Match Day 16

This match day swings from Cold War geopolitics to ancient astronomy and music, then forward to 19th‑century Russian literature and a 21st‑century Olympic legend. The Grenada question anchors the set in 1983’s U.S.-led invasion, Operation Urgent Fury, launched after a hard‑line Revolutionary Military Council seized power and executed Prime Minister Maurice Bishop, installing a short‑lived Marxist junta in the small Windward Islands nation. On the other end of the timeline, Katie Ledecky’s 2010 loss in a local 1500 m freestyle is now famous mainly because it marked the start of a 15‑year unbeaten streak and helped shape the career of the most decorated American woman in Olympic history. ...