr. Dunkenstien
a) O'Neil
b) Dawkins
c) Duncan
d) Griffith
e) Chamberlain

9) Make sure to only place you answers on your blog post. After you make your blog post, reply to this post with a link to your post Every correct answer and pick gets a point, rain outs win 0 points. Each point will equate to a participation point, so answer the questions to appear on the leader boards.

10) There is no extra credit for this one

11) I will announce the winners by Tuesday evening and the reward pool distribution will come at 7 days when the upvote rewards on this post are sent to me.

12) The top 3 places will split the reward pool for this event 50, 30 , 20 (you can only win one reward per event). One new rule leader getting less than 50% right in the Answers will get participation points and contest points for the overall leaderboard, but can not win a reward for that event.

13) Points will be distributed as outlined in the FAQ. The winners will be announced here and the leaderboard will be on Steeminati.com after the events close.

Want to help out contact me on the discord channel

Good Luck!