Baseball

PRE-QUESTION NOTE: Today is a Theme Day. Theme days can be overt, or they can be subtle and connected, in such a way that figuring out the theme may help you answer the questions. Good luck.

Give the nickname of the infamous Red Sox pitcher—the franchise’s all-time leader in games thrown by a lefty—who spoke out on topics like school busing and population control, who once threatened to bite off an umpire’s ear, and who, when asked for his opinion on mandatory drug testing, said, “I’ve tried just about all of them, but I wouldn’t want to make it mandatory.”

Spaceman

Basketball

Of the 300+ schools with a men's Division 1 college basketball program, only two don’t field a woman’s team at any level. Name both. (As it happens, the men's teams play in the same conference.)

The Citadel, Virginia Military Institute

Soccer

Mali, Burkina Faso, Uganda, Guinea, and Libya are the five teams who have finished second exactly once, but never first, in what competition? Your answer must be specific.

Africa Cup of Nations