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Who holds the NBA record for most points scored in a single game?

Who holds the NBA record for most points scored in a single game?

Only four players have scored 60 or more points on more than one occasion: Wilt Chamberlain (32 times), Kobe Bryant (6 times), Michael Jordan (5 times), and Elgin Baylor (4 times). Chamberlain holds the single-game scoring record, having scored 100 points in a game in 1962. Chamberlain also holds 4 of the top 5 single-game scoring records.

What is the country of Brazzaville?

In order to distinguish between the two African countries with “Congo” in their names, the Republic of the Congo is sometimes called Congo-Brazzaville, as opposed to Congo-Kinshasa (the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known from 1971 to 1997 as Zaire, the capital of which is Kinshasa).

What is considered the best novel of all time?

According to the Modern Library organisation, ULYSSES by James Joyce is the greatest novel of all time. Second place is The Great Gatsby, followed by A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Lolita and A Brave New World rounding off the top 5.

If you’re one in a million, how many others are there just like you?

If you believe that you’re truly one in a million, there are still approximately 7,184 more people out there just like you

Who was the first European to travel to China?

Marco Polo (1254-1324) was an Italian voyager and merchant who was one of the first Europeans to travel across Asia through China, visiting the Kublai Khan in Beijing. He left in 1271 (he was a teenager at the time) with his father (Nicolo Polo) and uncle (Maffeo Polo); they spent about 24 years traveling.

How many pandas are there in the United States?

There are 12 giant pandas in captivity in the United States, housed at the zoos in Atlanta, Memphis, San Diego and Washington. Zoo Atlanta and the San Diego Zoo have two cubs each. The youngest cub was born in San Diego in July.

When did they move the goal posts to the back of the end zone?

Goal posts were originally kept on the goal lines, but after they began to interfere with play, they moved back to the end lines in 1927, where they have remained in college football ever since. The National Football League moved the goal posts up to the goal line again in 1932, then back again to the end line in 1974.

What is the purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. NATO was the first peacetime military alliance the United States entered into outside of the Western Hemisphere.

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