Monday 5th June 2023
Difficulty: Medium
Toss of a coin (Quiz #199)
Orville Wright making the first powered flight. (Public domain)
Many important (and not so important) decisions have been made by tossing a coin.
1. Which company's founders, when using their surnames to name their business, decided the order of their names by the toss of a coin?
2. Wilbur and Orville Wright tossed a coin to decide who would make the first flight in their Wright Flyer. Orville lost the toss, so why was it he who made the first powered flight?
3. Which team progressed to the quarter-finals of the European Cup in 1969, after the 3-3 drawn tie was settled by the toss of a coin?
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