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Fortnight 7 – Day 7 Questions

Question #1

The singer Sheb Wooley wrote a song in 1958 that was used roughly a decade later to describe a defensive unit that reached, and lost, four Super Bowls between 1970 and 1977. Give the song or the nickname.

Purple People Eater(s)

Football

Question #2

Give the informal team nickname for the world champion 1934 St. Louis Cardinals, probably derived from their raggedy (and, some claimed, malodorous) appearance, which inspired comparisons to a kind of factory that was common in U.S. cities at the time.

The Gashouse Gang

Baseball

Question #3

Name the country whose national teams have derivative nicknames like “Black Caps” (cricket), “Diamondblacks” (baseball), and “Black Sticks” (field hockey).

New Zealand

Obscure

Question #4

On Oct. 27, 1995, Scotty Bowman played the so-called “Russian Five” on the same line for the first time. Name two of the five Russians. (Please, last names only.)

Fedorov, Konstantinov, Kozlov, Fetisov, Larionov

Hockey

Question #5

When Matt Kenseth won NASCAR’s Winston Cup championship in 2003, he benefited from a highly efficient pit crew, dressed in the yellow and black colors of the DeWalt tool company, that won the Pit Crew Challenge in 2001 and 2002. What was this group’s apian nickname?

The Killer Bees

Racing & Combat