Chicken or Egg, October 13: The first US Open (tennis), Table tennis, The first Stanley Cup awarded, The first modern Olympics, FIFA founded, The WNBA's first season
Puzzle #13, Sports, Tuesday, October 13, 2026. Six things, one order. Here is the answer, earliest to latest.
Earliest
1
The first US Open (tennis)1881
Newport, Rhode Island, 1881.
2
Table tennisc. 1890
Became a parlor game in England around 1890.
3
The first Stanley Cup awarded1893
Lord Stanley's bowl was first awarded in 1893, before the modern Olympics existed.
4
The first modern Olympics1896
Athens, April 1896. Three years after the first Stanley Cup.
5
FIFA founded1904
Founded in Paris in 1904.
6
The WNBA's first season1997
Tipped off June 1997.
Latest
The twistThe first Stanley Cup awarded came first. The first Stanley Cup awarded dates to 1893; the first modern Olympics to 1896. Most people put them the other way round.