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Fortnight 14 – Day 5 Questions
Question #1
Fill in the blank with the four-word phrase John McEnroe repeats in the infamous moment pictured below from Wimbledon 1981. (The first line contains a contraction, the second does not...either version is acceptable):
“The ball...chalk came up all over the place...excuse me? __________________, man. __________________! That ball was on the line! Chalk flew up!”

Question #2
In 1972, Luis Tiant led the American League with a 1.91 ERA, just ahead of Gaylord Perry at 1.92. That was the last time two different qualified American League starting pitchers posted a sub-2.00 ERA in the same season until 2020, when two AL Central pitchers managed it. Name either.
Question #3
The quarantines ahead of the 2021 Australian Open were highly publicized, with players forced to spend two weeks in hotels prior to the start of the event. This was not the first time strict quarantine policies affected international sports in Australia. In 1956, when Melbourne hosted the summer Olympics, the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Services (run under the auspices of the Department of Agriculture) forced one discipline to be staged in Stockholm, Sweden five months earlier. Name the discipline.
Question #4
Due to a (willful) misinterpretation of how he wields his weaponry in a standard deck of playing cards, what word is often informally attached to the king of hearts?
Question #5
According to a widely refuted story, the small decorative niches often cut into the walls of staircase landings in Victorian homes were designed so that a casket could be carried down the stairs more easily if someone died in an upstairs bedroom. In this apocryphal story, what was the name of this niche? It is heard today far more often in reference to men like the ones pictured below, from a current ESPN leaderboard.
