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Fortnight 13 – Day 9 Questions

Question #1

What’s the most common name for the rarely used high-arcing off-speed pitch—an exaggerated form of a changeup, both slower and higher—whose etymology is disputed, but which may come from the Hebrew word for “zero,” or may have just been a nonsense word invented by Pirates left fielder Maurice Van Robays, who reportedly said, “________ ain’t nothing, and that’s a nothing pitch.”

Eephus

Baseball

Question #2

Name the player who was selected 205th in the 2000 NHL draft behind 21 other goalies, and who retired due to heart inflammation in August with the second-most career wins (459) among goalies who never won a Stanley Cup. (He does, however, have an Olympic gold medal.)

Henrik Lundqvist

Hockey

Question #3

The man pictured below is most closely associated with what annual event?

 

Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest

Obscure

Question #4

On this list of the most capped players from a certain national team, the two redacted players are brothers. What is their last name?

 

Touré

Soccer

Question #5

Conveniently, for those who traffic in easy nicknames, the late Sandra Schmirler was a superstar and Olympic gold medalist in what sport?

Curling

Olympics