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Fortnight 8 – Day 2 Questions
Question #1
A drug addict and high school athlete named Jim Carroll is the main character in a 1995 film that might go down as one of the most depressing "sports movies" ever made. Name the actor who played Carroll.
Question #2
Name the legendary trainer who has worked with 16 world boxing champions, including Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, and George Foreman, and has been depicted in film by Ernest Borgnine, Ron Silver, and Michael Imperioli. In Cinderella Man, he played a small role of his own after training Russell Crowe for the lead.
Question #3
Among the controversial remarks made by an infamous commentator—before he was fired from his job at Sportsnet in 2019—was the contention that only “Europeans and French guys” wear helmet visors. Name him.
Question #4
Name the man whose resumé as a club manager reads as follows, beginning in the year 2000: Tenerife, Valencia, Liverpool, Inter Milan, Chelsea, Napoli, Real Madrid, Newcastle United, Dalian Professional.
Question #5
Happy Theme Day. Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May-Treanor combined for three straight Olympic gold medals in beach volleyball between 2004 and 2012. Early in their careers, Walsh Jennings bestowed a lasting nickname on May-Treanor by comparing her to what animal?