Answers revealed in the comments.
GAME 1
Past Tense, The Midnight Line, and Night School are the three most recent novels in a series that began in March 1997. Name either the author of those novels OR the name the series is known by, which is also the name of the main character in the novels.
GAME 2
On Forbes magazine’s 2019 list of the World’s Highest-Paid Athletes, which includes salaries, endorsements, and prize monies, none of the top five plays in one of the “Big Four” sports leagues in the U.S. (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL). Name two of the five.
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Game one answers:
Lee Child
Jack Reacher
GAME 2 answers:
Lionel Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Neymar
Canelo Alvarez
Roger Federer